double cover Elphaba/Glinda

Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:11pm

is there one? is there someone who covers both roles?

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:12pm

No.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:13pm

No, but it wouldn't be the first time it happened.

When the CHICAGO revival opened, Nancy Hess was the standby for both Roxie & Velma. And she stayed the standby for both roles for several years.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:15pm

Megan Sikora is understudy for Glinda and Nessa...that's close - sort of.

She really is a Glinda type - I'd love to see her. She is very nice, too. I'm a fan!
Updated On: 12/12/05 at 05:15 PM

[SignoraDiva]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:15pm

I think it depends on how close the lead characters are, Roxie and Velma are more similar than Elphaba and Galinda.

[admanrich]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:42pm

There might be a swing who knows all the female roles just in case. Anthony Galde is a swing but he knows every male role just in case the main actor, and all understudies for some reason couldnt make it.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:50pm

I saw Nancy Hess go on as Roxie and to this day it ranks as one of the worst performances I have ever seen on Broadway.

[Horton]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 9:56pm

For the original west end Producers there was a wonderful man who did a great job covering both Max and Leo, cant recall his name

[Horton]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 9:57pm

Chita has also played both Roxie and Velma so it is all good.

[admanrich]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:04pm

There are also a ton of actors who covered both Roger and Mark in RENT.

[admanrich]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:04pm

There are also a ton of actors who covered both Roger and Mark in RENT.

[HBG]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:06pm

As someone said, Megan Sikora covers both Glinda and Nessa, and Shoshana (when she was a standby) covered Elphaba and Nessa (but only performed as Nessa once). I think because the actors they hire to play Glinda (blonde and bubbly) and the actors that play Elphaba (brunette, ethnic-looking) are so different, I doubt there will ever be a standby to cover both those parts.

Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:06pm

i would love to cover both glinda and elphaba, so i don't have to choose which part i like better!

[RENThead414]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:29pm

sarah jean ford u/s's for glinda and nessa...to add to the list...

[greenegirl87]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:45pm

Stacie Morgain Lewis also was the standby for Glinda and Nessa.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/13/05 at 12:20am

I saw Nancy Hess as Velma in Chicago (opposite Karen Ziemba) and Lord, was she a trainwreck.

As for double covers...Alton Fitzgerald White covered John and Chris in Miss Saigon for awhile. I think he even played both roles.

[emo_geek]

Posted: 12/13/05 at 4:10am

Eden Covered Elphaba and Nessa.

[JackiesBroJoe]

Posted: 12/13/05 at 4:53am

so did Sho - who's "Wicked Witch of the East" was one of the best things to ever happen to this show. Too bad she only got to do it at one performance.