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| Last Edit: jwilson 02:29 pm EDT 06/25/18 | |
| Posted by: jwilson 02:28 pm EDT 06/25/18 | |
| In reply to: re: anyone see it without Anita Morris? - JereNYC 11:41 am EDT 06/25/18 | |
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| I saw the show during the summer after it opened, and Kim Criswell, Anita Morris's understudy, was on. Not only was I extremely disappointed that I didn't see Morris, but Criswell did not wear the costume. She wore what I presume to be her regular track costume. (And I took a picture at the curtain call, so I know my memory isn't playing tricks on me.) Although I am sure Criswell was more than competent, she did not at all have the impact that the other women in the cast had. | |
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| re: anyone see it without Anita Morris? | |
| Posted by: bowtie7 06:39 pm EDT 06/25/18 | |
| In reply to: re: anyone see it without Anita Morris? - jwilson 02:28 pm EDT 06/25/18 | |
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| There was a photo in the souvenir program of William Ivey Long and the swings--each of which had their own individual costume. I believe the idea was that they could could go on for various roles in a costume just for them, though I am surprised that the Carla understudy did not have a duplicate of what became the shows signature look. | |
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| Here is a New York Times article on the Anita Morris understudy situation | |
| Posted by: bobby2 11:15 pm EDT 06/25/18 | |
| In reply to: re: anyone see it without Anita Morris? - bowtie7 06:39 pm EDT 06/25/18 | |
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| Criswell did wear her own costume but then after complaints they hired somebody else to cover the role. | |
| Link | https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/09/theater/stage-absenteeism-said-to-be-rising.html |
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| re: Here is a New York Times article on the Anita Morris understudy situation | |
| Posted by: bowtie7 10:03 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: Here is a New York Times article on the Anita Morris understudy situation - bobby2 11:15 pm EDT 06/25/18 | |
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| corrected link | |
| Link | https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/09/theater/stage-absenteeism-said-to-be-rising.html |
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| re: Here is a New York Times article on the Anita Morris understudy situation | |
| Posted by: jwilson 11:45 pm EDT 06/25/18 | |
| In reply to: Here is a New York Times article on the Anita Morris understudy situation - bobby2 11:15 pm EDT 06/25/18 | |
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| Thank you for linking that article. Another major theatregoing disappointment was not seeing Elizabeth Ashley in Agnes of God. I guess I was fortunate, though, to see Carrie Fisher and only one of the two performances that Ashley missed! So the complaints about absenteeism go back at least to the 1980s. | |
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