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[Broadway Joe]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#700

Posted: 12/2/10 at 11:08pm

She does fly in the show but I don't recall any scene of hers having a moment where she could hit her head. Her flying scenes aren't as physical as spider-mans or the green goblins. Shes basically just kinda floating around more then anything.

[ghostlight2]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#701

Posted: 12/2/10 at 11:18pm

Thanks, Broadway Joe, that's what I thought. It bothers me when people say things here that have no basis in fact, because others pick it up and repeat it as truth.

[B3TA07]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#702

Posted: 12/2/10 at 11:21pm

"Sure you can, if someone is determined enough and you're traceable, and besides, libel has nothing to do with threats."

Yeah...but there's literally no argument that an anonymous message board comment could defame the plaintiff. I would know, I watch "The Good Wife."

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[fingerlakessinger]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#703

Posted: 12/2/10 at 11:21pm

Ummm when its about an actress who got a concussion while doing a show that is pushing the envolope for aerial acrobatics that has a history of hurting its actors and there is also no evidence of it not happening during the show...then we have room to speculate

"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."

[FosseBoi]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#704

Posted: 12/2/10 at 11:26pm

I'm sorry to digress but I just read Riedels write up and I MUST know if Arachne actually says," I am the only real artist working today!" If so thats quite interesting however I can certainly see Riedel making this up.

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/daring_web_zinger_oXSgO5ylNfZxAC3FVDnALO

"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread. ~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line

[CockeyedOptimist2]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#705

Posted: 12/2/10 at 11:36pm

Ick, did Reidel really track down the heckler and then write about her? I guess I should get used to his antics.

[Broadway Joe]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#706

Posted: 12/2/10 at 11:41pm

"Thanks, Broadway Joe, that's what I thought. It bothers me when people say things here that have no basis in fact, because others pick it up and repeat it as truth"

Yeah I'm all for bashing the shows music/book cause it is that bad but it's gotten to the point where all the media and what not is just looking for every little thing to bash them about. It's getting out of hand.

[Broadway Joe]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#707

Posted: 12/2/10 at 11:42pm

"I'm sorry to digress but I just read Riedels write up and I MUST know if Arachne actually says," I am the only real artist working today!" If so thats quite interesting however I can certainly see Riedel making this up."

I believe I recall her saying that as well.

[dramamama611]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#708

Posted: 12/2/10 at 11:44pm

I actually liked that article.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[ghostlight2]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#709

Posted: 12/3/10 at 12:09am

"Ummm when its about an actress who got a concussion while doing a show that is pushing the envolope for aerial acrobatics that has a history of hurting its actors and there is also no evidence of it not happening during the show...then we have room to speculate"

I have no idea what that means, especially the portion I bolded.

[wonderwaiter]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#710

Posted: 12/3/10 at 12:15am

We have no evidence of it not happening in a Starbucks, so I'm blaming it on a disgruntled barista.

And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

[Kad]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#711

Posted: 12/3/10 at 12:34am

"A, we don't even know she got it in the show
B, Do you have any idea how many actors, dancers get injured on stage? it happens"

It happens, true... but it happened to the costliest show in Broadway history with a history of actor injury already, along with a slew of other issues.

The fact they have yet to disclose how/where it happened is a bit odd. If it wasn't show-related, you'd think they'd want to say so- and quick. It's not like they need any more negative press.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[brettystar]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#712

Posted: 12/3/10 at 12:55am

Kad makes a very valid point. You would think the marketing team would be very quick to make it clear that it was not associated with the show. Unless they are hoping it mainfests into more publicity before they come out and officially explain that it had nothing to do with the show.
Seems incredibly coincidental though.

'Downtown Elaiggghhhy?'

[dramamama611]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#713

Posted: 12/3/10 at 1:02am

I agree (which is why I said the same thing a page ago.) They are trying to figure out how to 'spin' the information so that it doesn't look like their fault. If she tripped down her own stairs, they'd have been trumpeting the info.

