Fantasia Missing Broadway Shows?
American Idol winner, Fantasia Barrino, has been performing in "The Color Purple" on Broadway but, apparently, there is no guarantee that audiences will see her. According to Fox News (and you gotta take that with a grain of salt), Fantasia has missed almost 50 shows since the summer. The article also states that the "New York Post" is reporting that "the two-shows a day, 6-days a week schedule is taking its toll on Barrino."
Broadway has a refund policy if a star isn’t performing. That has cost producers of her show tens of thousands of dollars.
Has anyone had this happen or have any of you heard about this happening? Tell me it isn’t so!!!
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9 opinions for Fantasia Missing Broadway Shows?
jiggawho
Dec 13, 2007 at 2:27 pm
It ain’t so.
GerriG
Dec 14, 2007 at 8:59 am
Oh, please tell me it isn’t so. For her to mess up at this point would be the worst
psbintl
Dec 14, 2007 at 4:06 pm
I seriously doubt this! She has had great reviews and seems to really take her work seriously.
There is no way someone could miss 50 shows of a Broadway hit like that and still remain part of the cast.
I would take this with a grain of salt.
Shelley
Dec 15, 2007 at 1:22 pm
She was there when I went, now I heard she is pregnant
sasha
Dec 15, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Actually she has been missing a lot of shows, I post on some Broadway boards and MANY have been keeping track, in a couple of threads they say she has missed a lot of shows. in fact they are quite upset about it, and It was there that I read showgoers getting refunds for thier Fantasia-less shows the ticket booth person said he was constantly giving refunds to the nights she was absent. I don’t know if 50 is the actual amount but there’s been a lot of talk for a long time now.
Ebony
Dec 20, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Fantasia sings in this new karaoke set coming out. Check it out: http://www.techtogo.com
noddy
Dec 27, 2007 at 5:07 am
Was a no show at 12/26/07 performance. Got to the theater at 7:30PM only to be told that she cancelled an hour ago. Refunds were being offered. Some people did cancelled.
Sultry
Jan 10, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Oh boy Fantasia, you better recognize your not that big of a star yet to be messing up this badly. Don’t you forget your a single Mom with no education. Where in the world do you think, you can work a regular job, and have the earnings, being the lead in a Broadway show will bring. Girl you better wake up and fast. Clearly your hanging with the wrong crowd, if none of them have said this to you. Sometimes trying to maintain relationships on the same level they were before success strikes is not possible. Let the bad people/influineces go. I pray you weren’t so enraptured as to be fooled a second time, and the rumors of being pregnant without a husband are just that, a rumor.
Please Fantasia pull yourself out of the self defeating funk, or kiss your short lived success good-bye.
Ellie
May 16, 2008 at 3:33 pm
50 seems like a lot to miss, but it’s not considering she does 8 a week and has been sick several times.
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