BROADWAY Understudies
BROADWAY Understudies
#1BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/15/25 at 2:20pm
A resource for tracking understudy performances across New York City.
Want to see someone else's interpretation of a role you love? Come support the army of understudies that make New York City extraordinary.
https://understudies.org/
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#2BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/15/25 at 2:41pm
I appreciate this site. Obviously, it doesn't usually account for very last-minute cast changes, but it can give you a heads-up if a specific performer has an anticipated day (or days) off, so that you can decide whether to buy tickets for that performance.
#3BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/15/25 at 5:06pm
It's a nice site to track when someone is going on. However, they rely on sources to post the information and the sources aren't usually directly from a show. It's more or less posting the info if a cast member posts on their IG. There are some shows that rarely have anyone listed, which tends to be shows that have a DNP clause, like Wicked, The Lion King, Aladdin...
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
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#4BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/15/25 at 5:24pm
ACL2006 said: "It's a nice site to track when someone is going on. However, they rely on sources to post the information and the sources aren't usually directly from a show. It's more or less posting the info if a cast member posts on their IG. There are some shows that rarely have anyone listed, which tends to be shows that have a DNP clause, like Wicked, The Lion King, Aladdin..."
U/S info for those 3 shows appear on understudies.org regularly.
#5BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/15/25 at 5:50pm
Lion King has no history of any u/s listed on there.
https://understudies.org/show/the-lion-king-nyc
Wicked is rare.
https://understudies.org/show/wicked-nyc
same for Aladdin.
https://understudies.org/show/aladdin
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
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#6BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/15/25 at 5:55pm
ACL2006 said: "Lion King has no history of any u/s listed on there.
https://understudies.org/show/the-lion-king-nyc
Wicked is rare.
https://understudies.org/show/wicked-nyc
same for Aladdin.
https://understudies.org/show/aladdin"
Scroll back on the calendars, genius. You'll see plenty of listings for Aladdin and Wicked. Not much for Lion King -- but they've definitely posted in the past.
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#7BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/15/25 at 9:00pm
...shows that have a DNP clause...
What is a DNP clause?
#8BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/15/25 at 9:09pm
morosco said: "...shows that have a DNP clause...
What is a DNP clause?"
"Do Not Post"
When you're on I would assume.
#9BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/15/25 at 9:12pm
morosco said: "...shows that have a DNP clause...
What is a DNP clause?"
Do Not Post - Meaning that the performers have a form of gag that doesn’t allow them to post upcoming dates appearing in the show (usually if it’s for a role that would greatly impact ticket sales).
For any of these three shows, it makes no sense. Chances are they just aren’t reported to this site since it’s patron and performer submitted dates. I see the understudy cast of Aladdin post their dates all the time on Instagram.
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#10BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/16/25 at 11:27am
ACL2006 said: "Lion King has no history of any u/s listed on there.
https://understudies.org/show/the-lion-king-nyc
Wicked is rare.
https://understudies.org/show/wicked-nyc
same for Aladdin.
https://understudies.org/show/aladdin"
The cast board at Wicked is past security now, and with the Wicked movie bump performances are usually sold out days in advanced.
That being said the Glinda understudy (Celia Hottenstien) was on both shows on Wednesday and gave about 2 hours notice on her instagram stories.
#11BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/16/25 at 4:54pm
Again, individual shows don't report to the website. It's essentially fans that add the information that go off of actor's social media posts. I'd assume no one really reports u/s for shows like Wicked, Aladdin, Lion King, Book of Mormon, Hamilton...
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#12BROADWAY Understudies
Posted: 5/17/25 at 12:21am
ACL2006 said: "Again, individual shows don't report to the website. It's essentially fans that add the information that go off of actor's social media posts. I'd assume no one really reports u/s for shows like Wicked, Aladdin, Lion King, Book of Mormon, Hamilton..."
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