This breaks my heart. I just read about the ceremony and Christina had to lean on Katey during her speech because she has a tough time standing because of MS.
She was supposed to do this in 2020 but it was obviously delayed because of the pandemic. A year later she was diagnosed with MS. So heartbreaking but at least she finally got to celebrate in person.
So about 17 years ago (!) I built some scenery for Sweet Charity starring Christina Applegate. The plan was for the show to tour across America before arriving in New York for a run on Broadway. Tragically, she broke her ankle just a few nights before the start of the New York run. Her understudy was set to go on during previews, and the NYT ran a big article lauding this actress, how long she'd been working, waiting for a Broadway break, when the producers pulled the plug. Apparently it was felt that the show wouldn't sell without Christina in the lead.
In the shop, we stopped work on that job and it was warehoused.
2 days later, Christina Applegate decided to finance the broadway run of Sweet Charity herself. The show went on. She's a treasure.
maggie320 on November 15th, 2022 at 03:29 UTC »
This breaks my heart. I just read about the ceremony and Christina had to lean on Katey during her speech because she has a tough time standing because of MS.
butidontwantto on November 15th, 2022 at 04:24 UTC »
She was supposed to do this in 2020 but it was obviously delayed because of the pandemic. A year later she was diagnosed with MS. So heartbreaking but at least she finally got to celebrate in person.
dubadub on November 15th, 2022 at 12:16 UTC »
So about 17 years ago (!) I built some scenery for Sweet Charity starring Christina Applegate. The plan was for the show to tour across America before arriving in New York for a run on Broadway. Tragically, she broke her ankle just a few nights before the start of the New York run. Her understudy was set to go on during previews, and the NYT ran a big article lauding this actress, how long she'd been working, waiting for a Broadway break, when the producers pulled the plug. Apparently it was felt that the show wouldn't sell without Christina in the lead.
In the shop, we stopped work on that job and it was warehoused.
2 days later, Christina Applegate decided to finance the broadway run of Sweet Charity herself. The show went on. She's a treasure.