Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:02pm
I've already gotten over the fact that I (chances are) won't be seeing Karen Olivo and Cody Green.
Given the track record of this cast, should I expect for the remaining leads to take the 3 p.m. matinee off in favor of the added Actor's Fund perf. that night?
Then again, I wouldn't be too disappointed. It's not there's a star in the cast.
#2re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:03pmI saw the show last night and all of the major leads were in (Matt, Josefina, Karen, Cody, George, Curtis).
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#2re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:04pm
For sure Jerome Robbins' presence and any stage direction...
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#3re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:05pm
Karen (though she still missed a couple last week) and Cody have been back. Both of them were sick for a while.
Someone on ATC said Laurents has made it known that he is not happy with the absences, so we'll see how that changes things.
MelFromLI
Chorus Member Joined: 6/17/09
#4re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:08pmI saw WSS on the day of the Tony's, so alot of the backup cast went on and it was still a great show... you won't be disappointed. Have fun!
"To The Stage!!!" - La Vie Boheme
#5re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:14pmI was there last week and everyone was in with the exception of Curtis Holbrook.
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happytime
Swing Joined: 7/16/09
#6re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:18pmIt don't think it will matter if any of the regular cast members aren't in; saw it twice last month, once without Karen (and I believe Cody) and their understudies were quite good!
#7re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:21pm
Yankee, it looks like we're in the same boat. I'm seeing the Sunday matinee too, and I'll be mighty surprised if Olivo and Green are in (especially with, as you said, the added Actors Fund Performance that night).
I do think Scaglione will be in, as July 19 is her last performance before a two week vacation (according to broadwayunderstudies.com, which says Haley Carlucci will be Maria from July 21-August 2).
bethnor
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/08
#8re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:29pm
I don't quite see where the need to cast aspersions on this cast comes from.
The bottom line is, even with Karen gone, the grosses didn't change one bit, and it seems to me she is the only one, with her TONY win, who MIGHT be able to pull shenanigans. The rest of the cast are ultimately just grunts, and if they were REALLY pulling funny stuff, seems to me they would just be fired.
I saw the matinee 7/11 and all leads were in. Yes, there were five names on the understudy board. Manuel Santos looks to be Chino for some time (Joey is still wearing that brace), so that automatically makes two understudies. There was another for Officer Krupke, and another for boy soprano (are people really going to bag on 10 year old boys?).
#9re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:32pm
The bottom line is, even with Karen gone, the grosses didn't change one bit,
My problem was more with her understudy being atrocious.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#10re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:33pm
Laurents has made it known that he is not happy with the absences
Uh-oh. I've seen this movie, and I know how it ends...
#11re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:35pmHe actually does need to something about it. Even though I love Karen, it is kind of annoying for her to be out all the time.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
#12re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:36pm
"Uh-oh. I've seen this movie, and I know how it ends..."
Pal Joey, shouldn't this go in the horror movies thread?
#13re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:39pmI believe Joey Haro is back in as Chino as of this week.
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#14re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 3:40pmThere was no understudy for Chino last night.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#15re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 4:06pm
We seem to generally have a similar taste in shows, yankee, so I have to say that if Karen is out, you're going to be very disappointed. For me, she made the so-so production really worth my time. Well, her and Josefina. But mostly Karen.
Enjoy though! I'm sure the cast is doing all they can to attend as many shows as they can handle. Especially since Laurents is pissed about the plethora of absences.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#16re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 4:14pmI am entirely unfamiliar with WEST SIDE STORY (except for the tunes that everyone knows). Gonna be an adventure.
#17re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 4:19pmHas anyone seen Haley Carlucci go on? How is she? I will be seeing West Side Story August 1. Though I am a bit disappointed I will be missing Josefina, I am listening to Haley's performance from the At This Performance concert and she seems pretty great.
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#18re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 4:19pmOops! Double post
"i had no idea billy elliot was about one boy's triumph over epilepsy."-FindingNamo
Updated On: 7/16/09 at 04:19 PM
#19re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 4:21pmI saw Haley. Her singing is good, but her acting could of been stronger.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
#20re: Seeing WEST SIDE STORY Sunday...who should I expect to be absent?
Posted: 7/16/09 at 4:35pmWell maybe she will get better with each performance, and be great by the 1st.
"i had no idea billy elliot was about one boy's triumph over epilepsy."-FindingNamo
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