Timothy Gulan goes on for Nathan in Act II

If you hadn't seen The Frogs before you wouldn't have noticed anything wrong with the last song and dance in Act I. The chorus performed the tit;e number as if nothing unusual was going on. But I noticed that the Nathan Lane on bungee chords routine was gone, as was his bit of business to close the act.

Sure enough, after a long intermission it was announced that due to an injury Timothy Gulan would go on for him in Act II.

With a half-empty and quiet matinee crowd to begin with, it was not the best of circumstances for an understudy to go on, but Gulan did a fine job with a strong singing voice and a solid comic delivery, though more of a "little tough guy" type than Lane.

A toast to Timothy Gulan and a speedy recovery to Nathan Lane

Hear, HEAR!
or is it Here, HERE!
....ponderponder.
so what happened?
or was/is the info not released?
-d.b.j-

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My poor, poor baby! *snuggles Nathan* I really hope he feels better and recovers quickly. I'll have to bake him a cake. ;__;

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"With a half-empty and quiet matinee crowd..."

So is the show not doing well? I mean obviously not that day, but is it struggling on a regular basis?

I have a feeling most shows did not do well this week. Case in point, I just used a discount code for Hairspray, Friday night and got 1st row center front mezzanine.

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When did this happen???????

*going to cry* I hope he's better by Saturday night.

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I had the bad luck to be attending today's performance of THE FROGS, and am relieved to hear that Mr. Lane is not seriously injured. Maybe he can get some rest. Mr. Lane's performance was, to put it gently, tired. I've never seen any star performer give a more, to put it gently, tired performance than Lane gave in the first act of THE FROGS today. He seemed more interested in scanning the house to count empty seats than in anything that was happening onstage. Mr. Gulan did his best under what must have been less than ideal circumstances.

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