17 tony nominees are former understudies

[SingingCats]

17 tony nominees are former understudies#1

Posted: 5/7/09 at 12:55pm

At least, according to www.broadwayunderstudies.com

The list includes Hunter Bell (HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS), Jeff Daniels (GEMINI), James Gandolfini (A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE), Hope Davis (TWO SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS), J. Robert Spencer (SIDE SHOW), Brian D'Arcy James (CAROUSEL), Alice Ripley (THE WHO'S TOMMY), Stockard Channing (TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA), Sutton Foster (LES MISERABLES), Zach Grenier (MASTERGATE), Hallie Foote (A LITTLE FAMILY BUSINESS), Marc Kudisch (JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT), Gregory Jbara (BORN YESTERDAY), Will Swenson (110 IN THE SHADE), Christopher Sieber (INTO THE WOODS), Jennifer Damiano (SPRING AWAKENING) and Karen Olivo (RENT).

[singtopher]

re: 17 tony nominees are former understudies#2

Posted: 5/7/09 at 1:06pm

Yes. They, like most big theatre actors, were once understudies.

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert

[WithoutATrace]

re: 17 tony nominees are former understudies#2

Posted: 5/7/09 at 1:15pm

A LITTLE FAMILY BUSINESS!!! (sorry, this show isn't mentioned often, and i got all excited)

[WhizzerMarvin]

re: 17 tony nominees are former understudies#3

Posted: 5/7/09 at 1:16pm

OMG WAT!! Was Hallie in the original production of A Little Family Business with Angela?

Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!

[WithoutATrace]

re: 17 tony nominees are former understudies#4

Posted: 5/7/09 at 1:17pm

Yes she was!!!!!!

[WhizzerMarvin]

re: 17 tony nominees are former understudies#5

Posted: 5/7/09 at 1:18pm

LOL, this has oddly made my day.

Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!