King and I reviews?

Lianna wrote:
> A fact, I think you'll find. There are several professionally
> trained performers in the cast, and, as posted before, no
> cast member is being paid.

Sorry Lianna, a friend of mine is one of the above-mentioned 'fired' understudies and it is a 'fact' that at least one of the principles is being paid (confirmed by the paid member in question) and I wouldn' t be surprised to find that there was more than one. I know that there are many cast members under the delusion that no cast member is being paid, but it is simply untrue.

I was at the infamous Wed show that determined the fate of the understudies. There were some problems, but I think it is a disgrace to treat any performer in this way and also an extreme and unnecessary measure on the basis of the performance I saw. As someone else mentioned on this forum the set and technical aspects of the show were pretty ordinary and probably contributed to the alleged "complaints" just as much if not more than the performances.

I thought the King was delightful; he really caught the essence of the role. Lady Tian gave the vocal performance of the night for me and for a first timer (first musical ever) the guy playing Lun Tao was brilliant. There that's my 50c worth! My sympathies to the understudies who have been denied their promised 3rd show. I know how much work you all put in and it's extremely poor form on the part of the MS Society to have handled the situation this way. Okay! really going now....