The end of SARA RAMIREZ's career? — Page 5

Oh, That's okay Sherwood.

There is no doubt that Donna is extremely talented, but now she is going to have this "over 100 performances missed" on her record. Which is sad - because she really is talented.

As far as cutting songs, Edie Gorme cut a duet between her & Scott Jacoby in Golden Rainbow after it moved to the George Abbott

With regard to understudies, Sara was out when we saw it & her's did not miss a beat. When we saw Victor Victoria , Julie was out It now appears she had good reason to be. Many people got refunds. We stayed & saw it with Anne Runalfson & throughly enjoyed her performance. We than saw Julie on the DVD & could not tell much difference between the 2 performances. We go to see the show. If someone is out, we still stay & see it

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I heard that she didn't want Tuesday's or mats. because it was too much of a strain on her voice.

And the Post has a habit of blowing things out of proportion.

Sorry to be a correction-hound, but here name is spelled Sara and pronounced "sa-da"

I thought Sara was the best thing about Spamalot. I went back to see it a second time and was very disappointed that she was out. But, was interested in seeing how her understudy was. WEll all I can say is that it was one of the worst performances I've ever seen on a broadway stage. Terrible. I would actually cringe at times. Nothing against her personally, but I don't think she was right for the part. Of all the incredible talent in the world, I can't believe she got this stand-by role.

Who gives a flying fig how her name is pronounced when we're TYPING it on a message board?

She only wants to do a 6 show week as it's a strain on her voice? Seriously? The Lady Of The Lake is hardly Eva Peron now is it? Perhaps if she had a more controlled technique she wouldn't be straining her voice all the time. Just a thought.

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"Seriously none of this has surprised me at all. I've heard rumors up and down all over the place. I work in the industry and often hear many things. One thats not a big surprise is that Tim Curry is not one of the nicest people in the world to deal with, while it has been said that David and Hank are the nicest..."

Wow. I have to say *I'm* surprised. Not about the absences, which are undeniable. And I know nothing about Sara Ramirez personally. But I *am* surprised to read your observation that Tim Curry "is not one of the nicest people in the world to deal with." I'm not arguing, as I'm not in the business and certainly don't know the man, and can only go on what I've read about him over the course of many years - including comments from people who have worked with him (not always in something as formal as an interview - sometimes on forums like this one). I've never seen anything to indicate he has a reputation for being nasty or difficult to deal with. Actually, what anecdotal evidence I *have* seen has said quite the opposite. Is this something new? If you don't want to elaborate "publicly", feel free to PM me.

I just wish they'd get their facts straight. DHP was out in June as well, he wasn't there for the performance I saw. Everyone else was in. In not a huge thing but if they say that he was only ever absent in March, then he should have only been out in March. They need to get their facts correct.

I'm sorry to hear about Sara, I'm a big fan of hers.

"And as far as Sarah.... Someone who wins a TONY for her performance has absolutely no worries of ever having to get a job again. Especially with how wonderful her voice is... even though its COMPLETELY wasted in Spamalot."

There are plenty of people who have won their Tony and never work again. It doesn't guarentee you anything.

I did read somewhere that Sara was trained on her voice. I'm sure she has since but maybe she hasn't mastered conserving her voice. Again all of this is based on this one guy's article and who knows how true it i and how much it is exaggerated. I had heard that DHP missed a show so he was wrong on that account. I also didn't think Sara missed as many shows as he implied. I thought Tim had a worse attendence record, but again he was on vacation for a bit. Sara is on vacation the 21st-28th. Hopefully when she gets back she wont' miss many shows. She obviously makes a big difference when she's out.

Just a quick question, kinda off topic...What does it mean to "phone in" a performance? Is it just like giving a half ass, non-creative, so-so performance?

Yes, B-way.

Well, Sara was the only thing good about this performace. And DHP was good.

Eponine - was he on vacation when you saw it? They may not include vacations as missed performances...

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