Yesterday, during "Gaston" I was doing some business upstage right with the silly girls and David (who elsewhere in the show is M'sieur D'Arque) when...
Well, soon after this David and I head downstage to do the "mug dance" with RJ (LeFou) between us. David and I were right next to each other.
My immediate thought: RJ is gone... is he hurt? Surely he's not hurt too badly, we'd have stopped... I'm sure he'll be back before the 'Gaston reprise', when we're ALONE on stage. He'll be back.
He'll be back.
David covered LeFou's sung line at the end of "Gaston"... but RJ will be back...
He's not back, and...now I'm alone on stage. I did the reprise alone.
RJ had blown out his knee, the second time he's had the same injury... apparently he'd done it before while he was in CATS.
David and I fudged our way through "Maison Des Lunes" without a LeFou and after that a teenage kid from the ensemble stepped in. He did his best to get through the evening show, and though he's technically been the understudy for the role since day one, he's never had any rehearsal. He pulled through, though.
RJ is out until at least Thursday - hopefully he'll be okay.
