1995 Company Understudy Question
1995 Company Understudy Question
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#11995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:08pm
So, I was looking at the IBDB page for the 1995 Revival of Company...and it doesn't list an understudy for Debra Monk...how is this possible?
http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=4305
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#21995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:11pmShe definitely had an understudy, because she was out at the performance I attended. I can't remember who it was, though--must not have made an impression.
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husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#21995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:28pm
That makes me feel better...I was wondering if Roundabout would be *that* cheap.
Kate Burton's understudy is also unlisted...so assumedly, someone covered them (and probably both women, since it's missing.)
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#31995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/3/10 at 11:47am
I just looked it up in my cast recording booklet of the show, and they do not list understudies for Kate Burton, or Debra Monk.
If someone has a Playbill from the show kicking around, that would probably be the best bet.
#41995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/3/10 at 11:49amIs it possible the understudy chose not to be listed? I seem to remember another thread saying that sometimes understudies don't want to be listed in the Playbill, so when they go on there's the full page insert with their bio and headshot.
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husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#51995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/3/10 at 11:50amit's possible. That would suck though.
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#61995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/3/10 at 3:44pm
Munk and Burton had the same understudy,
she was tall and her name is on the tip of my tongue.
It will come to me.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#91995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/4/10 at 3:17pmLoretta Swit?
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#101995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/4/10 at 3:23pmI think it was the same person who was Boyd Gaines' understudy. But he was already going on for Boyd so much when they discovered that Boyd couldn't sing the role that the others were forced to do the show because there was no understudy.
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morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#111995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/4/10 at 3:36pmlol Jim Clow. He played Bobby at more performances than Boyd Gaines.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#121995 Company Understudy Question
Posted: 2/4/10 at 4:21pm
"He played Bobby at more performances than Boyd Gaines."
Interestingly enough, Boyd got well enough and showed up when the performance was taped for NYPL Lincoln Center Archives. I know because I was there. And he cracked on the note at the end of Barcelona when he sang "Oh God".
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