Billy Porter drops out of Cabaret

All cases of sepsis are serious. I never heard of a "mild" case of sepsis.

[quote] The official cause is sepsis, but how long until he blames the Jews?

The Jews, OP?

They simply couldn’t HANDLE his star power!

Some background for R2

Zzzzzz...

Sepsis?! Or is it just a mild case of kidney failure?

Already discussed at length in the theater gossip thread.

Funny how disease always attacks failing performers.

[quote] All cases of sepsis are serious. I never heard of a "mild" case of sepsis.

As someone who has had sepsis, I can tell you that although all cases of sepsis are indeed serious, some are much worse than others. I contracted sepsis after I had a bad bout of diverticulitis, but they caught it fairly early and I was treated successfully with antibiotics, and although i had to have GI surgery to remove part of my intestine, it was not so serious I had to have a colostomy.

I had a professor in graduate school whose diverticulitis was left untreated longer, and his sepsis was much worse, and he very nearly died. His GI surgery was more drastic and was performed almost as soon as he was checked into the hospital, and he had to from then on use a colostomy bag.

[quote] Already discussed at length in the theater gossip thread.

Thanks for the policing, Controlfreakerina, but many of us have learned to actually stay far, far away from all the stupid gurlish chatting in those threads. If information is repeated from those threads into others, then big deal.

It was the box office that developed the sepsis.

Told ya.

It would be a Chanel Colostomy bag, thank you very much!

Sepsis can be caused by fudge-packing

Billy wanted this performance to bolster his tarnished reputation, and he thought he'd go for broke and be even more over-the-top in the role than anyone has been previously in order to garner cheap attention (which he loves). But it backfired on him, as did his comments referring to Blacks as the equivalent of the Jews in the year 2025, which seemed especially insensitive in this current climate. So I'm sure he wanted to get out of the situation as soon as possible so as not to have the public humiliation of being reported as playing to tiny-sized audiences. I'm also the producers want to wrap this show up since it's probably not making money, given that the people who came to see Eddie Redmayne and Orville Peck are now staying away and Porter has been attracting bad publicity 9and at this point in the show's run there IS such a thing as bad publicity).

So the "sepsis" was quite suspiciously convenient.

Shepshish?

Could the sepsis please last into next year so he has to drop out of the Encores! “La Cage”?

As annoying as Billy is I cannot imagine someone lying about sepsis. Even HIM.

I eat bowel movements.

Sepsis...or low ticket sales?

That "La Cage" is doomed now. Watch for the announcement of a different show, like last season.

[quote]although i had to have GI surgery to remove part of my intestine, it was not so serious I had to have a colostomy.

You and I have different ideas on what constitutes "serious."

Team Sepsis, and have been for years.

[quote]The official cause is sepsis...

Sepsis is apparently caused by RANCID reviews!

Offering no opinion on Billy Porter, but I did have sepsis when my colon ruptured and I had my colectomy.

I wouldn’t wish that on Billy Porter. I mean, I’ve been on line with him at a cruise ship buffet once.

How does box office sepsis even work??

[quote]I wouldn’t wish that on Billy Porter. I mean, I’ve been on line with him at a cruise ship buffet once.

"I'm gonna see it twice more! My husband works in the area!"

Wow. He's the most bizarre casting choice for Sally Bowles ever.

You're mistaken, r27. Billy actually plays the part of Fräulein Schneider.

He's septic AND toxic!

[quote]Wow. He's the most bizarre casting choice for Sally Bowles ever.

True, but why do I think he could maybe pull off "Woman of the Year"?

[quote]As annoying as Billy is I cannot imagine someone lying about sepsis. Even HIM.

You're so naive.

R8/R11/R19/R23 are right.

The sepsis excuse is just to let him save face, because he wasn't the box-office draw they promoted him as, and for them to close the show earlier than expected instead of admitting defeat.

Didn't that ugly fat girl do this when she pulled out of Funny Girl?

I have always thought it would be very bad karma for a performer and the press people for their shows to lie about a serious illness or injury as a way to save face when the performer has to drop out of a show. I think that was R17's point.

Sepsis is what they call can’t sell tickets now.

Took too many loads at Ptown.

God, R35, who'd look at THAT and think golly, I can't WAIT to ejaculate inside that!!!!

Sepsis= BOX OFFICE POISON!

Andy Sepsis?

Sepsis! Did she have one of those "illegal" operations to rid herself of the child?

I don't think loads cause sepsis in most instances, no?

R32. To her credit, Beanie didn't make up a fake story. It was announced that she was leaving. When she found out they were bringing in Lea she left a month sooner.

He basically ruins everything he touches. That revival/reimagining of Cy Coleman's "The Life" a few years ago was dreadful, with its completely unsubtle "trans" retrofitting and boring staging. It was never a great musical, but it was also not boring in its original run.

Do we think the production of La Cage (a really lousy show to start with) will try to weasel out, or just go ahead and flop hard?

Has the public finally had enough of Billy Porter?

Is it recuse sepsis?

No, this sepsis is the kind that sticks around.

Sepsis is serious for anyone. It is even more serious for someone who has HIV. He is annoying as fuck but I pray for the best.

[quote]He is annoying as fuck but I pray for the best

In other words R46 is virtue signaling but otherwise doesn’t give a fuck.

Sepsis is the new “exhaustion”.

[quote]To her credit, Beanie didn't make up a fake story. It was announced that she was leaving.

That's a very good point. When these things happen, the performers, producers, and press agents are rarely so honest as they were on that occasion.