Anybody seen Fantasia? Sources say she’s missed 50 performances from her Broadway role as Celie in “The Color Purple,” causing hysteria among those who paid to see her. Her absence from a recent show even brought a child to tears.
The NY Post is reporting that since summer, the occasional star of “The Color Purple” has missed nearly 50 performances, production sources say. Following a three-week vacation caused by the strike, she dropped last Friday’s performance, causing pandemonium in the lobby of the Broadway Theatre. An 8-year-old girl sobbed uncontrollably when she heard Fantasia was not going to be in the show. “It was very sad,” my lobby spy reports. “Her mother was trying to explain to her that Fantasia was sick, but the girl didn’t understand and just kept crying.”
Producers have reportedly refunded tens of thousands of dollars worth of tickets because of her no-shows. Several weeks back, the “Idol’ winner said the show was taking a toll on her. But day-um, is it like that?
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