""People went to see her (Merman) they don't go to see Sara." I'm sure there were many audience members at the performance after the Tonys who DID want to see her. Not that she is Merman. But then who on B'way is Merman? Let's compare Shoshana Bean (whoever the hell that is) to Merman. Thenardier, would you like me to compare YOU to Merman now? Also, I think you missed the theatrical allusion in my post."
No, nmartin, I'm saying there is no reason why we have to compare past legends to the stars of today. Whenever someone says, "Oh, Idina's voice is soar because of singing Wicked," someone always has to reply, "Well MErman never got soar and belted without a mic."
I am just saying, get over it. Those days are gone. Also, Merman is ten times the star Sara is. You'd be happy to be seeing MErman live. If you saw Sara sick, it'd be quite disappointing (though not as disappointing as Spamalot itself).