D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Depaultheatrekid
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#0D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:25pmIt appears that Charlotte is Roxie in Chicago how is she still the standby for Sweet Charity does she just call in when Christina's out at Chicago and go over to the hirschfield theatre and do charity how does that work?
#1re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:27pm
When Christina is out, Charlotte is on. When Charlotte is on in Charity, her standby is on in Chicago. Applegate also has an understudy.
Updated On: 7/8/05 at 12:27 PM
#2re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:27pmWhen they need her, they send her over to the Hirschfeld - and they put a Roxie understudy on - ususally the fabulous Michelle DeJean.
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#3re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:27pm
There were a whole bunch of threads on this matter when the show first started...
But yes, Charlotte would just be called out of Chicago and go down to Charity. Either her standby (Belle Calaway) or one of her understudies (Michelle DeJean or Michelle Potterf -- and even though she's not an understudy for Roxie anymore, I think Donna Marie Asbury could go on in a pinch) would go on in her place at Chicago.
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#4re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:28pmWell damn, everyone and their mother just went and replied while I was typing that.
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#5re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:30pmI love Belle Callaway. She is a great Roxie.
#6re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:36pmHeather - do you know when they are sending Michelle out on the tour? Is it after all these overseas shows they are doing?
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#7re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:42pmI'm pretty sure it's after Taiwan, but don't quote me on that.
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#8re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:43pmIt's D'amboise.
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#9re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:59pm
Actually, isn't it d'Amboise?
Lower case "d"; upper case "A".
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CJR
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#11re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 1:04pm
it's d'Amboise
Little d. Big A
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#13re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 1:06pmNo, she works as d'Amboise.
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CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#14re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 1:07pmIf you want to be technical, yes. But for professional purposes she didn't change or hyphenate her name.
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#15re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 1:13pmI'm an engineer, I have no choice but to be technical - lol.
#16re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 1:21pmThough, as I previously stated, there is no standby listed in the playbill, and Charlotte isn't even mentioned.
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#17re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 1:26pmThey may still be using a seperate Playbill for Charlotte d'Amboise's performances. During the first week of NY previews the Playbill read "Charlotte d'Amboise in Sweet Charity" with no mention of Christina Applegate. Maybe there's some contractual reason why her name is not in the regular Playbill.
#18re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 2:03pm
Trivia Thread Jacking question:
Charlotte and her brother worked in a Broadway show together. Name that show.
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"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
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#19re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 2:06pmSong and Dance, starring Bernadette Peters and Christopher d'Amboise. (Not to mention the fabulously talented Scott Wise and Gregory Mitchell...)
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#20re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 2:06pm
Song and Dance
Her brother is Chris d'Amboise.
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#21re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 2:38pm
NBC, you never fail me 
I <3 you for knowing that!
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#23re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 3:21pm
Hahaha no, you're not my dear.
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If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...
#24re: D'Ambrose Charity or Chicago?
Posted: 7/8/05 at 3:54pm
This may have already been mentioned, but Applegate was out of "Charity" last night. There were many people at the cancellation line. 
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