The end of SARA RAMIREZ's career? — Page 3

At first, I thought, "The END of her career on Broadway? That might be a bit too dramatic..."

But then I realized everything BAD gets spread around you in show biz. A Tony Award doesn't do much for your name when you're getting your new job.

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I say fire her and give her Tony award to Kelli O'Hara.

FYI- while at the stage door for Pillowman last night I couldn't help but look over and see who was signing over at Spamalot. DHP was of course out there (he's so nice) and then I looked around and was shocked to see Ramirez out there as well. I had heard about her frequent absences and had been to the tuesday performance after the Tony Awards that she missed. It's pretty sad that I was actually surprised to see a performer at their own show!

Off topic- Pillowman was great!!

I saw the full cast in May, and didn't really realize how lucky I was until afterwards. In any case, Ramirez sounded geniunely hoarse at the Tonys, but to be that sick for the whole run? It seems...doubtful.

Sorry to go off-topic, but is anyone else driven nuts by Riedel's one-sentence "paragraphs"? My God, can't he come up with a little bit more snark and make a column that doesn't read like it was written by an exceptionally lazy 7th grader?

I feel lucky now that I've seen Sara in Spamalot and Laura in Nine. hehe and with all these stage door stories of Sara not going through the stage door, she went through the stage door in chicago, but no one in the crowd stopped her to get an autograph/picture.

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Hey, don't act as if laziness is something that magically appeared in the last twenty years. Stars have had extended absences and phoned in performances for as long as Broadway has existed, and the vast majority of performers today make it on stage every day and work through illness and injury. It's just that the few prominent cases of absenteeism are, well...prominent, which means that it feels like 50 performers named, say, Donna Murphy are constantly missing time.

In other words, I'm not going to believe this is an increasing trend based purely on anecdotal evidence and whining.

I believe she was also out quite a bit in King and I. However, I know that she had problems (maybe still does) with her back, and the 60 pound dresses she had to lug around in that show killed her back even worse.

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Do actors get paid for missed performances?

Well, yes, she also sent me an autographed headshot, of course she's nice. But what does that have to do with her missing performances? I just think it's a shame because she's stellar. Oh well...that's more time she'll have to take care of our kids.

Thanks babe. I changed it.

trouper
(noun) 1 : a member of a troupe; especially : ACTOR ; 2 : a person who deals with and persists through difficulty or hardship without complaint

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"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds." ~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns

It happens everyday in corporate America.

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Just saw this over at ATC:

"According to the new production contract (you can read it on the Equity website), you are not compensated for sick days. However, you accrue 1 sick day after 4 consecutive weeks of work, not to exceed 4 sick days per year. There are more details in the contract if you want to go the site.

BTW - it also mentions that if you make more than $3,500 a week you are not eligible for sick days."

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Everyone is replying to this as though it were 100% true which we do not know for sure that it is. I hope that she was indeed sick and not just taking advantage. I have seen both Sara and Jenny Hill(understudy) perform and you cannot even compare the two. I can say that I went to a show and when I saw she was out again, I sold my ticket so there are people who would be upset at not seeing her. I think more than the other cast members she makes the most difference in the show when she is out. I did meet her several times at the stage door and she was extremely polite to everyone. Granted you can be nice in front of fans and be different behind closed doors. I actually thought Tim had a worse absentee record than Sara. I did hear that she had a planned vacation this week...could not be worse timing for that. Anyway, I hope this gets resolved because she is so talented and it would be a shame for her to ruin her career now that she's finally getting recognized.