Spring Awakening and the Cast who seems to have illness issues!- Page 2

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:29pm

While I can't speak for the others, Remy has been very ill the past few weeks and has continued to push through her sickness and do the show. I can assure you that she (as well as the rest of the cast) takes being out very seriously, and when they are it's because they are not physically able to perform (as is evident by the number of times so many of them have attempted to do the show and left half way in.)

I suggest you not criticize unless you know the situation.

[gustof777]

Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:32pm

well like i had said Lea Jonathan and Gallagher have all been on Broadway before and at least for some have had long runs under their belt.

[evadiva]

Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:33pm

I hereby officially offer myself up to be a swing for a swing.

Are you listening Duncan?

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:35pm

Don't mean to threadjack much but, how old is Remy?

She looks so young but I assume she is older than she looks.

[mrs felciano]

Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:38pm

I believe she's a senior in highschool. So 17? I THINK. Don't quote me on that.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:56pm

Remy is 17 even though she looks very young.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 12:05am

I think what makes her look really young is her hair braided in the show and the little cute girly-girl dress. I just found her headshot and she doesn't look as young- in fact, she looks 17-18.

[wicked_mimi]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 12:45am

Also, many of these performers are still in high school. So not only are they working at night but in school all day. I find it interesting that Groff, Gallagher, and Lea aren't in school and haven't missed a show. Everyone knows high schools are germ pools. So the kids are balancing a Broadway debut, with high school, with cold and flu season... yea, I'd like to see you guys do it!

[Chrismas42]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 1:36am

Not to mention that the producers and directors can have a huge input on whether you go on or not.
On our tour, if you show up sick (something semi serious for ensemble or even like a bad cold for a singing lead) the director won't let you perform that night and usually requires a doctor's note to come back...

I guess that's what understudies are for... LOL
and... just for the record... when we were in New York for about 2 weeks, no one was out. THe only reason we know is cause we went the the theatre every day to get tickets.. lol

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 1:39am

... you saw it every day for two weeks straight?

[Chrismas42]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 2:17am

no... we kept going and trying to get tickets but they would never have enough so... either one or 2 of us went per day.. and there are about 30 in the company... Luckily, by the end of our run, everyone had gotten to see it.

[gman07]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 9:06am

Lauren your rant is ridiculous, germs don't care how old you are or how many Broadway runs you've had.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 10:50am

Producers and directors have nothing to do with whether you go on or not.
where did you get that idea?

The stage manager may suggest that a sick actor goes home, but it's the actor's decision.

[tazber]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 11:14am

Whatever happened to "the show must go on"?

[2373]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 11:30am

Curtain Downpuller...not true..I am Equity and have been dance captain of several shows and there have been many times that I, along with my SM, have made the decision for someone to go home ESPECIALLY if they throw up which is HIGHLY contagious.

The last thing I want (or my theatres want) is for some light headed, nauseous actor to go onstage with a possibly that they could pass out or fall down a set of stairs. INSTANT lawsuit.

When one of my dancers throws up, I immediately send them home, PERIOD!.....they are only going to give a sub-par performance (the audience deserves better than that)and then get the rest of the company sick which was the case when I was in "Saigon" and the pukes went straight down the chorus line. We lost a ton of people that week which could have been avoided if that individual had just stayed home.

I DO NOT agree with the "puke in a bucket" thing that so many people use to determine if someone is a "trooper" or not. RIDICULOUS. We are human beings; not robots and that doesn't prove that one individual is more comitted than another.

When I was doing BATB, our "Babette" was not feeling well, and she begged not to go on because she was so nauseous and dizzy, but she was forced on by the SM (whom I feel should have been fired for his bad call) only to fall down a flight of 30 wooden stairs at the very top of our grand staircase during "Human Again." (At that time, I was not Dance Captain so I had no say in the matter and I couldn't help her, although I tried to convince the SM to let her go home..)

It was very frightening for everyone involved and the audience had to watch the entire drama for 30 minutes (before the paramedics arrived she had to lay very still onstage because she fell down the stairs head-first and could not be moved, fearing a broken neck or back.

All of that could have been avoided.

I care about my dancers (and actors) too much to force them to work when they are ill.

You wouldn't do that to someone in an office so why do that to a performer?

[gymdudeva]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 12:19pm

Lauren: Who went on for Gideon yesterday, Robi Hager?

2373: Good post. When i am sick, I can barely drive to the drugstore; I can't imagine performing in a musical.

The theatre is not some magical place where you can suddenly look and feel fine for 2 hours before collapsing. These people are being paid to do a job, and like any job, sometimes they are too ill to do it as required.

Personally , I like seeing swings and understudies. It's somehow adds to the *live* anything-can-happen nature of theatre.

I hate to bring this up, but as far as contagiousness goes, I wonder if the onstage audience should be considered....

[PottstownTeacher]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 12:26pm

Not that it matters, but when I saw the show back on January 10, everyone was in.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 12:29pm

Well that's basically what i was saying 2373 (I should have included Dance Captains)
The producers and Directors have nothing to do with it.
They are not at the theatre everynight.

[bwaygal1]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 12:32pm

I hate to bring this up, but as far as contagiousness goes, I wonder if the onstage audience should be considered....

LOL-I got sick from an unnamed actor (won't cast stones because there are no hard feelings) from sitting in the front row (not at SA, at something else) and getting coughed on. I was sick for almost 4 weeks. (The person who got me sick hasn't yet recouped.) But, I had a good story to tell at work. (once my voice came back!)

[2373]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 12:51pm

Curtain:

Got it!!

Christmas: What tour are you on?? I find that odd. During long and open ended runs, directors and producers aren't there nightly. They pop in once in a blue moon but they have moved on to other projects.

Shows are turned over to SM's and AD's and Dance Captains. We run the shows and make the calls not directors and DEFINTELY not producers.

[2373]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 12:51pm

oops...double post Updated On: 3/5/07 at 12:51 PM

[Fosse76]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 1:07pm

"You wouldn't do that to someone in an office so why do that to a performer? "

You've clearly never worked in an office (or, never had real responsibility in an office) in order to be able to say that. There are times that I have had to go into work, despite feeling like I was on my deathbed, because I had to get work done. In fact, I only call-in sick when I don't have any upcoming deadlines.

[musicalsFan]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 1:13pm

So, true, Fosse76!

Going into an office sick is often considered "dedication to the company". People do it because they're afraid of being considered "lazy" and being the first ones laid off the next time the company goes through a staff reduction. That is the reality of corporate America.

[gymdudeva]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 1:44pm

Yeah, and then they make others sick, too. Selfish.

[musicalsFan]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 1:57pm

Well, it may be selfish, but would you want to be the one on the layoff list????

I've been laid off 3 times in the last 5 years. It isn't a walk in the park.

Rent, utilities, groceries, dr visits, prescriptions ...
Get the picture? Or maybe you don't since you're still living on mommy and daddy's dime?


Updated On: 3/5/07 at 01:57 PM