sutton, No I could have not recorded it because I live in MD and don't have cash to go to NYC. If you type in jackie burns if/then on twitter, the link is in the second tweet.
How do they get away with that? In this case the title of the show is practically Idina Menzel in If/Then. I can understand the disappointment and the exchanging of tickets for a later date, but I don't understand the twitter berating.
Blethering Scot, if an above the title actor is out of the show (for example Idina Menzel, Bryan Cranston, Alan Cumming, Michelle Williams) you can exchange or refund your tickets, here on Broadway.
A friend of mine who I was with this afternoon was getting texts from someone who works at the Richard Rodgers theatre. Idina is out again tonight. Apparently there was some sort of "incident" but wouldn't share anything else with anyone. Who knows what that means, but hopefully everything is ok.
I have the inside scoop. Two college students thought it was Just Another Day at if/then but after reading Idina was out the girl went into a hysterical fit and was hospitalised. At the hospital they also told her she was pregnant, and apparently she was pretty worried about how she was going to finish her architectural degree. I heard her name was Diana and she was with her boyfriend Dan. Sounds like a pretty good premise for a musical.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
An "incident" sounds a lot scarier than a cold. I really hope everything is okay with Idina. That's not the most comforting thing to hear a week before making the trip up to see the show. If I lived locally and could easily return another day I would not want a refund, but it would be a bit frustrating after making a long trip. I saw someone on Twitter saying they were offered free tickets to come back another night. If anyone can confirm the refund/exchange policy for this particular situation, that would be much appreciated.
Updated On: 5/16/14 at 08:57 PM
Out and out worship of a Broadway actor or actress boarders on sickness. You like theater fine but to go into a hysterical fit and wind up in a hospital because the star does not appear borders on insanity.
If I was seeing Gypsy starting Patti LuPone and Miss LuPone became ill, I would be very upset because the entire show has been billed around her. Same thing with NPH in Hedwig, Audra McDonald in Lady Day, or even Barbra in Funny Girl.
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
How many people have done that? How is it different from going to see every panned show just so you can go around saying it wasn't as bad as everybody says? When is a person's obsession just a thing, and when is it insanity?
Upset is one thing but to go into hysterics and wind up in a hospital is a bit much
Hey I do not want to lose when I go to play at a slot machine but I do not go into a hissy fit when it happens. If there is a possibility of this happening this party simply should not bother going because it could happen again.
She IS in fact sick - she rehearsed on Wednesday for the 9/11 thing; one of my friends was a talent "wrangler" and texted me saying she was sick - but was still rehearsing.
So unless she has some horrible terrible rare illness...she's just sick. She has a 4 year old and on top of all germs he brings home from school every day, she's been surrounded by hundreds of people for the last several weeks. It was only a matter of time before SOMETHING got her.
Hope Idina is OK and that she can return to doing what she loves soon!!!
I understand being disappointed, but today's understudies could be tomorrow's Tony winners.
For example, I am huge fan of Barrett Wilbert Weed and bought my Heathers tickets shortly after the tickets went on sale. When I got to the theatre and saw that her understudy, Charissa Hogeland, would be on in her place, I was disappointed for about thirty seconds before a thought popped into my head: Laura Benatti was Rebecca Luker's understudy in The Sound of Music, and she went on to have (and is still having) a nice career. Norbert Leo Butz was Adam Pascal's understudy in RENT-- same scenario. So I said to my friend who was with me and said: "Maybe we'll be able to say we saw her (Charissa) back before she was big." And when the show was over, I was happy to have seen her because she gave a great performance, AND it prompted me to go home, follow her on social media, and download an album she's a part of on iTunes.
I'd prefer to see Jackie over Idina. Jackie has a better voice. Idina was screechy and sharp when I saw her. Jackie has more control. I think WICKED irreparably hurt Menzel's voice.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
Just heard some audio clips of Jackie and she sounds wonderful. I'm seeing the show on the 3rd and while I'm hoping that Idina will be there, seeing Jackie would clearly be a treat as well.