Broadway Star Joined: 6/27/07
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.
I don't know why she wasn't there. But she did see the 4th preview.
The bigger question here is WHY was Carol Lawrence wearing a fan?

Chita was there
I believe those pics are from when she attended the 4th preview.
The date on the picture is Feb 26 which doesn't seem right to me.
Yeah. That was the 4th preview. I saw her limo outside.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
I believe Carol Lawrence's outfit was made from Aretha Franklin's hat.
Wouldn't want to sit behind that.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
SHE WENT TO THE 4TH PREVIEW.
Question answered.
RE Steve: Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why.
Paul, are you singing Moon of Alabama?
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
I believe it is Moon of Alabama
Of course! I'm just sayin' that there is apparently a whole lot of story there.
Was Hal Prince there? I'm just sayin'.
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.
Laurents/Sondheim/Hal Prince threesome would be HOT.
^ To quote Foamy the Squirrel, "People like this really need food poisoning."
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.
TheCharleston--your "sexual" humor is never, ever funny. Nor is it ever even appropriate to the discussion at hand.
It is, however, consistently stupid.
That is not a fan, it's a heat dissipation system.
Carol Lawrence is still hot, to this day.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/06
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.
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...
Am I the only one who thinks Josephine looks Irish?
Who's Josephine?
And to answer the original poster's question:
She couldn't bear to sit through it one more time.
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