Whatever happened to Amy Spanger?

[batboysings]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 7:32am

She was everywhere for a while

[batboysings]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 9:44am

Mysterious.

[tazber]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 11:15am

Wasn't she just in a workshop for a musical with Mickey Dolenz? I remember reading that somewhere.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 11:26am

tazber, Spanger just did a reading in March of a new musical called GARAGE BAND being shepherded by Ken Davenport with Mickey Dolenz, Beth Leavel, Andy Karl, and a slew of others.

She did a musical a couple years ago at the Old Globe in San Diego with Casey Nicholaw based on the film ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS (just before they worked together on ELF together that subsequent fall.) Last I heard, Nicholaw's still trying to get it off the ground, and I believe Spanger remained attached in the last workshop they did relatively recently.

[ChildrenwillListen]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 11:48am

Wasn't she also in the OBC of Rock of Ages? I was sad I didn't see her. I would love to see her perform in person

[steven22]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 3:51pm

She also played Diana in a workshop/reading of FEELING ELECTRIC (NEXT TO NORMAL)

[ChildrenwillListen]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 5:32pm

Oh yeah I remember reading that!

[FlyingMonkey1223]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 7:23pm

She has a hard time sticking with any one project. She gets something big and then leaves because of "vocal issues".

[mallardo]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 7:51pm

As far as I know she has only left one show due to vocal issues, Rock of Ages.

[Mystic Pasta]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 11:09pm

She is shooting a tv pilot for USA Network. I love her and hope it gets picked up.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 4:58pm

I recall seeing pictures of her in PETER PAN. Was it at the Paper Mill?

[FlyingMonkey1223]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 5:13pm

She left Sunset Blvd before her contract was up, as well as ditching The Wedding Singer prematurely because of "vocal issues".

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 6:36pm

She didn't ditch The Wedding Singer prematurely, although I believe she missed quite a few performances at the beginning of the run.

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 7:01pm

Spanger was with The Wedding Singer for it's entire run. She was out of the show briefly on mandatory vocal rest.

[FlyingMonkey1223]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 10:56pm

Her understudy went on more than she did. :/

[Overkill]

Posted: 4/16/12 at 10:07am

Whether I'm proud to admit it or not, I was a huge Wedding Singer fanboy and went to many performances. Amy missed a few performances here and there, but not NEAR as many as Laura Benanti missed due to "vocal issues". Tina Maddigan went on for her constantly and actually replaced her for a short while. Point being, Amy didn't miss THAT much, and her understudy certainly did not go on more than she did.



Updated On: 4/16/12 at 10:07 AM

[newintown]

Posted: 4/16/12 at 10:13am

I hear that she disappeared into the woods of Long Island one night after hitting a deer on the Sunrise Highway, and that she emerges on moonless nights carrying a hook and seeking victims to provide her with fresh blood to stave off "vocal issues."

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/16/12 at 10:29am

Her understudy went on more than she did. :/

Simply not true, but believe it if you want to. I love how people just come to this site and make up "facts" to suit their needs.

Updated On: 4/16/12 at 10:29 AM

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 4/16/12 at 10:51am

Clearly she must have been making up these vocal issues to get out of having to do shows. I mean it certainly just can't be possible that someone who performs 8 times a week would actually have some serious vocal problems at some point.

[FlyingMonkey1223]

Posted: 4/16/12 at 12:11pm

She had the same vocal problems during "Rock of Ages". And I stand by the statement that her understudy went on more than she did during "The Wedding Singer".

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 4/16/12 at 1:02pm

You can stand on top of your statement and it still won't make it true, monkey - and I'm not even a Spanger fan.