Why wasn't Chita at opening night of WSS?

[zamedy]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 12:51am

Just wondering if anyone knows why Ms. Rivera wasn't in attendance at opening night? By choice? Scheduling conflict? It was great to see Carol Lawrence (the original Maria) in the pictures from opening night. It would have been perfect to have the living legend that is Chita Rivera there as well.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 2:30am

I don't know why she wasn't there. But she did see the 4th preview.

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 2:59am

The bigger question here is WHY was Carol Lawrence wearing a fan?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 3:04am

Chita was there

Updated On: 3/22/09 at 03:04 AM

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 3:08am

I believe those pics are from when she attended the 4th preview.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 3:10am

The date on the picture is Feb 26 which doesn't seem right to me.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 3:11am

Yeah. That was the 4th preview. I saw her limo outside.

[being.jeremiah]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 3:19am

I believe Carol Lawrence's outfit was made from Aretha Franklin's hat.

[nmartin]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 5:28am

Wouldn't want to sit behind that.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 8:22am

SHE WENT TO THE 4TH PREVIEW.

Question answered.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 8:25am

Where was Steve?

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 8:38am

RE Steve: Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why.

[nmartin]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 9:22am

Paul, are you singing Moon of Alabama?

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 10:55am

I believe it is Moon of Alabama

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 6:08pm

Of course! I'm just sayin' that there is apparently a whole lot of story there.

Was Hal Prince there? I'm just sayin'.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 6:15pm

It's no secret that Sondheim and Laurents are currently not talking.

But Laurents did go on a ski trip with Hal a couple week before previews started.

[TheCharleston]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 6:20pm

Laurents/Sondheim/Hal Prince threesome would be HOT.

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 6:26pm

^ To quote Foamy the Squirrel, "People like this really need food poisoning."

[TheCharleston]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 6:27pm

I'm playing around baby.

Sheesh!!

What's with you and death??

Didn't you tell someone else to "kill yourself" on another thread? So wonderful.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/22/09 at 6:31pm

TheCharleston--your "sexual" humor is never, ever funny. Nor is it ever even appropriate to the discussion at hand.

It is, however, consistently stupid.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 3/23/09 at 2:31am

That is not a fan, it's a heat dissipation system.

Carol Lawrence is still hot, to this day.

[lightguy06222]

Posted: 3/23/09 at 9:31am

and this thread has officially become useless.

I too was surprised she didnt attend opening. YES, SHE SAW THE 4th PREVIEW, but she most likely chose to do that because of a scheduling problem with the opening performance.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 3/23/09 at 9:35am

Carol Lawrence's outfit on opening night was ridiculous.

I don't know if I mean that in a good way or a bad way yet...

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:18am

Am I the only one who thinks Josephine looks Irish?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:54am

Who's Josephine?

And to answer the original poster's question:

She couldn't bear to sit through it one more time.