Will Kristin Make It Through the Run? — Page 2

And its been widely stated....lots of voters don't see everything, they often vote based on word of mouth/reviews. Even if they see the understudy....they could easily vote for her.

It is only the nominators that are REQUIRED to see each show.

I think that's what I heard or read somewhere. They are asked to see each show, and it would certainly be preferable, but it's not required. But you would hope that they would not vote in the respective categories that they cannot fully judge and and make a effort to at least see all the shows with multiple nominations...

But I was wondering (sorry, off-topic), do all voters get comped? Because with 800+ seats that would make a considerable financial impact esp on shows like OTTC with only 800 seats in the house. But on the other hand, you can hardly expect voters to pay for the tickets to each and every show... hmmm

For those of us seasoned enough to have been around during the original run, Madeline's issue were much different that Kristin's. You can't and shouldn't compare the two scenarios.

It's on everyone's mind due to the fate of Madeline Kahn.

No, it's definitely not. Just yours. You are the one with the "overactive brain."

I hope that Kristin will get through this health episode and it's nice to see that she still performs even when she's not at 100%, goes to show what a strong woman she is.

"I was exhausted just watching her.
I didn't know she had asthma."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re%27s_disease Kristin suffers from this disease. She is one tough Cookie. I would have given up !!!

Exactly. I'm pretty sure she even said that The Apple Tree was the *only* time she cared about the award, because of all the hard work she had put into the show and the validation she had gotten for it but the reviewers, which were the best of her career (at the time, I believe OTTC might have topped that), and not to be nominated came as big surprise to many, and also to her.

But she has said many time that this has reminded her to "never to anything with the expectation of an award". That's not to say that she won't be thrilled to be nominated again (for the first time in 11 years), and would undoubtedly be very happy to win. But she also knows that that's not what it's about and getting or not getting it doesn't have anything to with the quality of the work she is doing... And I'd imagine that's how most people in the business feel, or learn to feel. There is always people or shows that are snubbed, that's just the way it goes...

That's really sad to hear about Madeline. Reminds me of the nightmare experience Patti Lupone had with Evita. She also felt she had no support from the directors (Who was also Hal Prince).

I'm more than sure Kristin will make it through the run. She's obviously not scared of the score.

It's stated very clearly on Roundabout's website that Chenoweth isn't performing on June 6:

NOTE: Kristin Chenoweth will NOT be performing at 8pm on Saturday, June 6, and there will be no 2pm performance on Sunday, June 7.

If you're not interested in seeing the show without her, I'd recommend contacting Roundabout's customer service department and inquiring after a refund or exchange.

Prince had expected Bernadette Peters in the role.

Really? Then perhaps he should have suggested to the composer to not write any high notes, because Peters NEVER had the notes this role requires. This role is in no way suited Peters' voice at all - I imagine Prince MAY have considered her for the role, but she couldn't have sung it (as it is written)....period.

Yes, it's a very demanding role, and performing on Broadway is different than doing movies. I think that while Kahn had a trained voice, she didn't have the experience/history of doing 8 shows a week to keep it in shape, and it was harder for her to sustain the run. (She didn't do a lot of Broadway musicals.) However her "departure" happened, it's not the same thing as Chenoweth's situation, as Chenoweth has consistently made her career on her voice, which Kahn did not do. I think comparing them, other than the fact they both played the role, is really grasping at straws.

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Really? Then perhaps he should have suggested to the composer to not write any high notes, because Peters NEVER had the notes this role requires. This role is in no way suited Peters' voice at all - I imagine Prince MAY have considered her for the role, but she couldn't have sung it (as it is written)....period.

You are astute. Down further in that paragraph in the biography it is said that Prince later admitted that Peters would have had difficulty with parts of the score.

"Grasping at straws?"

Prior to seeing this biography I had no idea that Kahn's reason for quitting was a fear of being humiliated on stage by the failure of her voice to hit the high notes. I thought that the role in its entirety had been too strenuous.

There were some other interesting statements in that chapter of the book that I can't remember to whom to attribute. Someone connected to the show said that the problem was all in Madeline's mind; that she had the chops to do fifteen shows a week.

Someone else, Kevin Kline I think, said that Coleman's <expletive deleted> score was that of an operetta, not a Broadway musical, and any actress would have been intimidated by the difficulty.