principle actors out for tonys?
principle actors out for tonys?
mezz98
Swing Joined: 3/6/10
#1principle actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 1:00pm
Hi all! I'm curious if anyone knows whether the Tony Awards will affect whether actors appear in their shows during that weekend. I'm seeing Promises, Promises on Friday and Addams Family on Saturday. It'll be okay if they aren't there, but obviously I'd really like it if I didn't see understudies (mainly for Promises, Promises).
Thanks for any help!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#2principle actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 1:11pmNo.
mezz98
Swing Joined: 3/6/10
#3principle actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 1:12pm
Har har. 
And thanks, Millie.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#4principle actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 1:14pmI saw Next to Normal the day before the Tony's last year. They all were on. Everyone was at the stage door as well. Except for Jen.
#5principle actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 1:14pmLast year I think most of the West Side Story principles were out that weekend.
#6principle actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 1:16pmActors with principles should be there.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#7principle actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 1:37pmLast year I think most of the West Side Story principles were out every weekend.
#9principle actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 2:15pmThis question gets asked every year and to the best of my knowledge, performances go on as scheduled. These are professionals!
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
mezz98
Swing Joined: 3/6/10
#11principle actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 2:32pm
I have absolutely no doubt that these people are professionals and committed to their jobs. I simply wondered whether things like Tony run-throughs (for, say, Sean Hayes) might affect their schedule at all. I also had an experience where I tried to get a ticket to a show in 2007 and was informed that there were no current shows because, as the somewhat snotty box office teller put it, "It's Tony Week." So basically, I just wasn't sure how the Tonys may or may not affect things.
Which is why I appreciate your responses, so thanks. :)
#12principal actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 3:51pm
It's a legitimate question. In general, people are in unless they are not feeling well that weekend (Christine Ebersole for Grey Gardens and Tonya Pinkins in Caroline or Change come to mind). Last year, there were a reasonable number of absences Tonys weekend, although it may have just been bad luck. On Tony day matinee, there were understudies for Tony, Maria, and Anita at West Side Story (and each of them missed one of the Saturday shows as well), I believe Constantine Maroulis missed one of the Saturday shows at Rock of Ages, none of the nominated Billy boys performed at all that weekend, Marc Kudisch was out of 9 to 5 for one show (I think Friday), and I believe Aaron Tveit may have been out on Friday as well.
The main Tonys rehearsal is on Sunday, and there is no performance of Promises Promises scheduled for that day, so you should be all right for Friday. The Addams Family hasn't been announced for a number on the Tonys at all.
RKO Legend
Chorus Member Joined: 5/10/10
#13principal actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 4:00pmHow crowded do you think Chicago would be? they are having a show at 7pm the same sunday night as the tonys.
mezz98
Swing Joined: 3/6/10
#15principal actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 4:19pmWow, mikem, I'm impressed by your knowledge! Well, I'm more concerned about the cast for Promises, Promises, so it sounds like it's a little better that I've got a ticket for Friday. Otherwise I'll just cross my fingers that they're all feeling well. :)
#16principal actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 4:47pmI'm seeing the matinee of Sondheim on Sondheim the day of. This little cynic is preparing for Cook to be out.
mezz98
Swing Joined: 3/6/10
#17principal actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 4:50pmOh, Glinda, your profile pic. *sniffle*
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#18principal actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 5:24pmAttendance has been a lot better since the League adopted the "If you are too sick to work, you are too sick to be on TV" rule.
#19principal actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 5:31pmWasn't the West Side Story situation last year (where all of them were out) what prompted Laurents to go backstage and chew them out?
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#20principal actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 5:47pmI saw Spamalot the day that it won the Tony for best new musical, everyone was in except Sara Ramirez (she had been out sick that whole week and was resting up for the Tonys) and Christopher Sieber (not sure why he was out), the added bonus being that as it was Tony day, Eric Idle was there and I met him before the show as he went in the stage door. The stage door afterwards, however, was slim, the only two that came out were Steve Rosen and Darlene Wilson (Sara's understudy), the rest, we were told, were getting ready for the Tonys.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#21principal actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 5:53pmPlease find out why Christoper Sieber was out that day. I won't be able to sleep until I get your answer.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#23principal actors out for tonys?
Posted: 6/4/10 at 6:23pm
Attendance has been a lot better since the League adopted the "If you are too sick to work, you are too sick to be on TV" rule.
Sounds like the rule they have at a lot of schools for athletes.
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