McNair is Injured but Well After Fatal Attraction Performance
By: BWW News Desk Jul. 25, 2005
"On Friday night, in the climactic battle between Glenn Close, played by Alana McNair, and everyone else, she goes through a window. It is Plexiglas, and is designed to be safe, but on this night a freak accident happened where one of the panes ricocheted off the top of the window frame and came back and hit her on the head. Her face filled with blood quickly at the same moment that the character was to meet her demise. Mr. Feldman, who does the killing, noticed the blood and immediately stopped the show.
The audience thought that it was part of the production, laughed and waited for it to go on. After the cast left the stage with Alana in tow the stage manager came on and explained that it was not part of the theatrics, that it was real and that she was going to the hospital. The audience was very concerned and hung around for awhile to make sure she was okay. It looked worse than it was; she got fixed up and was right back to kicking butt the very next night!" as a press article describes the accident.
Feldman (Goonies, The Lost Boys) and McNair currently star in a Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy at the East 13th St. Theatre. The show began previews on July 1st and opened on July 10th; its limited run will play through August 27th.
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