Best Standbys/Understudies

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Best Standbys/Understudies#0

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:08am

Who were the best standbys/understudies that youve ever seen in a Broadway show?

[TabooWickedFan]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#1

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:10am

Cheyenne Jackson in Aida, Cheyenne Jackson is TMM, and Justin Johnston in Rent and KArmine Alers Rent

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[marebare]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#2

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:11am

Definitely Eden!

[millie_dillmount]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#3

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:11am

To tell you the truth, I haven't really seen any understudies, but Julie Hanson was wonderful when I saw her - she is an alternate and goes on twice a week.

Also, I hear that Eden Espinosa was supposed to be great.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#4

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:13am

I saw Julie Hanson as well. What a voice! And acting skills to match!

The woman who took over for Donna Murphy in Wonderful Town (dont yell at me but I forgot her name) was AMAZING! I was like the only person giving her a final standing O. LOL

[millie_dillmount]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#5

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:16am

Linda Mugleston (sp?)

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#6

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:17am

Yup. Thats it. She was great. Thanks, Millie

[CJR]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#7

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:18am

Cathy Trien for Mama Rose in Gypsy -- too bad she never actually got to go on.
Michelle Robinson as Mama in Chicago
Roxane Carrasco as Mama in Chicago

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[adamized88]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#8

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:22am

jeb brown, the current understudy for Micky Dolenz in Aida

I love adam - i mean dig the icon but the first two times i saw aida i saw Matt Bogartt and I loved him - i didn't get the gravely thing on the CD - Matt has a crystal clear pretty voice - but now that i've seen adam three times i love him!!!!!!!!

jen barnhart took over for stephanie half way through ave q one time when i was there - she was awesome - she's definetly under used in the show (though stephanie rules too!!)

chad richardson as roger (normally manley pope) - my first time seeing rent

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Updated On: 8/14/04 at 11:22 AM

[Rathnait62]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#9

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:29am

Jana Robbins for Tyne Daly and Linda Lavin in GYPSY.

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Updated On: 8/13/04 at 11:29 AM

[Brodybaby03]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#10

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:29am

Rachelle Rak THOU SHALT NOT
I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee HER!

[BWAYROCKS]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#11

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:30am

Jayne Paterson (for Marla Schaffel) as 'Jane Eyre' in JANE EYRE

Bradley Dean (for Brian Stokes Mitchell) as 'Don Quixote' in MAN OF LA MANCHA

Jessica Grove (for Angela Christian) as 'Miss Dorothy' in MILLIE

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#12

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:39am

EDEN!

*Kristen*

[NativeNewYorker]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#13

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:04pm

Cheyenne Jackson in AIDA

Saycon in AIDA

[TheAudrey3]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#14

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:04pm

Serge Kushnier as Link in Hairspray. I thought he was amazing.

"It does what a musical's supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue."

[Mamie]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#15

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:15pm

Donna Marie Asbury in Chicago.

I hadn't seen Chicago in years and I just popped in one night without looking to see who was in the cast. I was disappointed to see that Jasmine Guy was in there - but then felt relief when I saw that she was not going to be going on that night. Instead we got her stand in, Donna Marie. I became a die-hard fan of that lady that night and I'll only go back and see Chicago again when I know she's the Velma!

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[JC14]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#16

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:32pm

Karmine Alers in RENT...wish she still had the role fulltime - she's phenomenal.

[ProducersFan]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#17

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:42pm

Would people who used to be the standby for a role but are now in that role count? Because I thought Brad Oscar was excellent as Max Bialystock, but he was actually supposed to be in that role... Oh this is getting confusing!

I also enjoyed Jim Borstelmann as Franz Liebkind when we saw the show back in March.

~Jessica

"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure." ~Roger Bart

[SGBWAY]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#18

Posted: 8/13/04 at 1:14pm

Definitely Cheyenne Jackson & Lori Ann Strunk in AIDA.

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[itstheM]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#19

Posted: 8/13/04 at 1:29pm

Linda Mugelston for Donna Murphy in Wonderful Town. The woman was amazing...amAzing

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[CurtainUp]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#20

Posted: 8/13/04 at 1:56pm

I saw Charley Izabella King understudy for Cady Huffman, and she was fantastic! She's know the touring Ulla, I believe.

Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on." - from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

[Unknown User]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#21

Posted: 8/13/04 at 2:14pm

hmm...megan campbell as millie definately! she was amazing! you couldn't tell a difference between her and sutton either!

[broadwaystar2b]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#22

Posted: 8/13/04 at 2:18pm

3 stick out:
Eden as Elphaba
Peter Matthew Smith as Mark
Hollie Howard as Amber

[Seany]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#23

Posted: 8/13/04 at 3:13pm

Aiko Nakasone for Daphne Rubin-Vega as Magenta in ROCKY HORROR SHOW

There's a light in the darkness of everybody's life.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Best Standbys/Understudies#24

Posted: 8/13/04 at 3:18pm

I thought Linda Muggleston sounded JUST like Donna that it was kinda creepy.