Stars of Broadway show 'Shucked' bail on performance - leaving writer and ... trends now
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Three stars of the Broadway show Shucked bailed on the performance on Wednesday night amid wildfire smog chaos - forcing a writer and composer to step in to save the day.
The new musical, which is nominated for nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, saw both play the female lead Maizy after the regular actor and her two understudies called out.
Robert Horn, who wrote the book that the musical is based on, read the main female character's dialogue. And Brandy Clark, the musical's composer, came on to sing the character's songs.
Robert Horn and Brandy Clark, the writer and composer of Shucked, were forced to work together and take on the lead female role after she and her two understudies were not present at the performance
Rheaume Crenshaw, Jaygee Macapugay, Miki Abraham, Yasmeen Sulieman, Traci Elaine Lee and Audrey Cardwell pose at the opening night of 'Shucked' on Broadway
The actor who normally plays Maizy, Caroline Innerbichler, was absent due to issues unrelated to the city's intense smoke.
Innerbichler has two understudies - Traci Elaine Lee and Audrey Cardwell.
One of the understudies was out as a result of a 'sinus infection' unrelated to the bad air in New York City, and the third bailed because of the bad air quality caused by raging
