Jordan Catalano said: "Tonight was a mess getting in. The tickets on SeatGeek wouldn’t work because they switched to new ticket scanning software so everyone had to make a makeshift line at the box office to get paper tickets printed out while trying too keep out of the way of everyone else trying to get in. Luckily the St. James has, I’d say, the nicest box office staff on Broadway who handled it as well as they could.
But after that, I was so happy to finally get to see Mandy. A totally different interpretation of the character which was nice to see. I’ve really missed seeing her on stage."
I'm always interested in your take on things, so could you talk a bit about the arguent that is frequently made--that the show was so clearly staged for Nicole, no other actress can really fill the gap in her absence? I'm not asking about the talent of one performer vs. another, but were there elements of staging, or use of the video cameras or whatever-where you thought, "Yeah, that was clearly designed for Nicole, and for this show to really work with other actures this moment needs to be restaged/tweeked"? Or does it seem to you this production could easily work with other actresses--if audiences would just give them a chance?