Ever went to a show to see a specific actor... — Page 3

I'm in England so you might not know all these people.
When I saw The Woman in White the first time both Michael Crawford and Maria Freidman were out (I didn't know Michael was ill).
I have seen Wicked a few times so it is understandable to see standbys. I have seen Shona White when i wanted to see Kerry Ellis (who I later saw) and the other way round have gone on purpose to see Cassidy Janson (u/s Elphaba) and Annalene Beechey (standby Glinda)
The only one that upset me (I soon got over it) was missing David Badella in The Rocky Horror Show tour. He was ill so i can't blame anyone but I was so so happy when I saw the show again with him in it.
Overall I have seen a lot of understudies (including those in place of 'star' names) and I have a great deal of respect for them. They have a hard job, often having to know several roles.

Sutton Foster. Thoroughly Modern Millie. I saw the show FOUR times and missed her every single time and I don't live at all near New York. It stunk because I was actually her fan before Millie and wanted to see her in her big break. Four times. Unreal. Did she miss a lot of shows during her Millie run or was I just incredibly unlucky?

-Brooke Shields in CABARET (didn't go for her, didn't care that she was out)
-Deborah Gibson in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (same goes for this one)
-Polly Bergen in SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS. Bummer.

Other than that, I've had much luck. I even saw Donna Murphy in WONDERFUL TOWN!

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It's never happened to me (though I did miss John Lithgow one day before he came back, but I wasn't there to see him) though I hope this doesn't happen at Grey Gardens in the summer. I hope the full cast is in that day.

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Wiz-to increase your chances of seeing the full cast of GG, don't go July 7-14.

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Jon Pryce was out when I went to see DRS, which really disappointed me at the time, but his understudy was great, and in the end I'm just glad I saw Norbert. :)

I have tickets to the Sat. matinée of Les Mis on June 16, and I'm PETRIFIED that Lea Salonga will be out. On the other hand, I really want to see Megan as Eponine.

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I try to never see a show for a particular actor unless it's a friend. I look at seeing the star as a bonus.

However, I have had some slight dissapointments...i.e. Michael Ball in The Woman in White, however, that wasn't the reason I went.

(However, I will admit I would've been a tad dissapointed if Friedman had been out.)

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I went to see Flower Drum Song for Lea Salonga. Apparently, I saw the only performance she missed. It was Yuka Takara's first time going on as Mei Li. She was fine, but she's not Lea.

~Steven

BJH, the Billy understudy was INCREDIBLE, so I got over it pretty fast I love when it works out for the best.

Lizzycurry......when did you see it? Because I too only wanted to see her in the show and went to the Saturday (5.19) 8pm show.....she was there and was absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!!!!

saw understudies of elphaba and glinda on wicked tour in october '05 i was disappointed before the show started, but they turned out to be pretty good. at least i didn't miss idina and kristin.

wanted to see tom wopat in annie get your gun in '99, not there. didn't really matter though since bernadette peters outshone the entire cast.

thought i wasn't going to see christine ebersole in grey gardens since it was a matinee, she was there though, and absolutely amazing

"I may or may not be one of those who headed to New York for Idina's last 'Wicked'."

I had tickets for that performance too. I wasn't too broken up about it, because a) I didn't pay for them and b) I saw her a week prior at her originally scheduled last performance. I still went to the show though, so I witnessed the infamous red track suit appearance, lol.

I got slammed, all in one weekend.

THE PRODUCERS: Nathan was out. Saw Brad Oscar.

THE FULL MONTY: My beloved Patrick Wilson was out.

AIDA: Adam Pascal was out.


Needless to say, I was a disappointed puppy that trip.

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