| re: The History of Scheduled Broadway Absences for Professional or Personal Reasons | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:31 pm EDT 04/26/24 | |
| In reply to: re: The History of Scheduled Broadway Absences for Professional or Personal Reasons - Ncassidine 11:52 am EDT 04/24/24 | |
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| Merman may have missed only two performances because of a last-minute illness, but she was out another 11 weeks on vacation and medical leave. There was a two-week vacation in the summer of 1947, granted to her by Rodgers and Hammerstein only reluctantly, then three weeks of medical leave in the fall of 1947 (it was originally supposed to be two weeks, but a few days before she was to return, she said she would need a third week), and then six weeks of vacation of in the summer of 1948, which Rodgers and hammerstein were most reluctant to grant her. They then, according to Brian Kellow's bio of Merman, pressured her to return early. They instituted salary cuts to the cast. If memory serves, the cast was reimbursed after Merman's return, perhaps at her insistence. She was furious about the salary cuts, feeling that Rodgers and Hammerstein had made plenty off the show and there was no need, and that they did this to pressure her to return early. She had signed on for a third year with great reluctance. She was quite tired, and was relieved when the show finally closed. | |
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