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A actor that never performed their u/s role..
#25A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 1:22pm
Jonathan B Wright never performed as Melchior, either.
Jonathan B. Wright rarely showed up to perform as Hanschen.
#26A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 1:28pmHe was there every time I went. I do know that he was forced to take a leave because of an incident with Lea...This happened right before the broadway strike in 08?
Actor2
Featured Actor Joined: 1/12/08
#27A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 2:00pm
What happened between Jonathan and Lea?
And why does Worley owe her career to Channing's performance track record?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#28A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 2:12pm
His attendance was only a problem at the end.
And yes, there was an incident between them that is probably best left unrepeated. Neither of them gains anything by it being re-told. And I'm sure I only know part of the truth.
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notzach2
Swing Joined: 5/18/09
#29A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 2:23pm
And Robi Hager or Zach Reiner-Harris never went on for Melchior.
Zach Reiner-Harris was not a Melchior understudy, he was a Moritz understudy. Either way, though, he never went on.
#30A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 2:38pmDid Sutton's u/s ever go on during the course of her stay in TMM?
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"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
#31A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 2:59pmDuring her last year in Millie, Sutton was out more often than she was on.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#32A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 3:06pmOkay...what happened with Lea and John...come on...is BWW seriously gonna take the high road on this one and not gossip? That would be a first haha
"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#33A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 3:39pmSorry, I can't speak for everyone, but I will take the high road.
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#34A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 3:46pm
I have no idea how true this is, but this is what I've heard:
Lea and Jonathan were sleeping together, while they were both in relationships with other people. They were found out, and things didn't end well. During a performance, Lea did something onstage that pissed Jonathan off. When they were backstage, he yelled at her and cursed her out while his mic was still hot. After that, he was suspended.
Like I said, this is just what I remember hearing a long time ago. But if it is true, I guess SPRING AWAKENING really was a high school.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#35A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 3:51pmWould've loved to see Jonathan B. Wright as Melchior!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#36A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 3:53pmI'm with you Steven. I'm fairly certain that someone told me he never got to play it at the Atlantic, either.
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Little-Lotte
Leading Actor Joined: 4/27/06
#37A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 5:39pmDuring the final weekend of Lestat a bunch of understudies went on due to illness and a birth. Drew Sarich went on as Lestat and Sean MacLaughlin as Armand. However Will Swenson was listed as the first understudy for Armand (and 2nd for Lestat) but because it was such a short run they passed over Will and went with Sean because he fit into Drew's costumes.
#38A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/29/11 at 5:50pmI would kill to see Jonathan B. Wright as Melchior WITH Jennifer Damiano as Wendla.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#39A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 10:45am
Mr. Roxy-
I don't know about King & I, but I have a playbill for Lute Song on tour with Brynner's understudy.
Actor2-
Because Channing never missed, Worley (who was the standby) was able to go and work comedy/night clubs, where she was discovered and asked to do "The Mad Show" and then "Laugh In."
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#40A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 11:34amJacob Clemente never got to perform as Michael in Billy Elliot.
sbflyfan
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/07
#41A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 1:39pmLenora Nemetz and Pearl Sun
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AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#42A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 1:49pm
According to her NY Times obit Bibi Osterwald only played Dolly 122 times during her entire seven years as standby (not never, but really not very often for seven years). It also lists several of the actresses she went on for during the run, but does not include Carol Channing, so I would assume that means she didn't go on until Carol left the show.
As for those stars who pride themselves on never calling out, I have mixed feelings about them. While I admire that work ethic, as an audience member (and really even on a show I'm working) I would much rather see an understudy in good health than a star who's struggling to get through a performance because they should have called out and taken the sick day.
#43A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 2:34pmPearl Sun goes on quite frequently in the NEXT TO NORMAL tour...
sbflyfan
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/07
#44A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 7:26pm
"Pearl Sun goes on quite frequently in the NEXT TO NORMAL tour..."
I know that, dear. It was just a bit of humorous sarcasm. That's why I listed her alongside Lenora Nemetz, who is famous for understudying countless roles on Broadway. 
"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2
AlwaysTheAssistantMD
Chorus Member Joined: 5/27/07
#45A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 9:34pmAnd I would add Karyn Quackenbush and Maureen Moore to that list of perpetual understudies.
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#46A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 10:41pmis there a more perpetual understudy than Linda Mugleston?
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husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#47A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 10:55pmI think Linda, Maureen and Lenora probably tie.
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#48A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 11:02pmI don't think Jennifer Paz ever got to go on as Eponine or Cosette.
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tamra2
Stand-by Joined: 1/9/07
#49A actor that never performed their u/s role..
Posted: 5/30/11 at 11:07pm
Kyle Dean Massey as Sonny in Xanadu 
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