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I'll add one and thanks for all the responses
Posted by: bobby2 12:54 am EDT 05/25/23
In reply to: Famous Broadway firings - bobby2 01:03 am EDT 05/24/23

One of my own I read about: Carrie Fisher from Agnes of God.

This one makes me sad because it sounds like she was really trying to grow but her addictions got the best of her.

In that recent bio Elizabeth Ashley says Fisher was great in the role but would miss shows too much. That gave Maryann Plunkett lots of time in the role. Eventually Geraldine Page started to prefer working with Plunkett and Fisher was let go do to missing something like 20 shows in 6 weeks or some number like that.
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re: I'll add one and thanks for all the responses
Last Edit: AlanScott 01:21 am EDT 05/25/23
Posted by: AlanScott 01:18 am EDT 05/25/23
In reply to: I'll add one and thanks for all the responses - bobby2 12:54 am EDT 05/25/23

The third Emile de Becque during the original Broadway run of South Pacific, Roger Rico, was fired one day between matinee and evening performances after he had been playing the role six months. There were just too many complaints that the genuinely French Rico was unintelligible even after six months.

Also, I think Timothy Nolen, the first replacement Phantom on Broadway, was essentially fired. He had signed for six months with an option for another six, but he was gone after five. They'd had to put "Music of the Night" into a lower key for him, and Lloyd Webber was not pleased.
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