The Broadway attendance police are on patrol, and this time we're giving out detention to - Fanta sia. 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."

-Juicy C

What a dumb girl. You get an unbelievable shot to perform on broadway and wouldn't dedicate your life to make sure you're in the performance?

paisleypark4 said:

gosh, ugly and undependable...what a combo...

Justaphase said:

Dont be talkin bout ma girl..although she been doin some fucked up things lately. However still..and artist cannot change the way they look. She is beautiful black strong woman.

This is what happens when u depend on NON-professionals.

starts doing the sandman dance

GET HER ASS OFF THE STAGE!

did you guys hear that horrible new song she did with Aretha Franklin?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yeah,it looks like her ego is out of control.

SoulAlive said:

I heard it a while back and the song is craptastic.

SoulAlive said:

I cringed when I heard Aretha singing let me put you up on game. Something about that was just so wrong.

JackieBlue said:

That song is dreadful.Aretha is better than that.

purplecam said:

Aretha is one of those classic artists who should stay FAR AWAY from today's artists and producers.She should just make Old School-styled records,produced by real songwriters and producers.

How did she get a part in this play anyways

JackieBlue said:

let me put you up on game did sound a little too hip for aretha to say but hey let the vets school the young ones

JackieBlue said:

that does sound completely off, though

SoulAlive said:

Yeah that song SUCKS! And Aretha's 65-year-old ass need to be ashamed of herself still trying to be "hip". She's been saying "putting you up on game" since 1998's "A Rose is Still a Rose". It didn't work then and it don't work now!

And yeah Fantasia is a big dummy.
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SoulAlive said:

I couldn't agree with you more on that. The song is beneath her.

She definitely needs to pull it together & fulfill the duties she's contracted for. As written on another website, she should have had it in her contract not to perform the matinees to cut down on the workload. It's a fantastic opportunity, & she can sing her head off, that's why she got the job

Shame on Fantasia for not being a professional. Whether it's the Broadway strike they just had here or not, her behavior is pathetic. Too many people come from all over the world to see Broadway plays and to do what she's done speaks high volumes. Thank God I wasn't trying to go Downtown to see The Color Purple. Fantasia is in need of a Humility lesson.

I saw her in TCP on Broadway. She sings well and her vocal performances were top notch, but I felt that her portrayal of Celie made the character seem more dimwitted and naïve than the first time I saw it. LaChanze's Celie was more self-assured and intelligent in contrast.

Empress said:

Oprah

A perfect example of why dedicated stage actors get annoyed with the casting of untrained and/or unprofessional celebrities for "taking jobs" from them.

ABeautifulOne said:

Why Oprah always putting singers in roles that could be played by unheard of talented ACTORS!?!

Come on, Oprah!

Mara said:

I keep hearing that Fantasia is so good but I often wondered how she compared to a veteran actress like LaChanze.