Stockard Channing Shrugs Off Pain To Hit The Stage

First Published: November 26, 2011 5:19 PM EST Credit: Getty Images NY, N.Y. -- Caption Stockard Channing attends the Other Desert Cities opening night after party at Marriott Marquis in NY City on November 3, 2011Stockard Channing has made a speedy some might say miraculous return to Broadway. The 67-year-old Tony Award-winner performed in Other Desert Cities on Friday night and plans to continue in the show despite undergoing arthroscopic surgery on her right knee less than a week ago. Channing felt her knee collapse backstage after the Nov. 18 show and missed seven performances. She plans to perform in Saturday nights show and Sundays matinee. An understudy performed Saturdays matinee and will do Wednesdays matinee. The Jon Robin Baitz play, about a dysfunctional family wrestling with a deep secret, opened Nov. 3. In an interview Friday before her return, Channing said: This is maybe stupid. I dont know. But if it doesnt blow up or get painful, Im doing the right thing. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.