Sara Ramirez misses first performance as a Tony Winner

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:23am

So I saw Spamalot last night, very excited to see the Tony-winning Best Musical and who's not there? Sara Ramirez! What the...? She just won a freakin' Tony and she doesn't show up for her first performance? Man. And her understudy sucks. This was my first time seeing Spamalot, I was very disappointed. Anyone know why she was MIA last night?

Updated On: 6/8/05 at 08:23 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:25am

I know you're disappointed, but she's been really sick. Didn't you hear her hacking up there when she won?

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:26am

Awwww...that shtinks. To be sick on Tony night.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:29am

This is going to become her "responsibility to the fans" debate. Why don't we toss stage door habits in there, too? Save ourselves time.

[Cabchic]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:30am

I assume they didn't make a change in the Diva's lament song? Since Sara wasn't there to sing it. I'm curious if they will change the I've won no Tony award line.

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:30am

She's probably still hung over from the after party.
It'll pass :)

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:31am

S'cusi, Wanna... but that came off as extremely ignorant and RUDE. Sara is SICK, damnit. And if you were watching the telecast AT ALL, you would know that. Hacking and sniffling, accepting the award and still somehow managing to belt the hell out of "Find Your Grail" later on? That earns kudos from me. Not criticism from Joe Nobody. I'm sure you were majorly disappointed, but please think of someone but yourself. She's obviously not ready to come back yet. I'd like to see you hop right back in to 8 shows a week after a big-time viral infection.

Updated On: 6/8/05 at 08:31 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:35am

That earns kudos from me. Not criticism from Joe Nobody.

I'm not saying Wanna is right to criticize this, but who the hell do you think you are? If you're going to tell someone that they're ignorant, don't do it from such a high horse - you look like an even bigger idiot. 'cause, you know, YOUR kudos are worth more than somebody else's criticism.

God, people are ridiculous early in the morning.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:35am

Jeez, sorry. I paid $101 for that ticket, and for me that it is a heck of a lot of money. She sounded fine to me on the Tony telecast. Didn't mean to offend anyone.

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:37am

Alright... yeah. I'm sorry. That was totally out of character for me... and I admit it's early and I'm cranky. Also currently sick, so I guess I'm kinda over-empathizing... And I admit, I'll be majorly pissed off too if she's not back in the show in two weeks when I have my tickets. ( 6/28 )

Note to self: Cool down. THEN post.

And go blow nose...

Updated On: 6/8/05 at 08:37 AM

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:46am

Ouch, getting yelled at by Emcee must HURT!

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:47am

Deserved, though. I submit to 10 (verbal...?) lashings.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:47am

I'm not a morning person.

[QueenMuppet]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:49am

'Why don't we toss stage door habits in there, too?'

Yes, let's! She really is the biggest DIVA at the stage door!

QM

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:50am

LOL, I was late for my last full day of school...I am not a morning person, either. I was talking with that reporter last night and we were talking about how people working in the theatre stay up late and sleep in. She can never get an interview before 11 AM.

[sports620]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 9:44am

They did in fact change the lyric..
She sang something like, with all our tony awards i'm still in and out of betty fords..

I wonder if Sara will sing that line also...

[Cabchic]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 9:50am

My guess is they will make it more subjective when she comes back, like I wona Tony award but I'm still in and out of Betty Fords.
I was at the Tonys and I can say she was sick as a dog. I saw her backstage after rehearsal and she was coughing quite a bit. Drinking a lot of water.

[twogaab2]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 9:53am

Keep in mind guys that on the Tony broadcast her vocals were pre recorded. This is peak allergy season for singers who are suseptable to them. So cut her some slack. Someday, you may be in this position also.

[Justice]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 9:55am

Let's remember her speech, people!

"I'd like to thank Claritan, and I'd like to thank my doctors"
This was said after she hacked up a cough, and later said to the cast of Spamalot "I miss you guys".

Obviously, she hasn't been feeling well. It's not like she's taking the award and running with it.

More kudos to her, knowing she was sick as a dog, and still managed to make me a fan (I had never heard her before) by performing on the Tony's!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:01am

These are the kind of posts that make me insane!!! This is the part I like:

She just won a freakin' Tony (that she probably didn't even deserve but that's debatable)

Then he goes on to say he's never seen the show before last night...so let me translate:

"I have no idea what I'm talking about, as I've never seen her perform the role, but I know she's no good in it."

God, thatre people can be such jerks.

[sports620]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:02am

She is a wonderful performer!
I just wish the people at Spamalot would have realized that they need to have a semi comparable standby for when she is out.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:11am

Her vocals were not pre-recorded, as she did a completely different thing at the end than she normally does and came in rather late on the "look left/right" ad-lib line as she had to take a fairly visible swallow in order to sing again.

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:18am

There was a time when performers went on even if they were on their death bed. I take it those days are gone. Can you imagine Merman ever saying to Jack Klugman,"I'm gonna call in sick....for me and for you."?

[mikewood]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:22am

Didn't you hear her hacking up there when she won? >>>.

No, that was me hacking when she won.

Alas, poor [EDIT: INSERT PREFERRED FEATURED ACTRESS NOMINEE HERE].....















psst....IT'S A JOKE!

Updated On: 6/8/05 at 10:22 AM

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:30am

The joke would make sense if Sutton was nominated for a Featured Actress.