accident at wicked tonight- Page 2

[wickedmenzel318]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:39am

That is not true the trap door is still there just not on tour. I can promise you Stephanie did not get hurt by any other way than just the trap. What did she do then?

[wickedmenzel318]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:39am

Double post
Updated On: 12/14/07 at 11:39 AM

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:41am

boo ya! and a girl named "wickedmenzel" would know.

[fsuchris]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:42am

Updated On: 12/15/07 at 11:42 AM

[wickedmenzel318]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:45am

If this is true, then what did Stephanie do to hurt herself?
And Brian I am a boy and even though I do not post all the time, I am on this board a lot. So do make it seem like I could not know anything.
Updated On: 12/14/07 at 11:45 AM

[Elphie3]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:47am

No - there is a trap door involved in the melting Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACfEAEbnB6U

[Tiny_Dancer]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:49am

I am going to back fsuchris on this. He told you all that he can. It was a traffic issue, not the trap door.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:51am

You'd think hardcore Wicked fans would know this! The trap door isn't used when she melts. It's used afterward. I haven't seen the show in over three years and I remember that. Oy.

Anyway, I wish Stephanie all the best.

[Popular]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:55am

I'm so glad she is OK!

[white guy]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 12:28pm

this is what happened.

her hand was hit in a traffic accident by a spear/staff from one of the guards.

it was badly injured and she was a total pro to finish the show. she was hurt and really crying audibly in sebastian's arms...leaving the show. she was in such pain, she did not take a bow. that's a first...well, a 2nd. maybe.

what a pro to finish. shows can be so dangerous...good that such an accident wasn't any worse.

[Eos]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 12:33pm

Here's hoping she recovers soon.
There's a nice interview with her in Playbill today, by the way!
Diva Talk

[bardolator]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 12:41pm

"I can promise you Stephanie did not get hurt by any other way than just the trap."
No offense, wickedmenzel, but unless you were there, or are involved with the show, or are a personal friend whom she told herself, you really can't "promise" this. fsuchris says he has said all he could--we should respect that. Plus, why do we really *need* to know anything other than that it wasn't serious?

(BTW--fsuchris, I'm assuming your username means you're from my alma mater. )

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:17pm

I'm glad to hear Stephanie is okay. I hope she is back on the stage at the Gershwin very soon.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 1:40pm

Ouch! Did she break her hand? I hope she has a speedy recovery, and thanks for the update.

[Popular]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 2:09pm

No, she didn't break anything

don't read too much into white guy's description of "badly injured". Not to downplay what happened but thank goodness it isn't too serious. She'll be just fine.

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 2:13pm

Any word on whether or not she'll be in the show tonight?

[Craig]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 2:54pm

It was a traffic incident.

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 2:55pm

Reading about this accident possibly caused by the trap door reminds me of the accident on the set of the Wizard of Oz film.
Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West was about to "disappear" in a ball of fire in Munchkin Land. There was a sliding trap door and an elevator of sorts which was supposed to drop Hamilton below the sound stage safely in a burst of smoke, after which there is a ball of fire. Well, the ball of fire came too soon and badly burned Hamilton who was out of the film for weeks while she recuperated. The green coating on Hamilton's hands caught fire, making the experience very painful. The scene that appears in the film was the first take which went perfectly. The second take was made after a lunch break as "insurance" of the scene, and that second take was when the accident took place. The fire ball scene, as effective as it was, was not used again in the film, for obvious reasons.

[scot]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 3:25pm

Gosh...the drama here!
Trap door, no trap door...
theater is serious work.
Accidents happen. I'm just
glad SJB is ok. She's one
of the best to play this
part. Had she been lead when
it opened, she would have
had the Tony...hands down!

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 3:30pm

Stephanie is fine, but will be out of the show tonight to rest up.

[stella985]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 3:35pm

Actually what really happened is that Idina got angry that Stephanie was doing such a good job, and she paid one of the chorus members to stab Stephanie, but Stephanie is a quick one so they missed and only got her hand.

[me2]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 4:43pm

Hey Eos,

Thanks for the link. That is a great interview. I love reading interviews with Block because she's so intelligent and has such great insights. I bet she's a very fascinating person to know.
Broadway Blog: Take a Chance On Me (Thoughts on the Mamma Mia! Movie)

[AngActing]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 6:30pm

For those who think that in theatre ONLY trap doors are problems; and I know it's not all of you. But, come one, there are so many ways actors get hurt in all sorts of shows.

I have an injury for every show I've ever done! Of course, I am a clutz and that makes sense. A set piece was moved and hit me in the mouth, during blackout -- gave me a fat lip; tripping in the dark (happens to any actor at any given time); a dance number and someone kicks or swings too far or you didn't keep your space far enough away, prop malfunctions, costume malfunctions . . . actors sitting on the floor gets hands stepped on by walking actors, twisting an ankle in the middle of a scene, etc., etc.

In short, there's a million different ways to get hurt during live shows . . .

And I am very happy to hear that SJB got through it and is better.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 6:54pm

Stella, that brings a certain figure skating incident to mind....!

[thespian geek]

Posted: 12/14/07 at 7:31pm

I've gotten hurt plenty of times by various things in shows, too. And no trap doors were involved!

Tripped on my costume and fell down a flight of stairs from the green room once on my way down to the backstage area at one theatre. Got hit on the head by a fly that was coming down and no one said anything about it coming down, so obviously I was kind of really mad at the stagehands around me. Then in my most recent show, it wasn't even anything in the show that hurt me other than the dancing -- I got shin-splints, of all things! Those things hurt like heck... eesh.