Will Kristin Make It Through the Run?

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 9:27am

She must have been feeling very low when she tweeted this late last night:

 

 ·  9h 9 hours ago

Performing with bronchitis and athsma is not easy. And yet we do what we do. Love U. Xxoo

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As many have noted, it's a very demanding role.

 

Madeline Kahn didn't last very long.

Updated On: 5/5/15 at 09:27 AM

[Bilbo3]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 9:30am

Yeah i wondered if she was taking on too much with this show and tony hosting. It's the most demanding role on Broadway  right now. I'm sure she will come out of it with flying colors though. She's a tough cookie. 

[tazber]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 9:44am

I was exhausted just watching her.

I didn't know she had asthma.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 10:33am

I wonder how much this could affect her chances of winning the Tony.

[LarryD2]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 10:35am

^ It won't affect her chances at all. She's performing through illness, like professionals do. She's missed four or five performances (out of close to 100) so far. Compared to her co-star, she's been a rock.

It helps no one to wildly speculate, based on one tweet, that Kristin Chenoweth won't finish her run. 

Updated On: 5/3/15 at 10:35 AM

[Musical Master]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 10:39am

I pray that she doesn't drop out of the production the same way Madeline Kahn did in 1978, that would suck.

[dcbwayfan]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 10:47am

I saw OTTC last night....actually came to NYC all the way from Montana to see it and Cheno. She was amazing. Didn't miss a beat. I knew she was sick....and did notice her having a sip of something every now and then and her speaking voice was a bit horse but her singing voice was superb. I feel so grateful that she went on. It was an experience of a lifetime. She is a tough cookie and a pro. 

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 11:09am

It's very important not to miss performances during the month of May as many Tony voters will be seeing the show. It can absolutely affect her chances if she has absences this month.

[Bilbo3]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 11:16am

This topic came up when patina Miller got sick and she still won. Kristin will be fine. The point is, she is still going on even when she is sick performing one hell of a performance. 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 11:22am

What I meant was that her illness could affect her chances one way or another. Ether Tony voters will be impressed with how she's able to still go on with the show, or the illness might affect the performance in someway.

Updated On: 5/3/15 at 11:22 AM

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 11:30am

And if she's absent and they can't reschedule, they won't be voting for her. Hopefully she won't be missing much this month. I am looking forward to revisiting her performance on May 20th. 

[tazber]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 11:31am

I'm sure one of the reasons she tweeted that was to let Tony voters know that she's ill and to judge her performance accordingly.

 

dcbwayfan, I'm so glad you loved the show!

 

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 11:45am

I'm sure she will be fine.  She knows how to take care of herself and her passion is performing on stage.  She's a perfectionist.  She'll get through it and be glamorous! 

[jemjeb2]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 12:35pm

"I'm sure one of the reasons she tweeted that was to let Tony voters know that she's ill and to judge her performance accordingly.
 
dcbwayfan, I'm so glad you loved the show!
 

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While I'm sure that the actors enjoy winning awards/recognition for their performances, I think it would be pathetic if they were as obssessed with the Tonys as much as Message board posters seem to think they are and as much as the posters themslves are.

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 1:04pm

^Exactly.  I doubt that was even running through her mind.  She's posted numerous times about not feeling well over the past few weeks. 

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 3:57pm

"It helps no one to wildly speculate, based on one tweet, that Kristin Chenoweth won't finish her run. "

 

It's not wild speculation except in your overactive brain. It's on everyone's mind due to the fate of Madeline Kahn.

 

I have no doubt that she was quite ill or would not have missed any performances. It seems like she went back before she was completely recovered and that is reason for a little worry.

 

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 4:52pm

Unless she wants to be totally wrung out, she should graciously bow out of the Tonys and just get a good rest.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 7:09pm

She is such a delicate little thing, remember when they tried to kill her with a big light on the set of THE GOOD WIFE?  She should get out of Show Biz NOW!

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 7:38pm

her u/s will be going on the Saturday evening performance before the Tony Awards(June 6), Their show on June 7 has been cancelled. I have to wonder why her u/s simply couldn't do the June 7 show as well.

[RaiseYouUp]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 7:42pm

How many times do Tony voters typically see a show? Once before nominations and once during may before casting their official votes?

[Kad]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 8:15pm

They see it once. The voters don't nominate the show.

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 8:33pm

The grueling nature of her role, and the successful way she is performing it through sickness and health, is why I think she should take the Tony.

The rigor involved in her role exceeds the others, IMO.  And she's doing a great job and receiving raves for it.

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Posted: 5/3/15 at 8:46pm

I don't understand why her tweeting she's sick should have any effect on the Tony OR mean that she's likely to drop out.

She as a bronchitis that's lingering because she has asthma. She missed 4 performances last weekend, but she did the full 8 shows this week despite of not being 100% recovered yet. I saw the show today and aside from a few coughs during the beginning of the show, she would have not been able to tell that she was sick at all. Her energy level was as high as ever, she didn't miss a beat and she didn't miss a single one of her high notes either. I don't know how she does it, but she does. If you need any indication that she will NOT follow in Miss Kahn's footsteps, that would be it.

Also, Judy Kaye was just fine for several months after Madeline Kahn left.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 9:17am

Jeffrey loves to be wildly speculative with less than no basis for what he says. I've learned to ignore him.

If she's sick, she will perform through it to the best of her ability. Or if not, she has a capable understudy. This will not affect her "chances" and she won't drop out. Jeez.

[LarryD2]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 9:36am

"It's not wild speculation except in your overactive brain. It's on everyone's mind due to the fate of Madeline Kahn."

It's on EVERYONE'S minds? Everyone's??? And you know this...how, exactly?

The only person I see referencing Madeline Kahn is you. Madeline Kahn, rest her soul, had her own issues. Kristin Chenoweth isn't Madeline Kahn.