Erich Bergen Injured on Stage Last Night!
May 10th, 2008Late last night, fans reported on the JBB Forum that Erich Bergen slipped on stage last night right after the “Sherry” scene and Mike Backes came in to finish the show as Bob Gaudio. Erich was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
Thank goodness–Erich is fine–he’s just a little bruised and sore! In fact, Erich himself posted the scoop on the Forum after he returned from the hospital. Turns out, some of the fake “booze” in the Frankie apartment scene, right before “Sherry,” spilled out of the bottle and on to the stage. As he came running down the stairs and running over to Frankie, he slipped on it and took a nasty fall. He hit his back in the same place as last year, but it’s not nearly as serious this time.
The Vegas Happens Here blog spoke to Kate Turner, from Kirvin-Doak, the PR firm that represents JB. Ms. Turner stated,”Yes, Erich did slip and fall last night but he’s doing just fine (I spoke to him myself) and we expect him back in the show very shortly, if not tonight.”
We’re relieved to hear that Erich is doing fine and wish him a speedy recovery!
Glad to hear he is OK.
Honest, my first reaction was “I knew one day that chandelier would fall on somebody”. Wrong show… But honestly, I have bad dreams about the chandelier falling in “Phantom”.
Comment by Ted Hammond — May 10, 2008 @ 8:52 pm