Melissa Barrera Takes Weekend Off From 'Titanique'
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- Melissa Barrera is taking a few days off from Broadway's Titanique to rest her voice and get her body back into performance shape
- Barrera announced on Saturday that she 'lost her voice' while performing on-stage
- Barrera is playing Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanique, a musical parody of the 1997 Titanic film, marking her Broadway debut
- Barrera's departure from the show comes as she enters the final stretch of her run in the hit production
- Titanique continues its Broadway run while Barrera recovers, with her return pending once her voice and body are back in shape
Why it matters: A lead actress losing her voice mid-run forces an understudy to step in during a high-profile Broadway debut, highlighting the physical demands of an eight-shows-a-week schedule and the thin margin stars have for vocal recovery before a show's closing stretch.
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