Funny Girl

Love that song.

Was there? As soon as they announced the Savoy run, we booked straight away though. Hope in 6 weeks she'll be back! 

I said from day dot that the costumes were cheap and nasty.

Hehe! I realized that as I was nodding off last night... Well spotted! (Where is he now?)

What happens after 500? Is it like Logan's Run and we get taken out the back and put put of our misery?

That dress is just awful, like nothing you should ever see in a professional production on the West end.
It looks like the cheapest of cheap costumes in those awful pre order dance costume book. Awful. I hope they update Natasha's dress too, as she is doing a run now. That dress is awful for the last impression of the show.

Sadly though I see a lot of her 'fans' are just saying how she's being selfish and needing to perform, which is kind of ironic considering they're the selfish one's. I find it really sad that most of her 'fans' just expect her to put their demanding above her well-being.

If it is her fathers diagnosis that has triggered all of this then she should have sat down with the producers and asked about a leave of absence much earlier instead of kicking off so publicly. She is already in the lucky position of having a job that gives her free time and flexibility during the day to be with her family, far more so than the majority of jobs. Also, being the leading lady is more than just being the star, she is the company leader and there is a responsibility with that. How she has acted has been unfair to the rest of the company.

I have worked with people who have had immidate family members go through cancer (some twice) and also had family members myself have cancer and the harsh reality is you can't just give up work unless you are very fortunate.

The thing about musical theatre performers though is it's so rare for them to take any time off, because they have worked SO HARD to get where they are, and they have wanted nothing more since they were tiny children than to be performing on that stage every night. It honestly wouldn't surprise me if Sheridan knew in her head that she should have asked for a leave of absence sooner, but she wanted to keep going anyway, even though that effort seems to have now ultimately exacerbated her issues.

Just to make it clear, apologies, I said the "putting into perspective, swallowing pride" etc to our lovely George, worried enormously that he won't get to see his idol. That definitely was in no way what-so-ever my thoughts on what I feel Sheridan should just do....!

At 500, word is you get to be invited "backstage " with the Mods for a special presentation with a couple of glasses of bubbly and some posh nibbles, although from what I've been told it was more like pommagne and pot noodle. I really wanted mine to be at the weekend as I'm allowed to stay up a bit later, but I don't think they're doing it any more: at the last one things got a bit lary after that game where you get a famous person's name stuck to your forehead and you have to guess who you are. A pritt stick was whipped out, photographs taken, a lot of effing and jeffing, and someone (I do know who but I can't say) ended up locked in their dressing room after hanging on to some stage curtains pretending to be Norma Desmond, screaming, "I'll do it again, I'll do it again, I'll do it again..."