Comments on: When Stage Moms Attack!

By: mycaricature

mycaricature — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:27:01 +0000

I’m with you, J.

By: chesire cat

chesire cat — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:02:04 +0000

Nope that was NOT the reason.

By: clo

clo — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:25:08 +0000

fried butter anyone?
never tried it, but sounded like a good place to get a review

By: Rhoddy

Rhoddy — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:20:51 +0000

But to many people, sending a group email of that sort is really tacky in the first place and it’s eminently plausible that Mum 2 just declared open season on the bucket of wank that Mum 1 came out with. It just sounds like a thinly-veiled insinuation that all of the other children will be RUINED without Pwecious Snowflake’s enlightening presence, a situation itself born of Mum 1′s desire to have her cake and eat it too.

By: Mrs.Beasley

Mrs.Beasley — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:27:40 +0000

Oh gad! A director or substitute with script in hand? No costume? That seems so… spontaneous? I give you credit for nerves of steel for your experience.

[Trying now to visualize a last minute substitute, standing alone in the spotlight, score in sweating hand, belting out, "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya' tomorrow..."]

Hmmm. This is going to take a whole lot of willing suspension of disbelief!

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:59:48 +0000

Honestly (as someone who’s directed these things more times than he’d like to count), if a kid gets sick- you’re screwed. Usually a director or someone who is not in the show goes on, script in hand.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:36:19 +0000

Oh, yeah, rumors. That’s the end of the world right there.

By: Mrs.Beasley

Mrs.Beasley — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:11:05 +0000

Guilty as charged, Jimmy – I have no theatre experience past high school musicals.

Your explanation of how these ensembles operate does leave me wondering what Plan B is should one of the actors be literally unable to attend a performance. Unforeseen things do, after all, happen.

Especially with kids, who are notorious for being sidelined with viral and other childhood maladies, it seems short-sighted not to have rehearsed an understudy for each of the principal roles.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:43:59 +0000

I’m not trying to be mean, but it is obvious that none of you have ever worked in theatre. Replacing one child for one night means rehearsing two actors in the same role (or reblocking an entire show), which is almost never done. Across the board, any theatre that has a limited run show is going to demand that an actor be at every performance, especially if (as they usually are for childrens’ shows) there are a small number of performances. I’m not saying either mother handled this well, but it is not an extraordinary decision that the theatre made to not allow the child to go forward with the show.

By: Mrs.Beasley

Mrs.Beasley — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:42:21 +0000

Thank you, Aunt Edna, for your kind remarks. You are clearly a woman of class and good taste.

How about we meet for Bridge at the Village next week? First round of champagne is on me!

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:39:25 +0000

If mom was smart she’d have just called the day of the performance and said, “JaneySue just barfed all over creation. Do you still think she should come to the performance? No? OK, well she’ll be well for the next one, probably just that left-over sushi.” Problem solved.

By: Aunt Edna, calling from Lawrence Welk Village

Aunt Edna, calling from Lawrence Welk Village — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:55:56 +0000

This is an obscure point of grammar for most people. IMO you’re all being “grammar snobs”. Lighten up a little. At least the post was not RAMPENT with really stupid grammar/spelling mistakes.

TickleMyBambo could REALLY use your help!

By: Aunt Edna, calling from Lawrence Welk Village

Aunt Edna, calling from Lawrence Welk Village — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:50:27 +0000

Kudos to you Mrs.Beasley. Very nice analysis. And quite even handed.

As for “settling it privately”, Elf, that’s how rumors get started in these kinds of groups.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:30:53 +0000

Whether “peers” are the kids or the adults, none of them need to know. A private message to a couple of people that the daughter (or mother) were close to would be fine, but a mass email? Uncalled for. Settle it privately.