Cursed Child covers/understudies — Page 4

Thats interesting because I feel like Anto does it in a humorous way. 

sorano916 said: "How awesome! Did you have Maddie as Delphi, too?"

No, both Maddie and Jess were in their normal tracks as Polly and Delphi respectively on the 29th.

Does anyone know if Anto is back from vacation?

thebookofwhizzer said: "Hello! I'm going to being attending the show on August 25th and am a huge fan of Anthony Boyle and of Sam Clemmett. Does anyone know if they will both be there?"

Don't know for sure but considering they both just took vacations (Sam end of July, Anthony start of August) I would guess that unless an illness pops up in either or both of them, they are likely scheduled. The only two of the London cast members that are in question, from what I can tell thanks to reports in this topic, for vacations are Thornley and Dumezweni.

Lauren2 said: "Does anyone know if Anthony is back and on tonight?"

Not sure about tonight, but I saw the show on 8/8 (Wed) and he was in! 

jenhum said: "sorano916 said: "jenhum said: "Lauren2 said: "Does anyone know if Anthony is back and on tonight?"

Not sure about tonight, but I saw the show on 8/8 (Wed) and he was in!"

Katie was on as McGonagall, right? How was she?"

Yes! IMO, she was fine. Her accent was a bit off sometimes, other times it was fine. Is the actress who usually plays McGonagall much older? I found it a bit disconcerting that the actor who played Albus/Dumbledore was an older man (appropriately), and comparatively McGonagall was so young. Katie didn't really capture the McGonagall that I have in my head, but she was alright."

They seemed to cast the role of McGonagall a tad younger on Broadway than in London so Geraldine (the usual actress) is the approximately the same age as Katie. Sandy, who's played McGonagall from the beginning in London, is in her 50's while Geraline and Katie are in their 40's. 

sorano916 said: "Adeola Role is on as Hermione Granger today."

Which makes me think that this might be Dumezweni's vacation week. Would leave only Thornley unless anyone can confirm if he was out last week or not. Seems like they all went one after the other.

tommy1232 said: "Does anyone know who James Brown III is taking over from? He mentions in an interview about leaving Frozen that he was offered a principle contract for Harry Potter...he's now on the website but can't see that anyone has left apart from Gideon Turner (who was only in temporarily and not in a main role.) Any one know?"

I don't think they've announced it yet, it's something I've been keeping an eye on also. Having seen the show before, if I had to guess I'd say maybe the sorting hat/Hagrid, or Bane? He's got the build for both of those... again, purely my personal speculation.

 

Outside of the MAIN cast (Harry, Hermoine, Albus, etc) the actors are NOT permitted to talk about their roles. When I was talking about it going to see it on my facebook, an old co-worker that went as well was talking about it with me. She has a own friend in the show but didn't find out she was playing on of the main supporting roles until she sat down with a playbill and read the cast list. All her friend was allow to say was "yes, I am in the show." The secrecy on this production at times goes beyond normal standards of reason into the ridiculous. I could not help but wonder how these actors will be able to list this credit on their resumes in the future if they can't even talk to friends about the name of their character in the production.