rm ([personal profile] rm) wrote2003-04-08 11:03 pm

(no subject)

Theater will break your heart. I suppose movies will too, but there was no succint and powerful way to open the post with a broader sentiment.

Our actor who plays Capulet has herniated a disk, and as such, we are recasting the role as he has to be out of the show by Thursday. Hell, even currently, he can't do the dances, and we're working around his incredibly valiant efforts to keep things going.

It's just so sad. For all of us. It made tonight wobble between being somber and being vaguely hysterical.

Meanwhile, still loving this SMing opera experience. Big big big wow.

Today's scary thing -- nothing specific, which is my bad. Dealing with the world as it came down I suppose.

[identity profile] coyotegoth.livejournal.com 2003-04-08 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Fuck, that's awful. I herniated a disc once; I'm surprised he can play the role in any capacity.

[identity profile] rm.livejournal.com 2003-04-08 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Honestly, as are we.
Really, profoundly impressive and much appreciated work from him.

And I have to say, while this would be horrifying for our show and our team, no matter who it happened to, he made Capulet so _interesting_ and it's not normally a character one feels much for -- Capulet is a device that makes the things you do care about happen, but you watch this guys performance and you're like "woah, there's a whole story about Capulet here that I guess is in some other play."