Quick question: it's not unusual for understudies to NOT be prepped this early, is it? I wonder how much time she's had in the flying apparatus? (And if she was hurt on the job, how frightening must it be to have to fill in?)

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[fingerlakessinger]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#714

Posted: 12/3/10 at 1:08am

I would be terrified if I had to fill in...I'd be peeing on the audience for heavens sake.

Ghostlight...I was trying to say that we simply have no evidence WHERE the accident happened. Chances seem best however that it went down at the Foxwood theater

And with the whole "media being unfair" to them...this show has been begging for publicity. It's the largest, most complex Broadway show ever headed by a prominent Broadway director with music by 2 well known musicians with a brand name that is one of the most well known in our culture...of course the media is going to analyze the hell out of it! Esp. with injuries already associated with it.

"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."

Updated On: 12/3/10 at 01:08 AM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#715

Posted: 12/3/10 at 1:35am

When I first read the headline I thought,
Karen Olivo is taking over!!!!
That would have been a story, instead it is her cousin from another Mother, America Olivo.
Even if they aren't rehearsing rewrites, most of the actor's time has to be rigging refitting or rushing to the theatre,
The story goes on...
If you were there, how was the understudy?
She would have gone on pretty cold, but most understudies, God bless 'em, are more than ready to jump in at that moment.

[Justaguy2]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#716

Posted: 12/3/10 at 1:56am

Lord of the Rings 2...Electric Boogaloo! Except with crazy flying. Injury after injury. Endless tech and revision. Rehearsing one show during the day and previewing the current show at night. Not pretty.

[dramarama3]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#717

Posted: 12/3/10 at 5:38am

It's just concussion? Happened to me once (sporting injury) and I recovered in a couple of days. Like a 24 hour bug.

Multiple concussions are a problem, and there's no word of that is there...

Formerly 'dramarama2'

[dramamama611]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#718

Posted: 12/3/10 at 5:47am

I don't know how long ago you had your concussion, but doctors take it much more seriously now. I have hs students told they CANNOT do any work and that they should just sit in class and not DO anything.

Add to that precaution, they aren't going to send her back to FLYING to possible do more damage.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[trentsketch]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#719

Posted: 12/3/10 at 9:38am

While it was interesting to read the article about the heckler, I'm now convinced she showed up just to cause problems. I mean, what kind of person compares a Broadway show to the BP oil crisis? Either a crazy person or a famewhore. Have a little perspective: one is a piece of entertainment, the other is a massive environmental and economical disaster that caused major problems for millions of people. Ridiculous.

[p.s.]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#720

Posted: 12/3/10 at 10:07am

instead it is her cousin from another Mother

That's a joke, right? (Cousins from the same mother would be called sisters.) Karen Olivo and America Olivo are not related.

p.s. Actually, I'm related too. After all - My mother, Karen's mother and America's mother were all mothers.

[songanddanceman2]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#721

Posted: 12/3/10 at 10:23am

Wow all this drama from the usual suspects.
I bet every actor who gets an injury on a show wishes they got this much attention, oddly they never do.....can't think why.

I got concussion during my run in the play 'M', no flying it that one.

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[denali.fire]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#722

Posted: 12/3/10 at 10:35am

To seek revenge may lead to hell yet everyone does it but seldom as well......

Updated On: 12/3/10 at 10:35 AM

[helloworld2]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#723

Posted: 12/3/10 at 10:43am

My problem with the article about the heckler is that it makes it sound as if it's okay for people to just scream out what they're thinking in a theatre, as if it makes them charmingly opinionated instead of just plain rude.

[mallardo]

Spiderman Preview T/hread!#724

Posted: 12/3/10 at 11:24am

On a trivia note, might America Olivo (who has an amazing resume) be the first Broadway understudy to have been a Playboy covergirl?

Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!