Whoa! Broadway.com says Stephanie Block got injured in rehearsal

[BeeBee]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:06pm

Ouch! Hope she's OK!!!

http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=508003

[commasplice]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:14pm

Ack, feel better, Stephanie!!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:16pm

The Curse of the Elphaba!

[Blue J]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:22pm

This role is cursed!

Hopefully she'll have a quick recovery and get back into the role soon. This really sucks.

[TheGaIsSilent]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:24pm

Damn! Hope she's OK...

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:26pm

wow...this character really is cursed


..that's cool for kristy though!


but I wonder why they didn't ask saycon to go to toronto..hm..

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:29pm

Standby needs to be ready more than the Understudy. Plus, Kristy's been on before.

[TheGaIsSilent]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:37pm

I'm just wondering why they seem not to have an understudy for Stephanie? Or maybe she's just not ready?

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:38pm

Ouch. Hope she feels better!

[jjdude2000]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:39pm

Just read this on playbill.com. Hope she's alright!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:39pm

This show is cursed. LOL

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:39pm

the ga~ that is a really good point....I bet she's just not ready to go on yet. They would, without doubt, have an understudy for such a difficult role, so she must not be ready yet...



does this remind anyone else of the whole heather/merle situation with AIDA?

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:40pm

Darn! Jenna Leigh Green could have gone on!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:41pm

How true is this? (playbill.com)
"Wicked is proving to be a bit of a dangerous proposition for its leading ladies. Kristin Chenoweth, who originated the role of Glinda, suffered a neck injury during the show's out-of-town tryout in San Franciso. And, Tony Award winner Idina Menzel broke a rib during her final weekend of performances on Broadway."

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:46pm

It isn't a curse, it is just what happens when a show has such a large budget and such a large, and wholly dangerous set and special effects. I like WICKED a lot, but it is too big for it's own good...

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:48pm

No,wickedrocks, playbill didn't make that up....kristin did suffer a neck injury and had to wear a neckbrace for a few weeks. Let me say, from what I've heard, she WORKED that neck brace OUT!

[Swiftynifty15]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:49pm

Kristy might be a reck. So is Stephanie I bet. Will Stephanie be at the performance? Feel Better Stephanie!!!!! Good Luck Kristy and cast!!!!! Updated On: 3/8/05 at 03:49 PM

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:02pm

I feel so bad for Stephanie. I hope she gets better real soon!

This is awful news.

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:24pm

From Scott Alan: courtesy of sobeautiful.com

So, this is what happened. Yesterday, they had a fantastic run through. Everything went beautifully. It was a dress rehearsal with an audience. Afterwards, they asked Stephanie to stay around for a few more moments, as they wanted to do another 'flying' rehearsal, and make sure everything was working properly. This took place at 11pm. Everything was going fine, until, one of the wires on the harness let go, and so she was hanging by only one wire, and everyone was screaming to let her down, but instead of letting her down, they were raising the wires instead, and bringing her up. Her whole entire right side of her body is completely bruised from her neck to her feet, she is swollen and, having muscle spasms, and though she is in pain, she is in good spirits.

[Merrydothe]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:27pm

I dont get it, wires don't have all that much to do with it. Isn't she just clamped around her waist? Or perhaps it's different for the tour? I'm confused... Updated On: 3/8/05 at 04:27 PM

[kim1061]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:29pm

that's like final destination. first idina, skip shoshana, now stephanie,exactly 2months later...though she was hurt last night.

Hope she gets better. What a conspiracy.

[Katecab99]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:35pm

oh no!!

this is awful it can't be denied that the whole elphaba thing is a little weird, but you also have to take into consideration that the role is very demanding and entails several reasonably dangerous effects.

[TheGaIsSilent]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:44pm

Yeah, I don't get the wire thing, unless the tour "flying" is VERY different from the Broadway apple picker.

[Trisky]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:46pm

Yeah, I don't get the wire thing, unless the tour "flying" is VERY different from the Broadway apple picker.

From what I understand there's more flying in the tour production because some entrances had to be changed due to lack of trap doors in the stages they'll be playing on.

Updated On: 3/8/05 at 04:46 PM

[bwaybaby891]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:47pm

I live in upstate NY and most of the people in this area that wanted to see "Wicked" are going up to Toronto. Bad luck for them if they have tickets for the first few days, but I'm sure Kristy will be good. Thank God I went to NYC and saw Idina in it before the curse started. lol