Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:38pm
We're roughly 200 performances into Dear Evan Hansen's Broadway run, but I haven't heard any reports of any understudies going on for a night. Has the entire OBC truly gone on for every single performance so far?
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:41pm
Yes.
Ben Platt, Rachel Bay Jones, Will Roland, Michael Park, and Kristolyn Lloyd have all missed at least one performance. Not sure about Laura Dreyfuss, Jennifer Laura Thompson, or Mike Faist.
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:43pm
AC126748 said: "Yes.
Ben Platt, Rachel Bay Jones, Will Roland, Michael Park, and Kristolyn Lloyd have all missed at least one performance. Not sure about Laura Dreyfuss, Jennifer Laura Thompson, or Mike Faist.
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So that means all 5 understudies have been on at some point, yes? Or did Colton Ryan go on for both Ben and Will?
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:44pm
Laura and Mike have both missed performances, but I am not sure about Jennifer Laura Thompson.
Edit: Colton has gone for Ben while Michael has been on for both Connor and Jared.
Updated On: 5/9/17 at 01:44 PM
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:45pm
Ben Platt has missed 2 shows and Colton Ryan went on.
Will Roland has missed a few shows and Michael Lee Brown has gone on about 4 or 5 times.
I think Asa Somers has gone on at least once or twice.
Olivia Puckett has gone on for Alana a few times as well.
I haven't seen anything about Rachel, Jennifer, Mike or Laura missing a show yet, but I could be wrong.
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:49pm
nightnic001 said: "Ben Platt has missed 2 shows and Colton Ryan went on.
Will Roland has missed a few shows and Michael Lee Brown has gone on about 4 or 5 times.
I think Asa Somers has gone on at least once or twice.
Olivia Puckett has gone on for Alana a few times as well.
I haven't seen anything about Rachel, Jennifer, Mike or Laura missing a show yet, but I could be wrong.
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I remember reading on here that Rachel has missed something like 2 performances. And Laura has missed one..
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:49pm
Rachel has missed two performances.
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:50pm
The only one I'm unsure about is Jennifer Laura Thompson. Everyone else in the cast has missed at least one performance.
Posted: 5/9/17 at 2:16pm
ClumsyDude15 said: "Laura and Mike have both missed performances, but I am not sure about Jennifer Laura Thompson.
Edit: Colton has gone for Ben while Michael has been on for both Connor and Jared. "
Proof that Ben IS Evan.
I always find it interesting when people use actor's names versus character's names. When an actor is so closely connected to a character, I think we default (generally) to the actor's name. I often found that people would often talk about "Leslie" in Hamilton threads, rather than "Burr" but the same didn't go for all cast members.
Posted: 5/9/17 at 2:20pm
Laura has definitely missed a performance
Posted: 5/9/17 at 2:47pm
I know for sure Ben has missed one performance and Laura, Kristolyn and Rachel have all missed a few each. But I do say that cast has a sparkling attendance record, the understudies rarely go on.
Posted: 5/9/17 at 3:01pm
Laura Michael and Ben have missed 2 performances.
Kristolyn and Will missed a few, JTL missed 1.
I havent read anything about Mike or Rachel missing but I could be wrong
Posted: 5/9/17 at 4:08pm
When I saw it, Laura Dreyfus was out - and I loved the understudy who went on. I actually preferred her to Laura on the OBC
Posted: 5/9/17 at 4:50pm
Will Roland was out this past Sunday May 7, 3pm matinee.
Posted: 5/9/17 at 4:54pm
I caught the understudies for Michael Park and Laura on the same day. Didn't realise it was as unusual as it seems.
Asa being back made the show feel more like n2n than it already does given he played Dan on the tour :p.
Posted: 5/9/17 at 6:02pm
MyLife - I totally didn't even realize I had said it that way, but I guess like you said subconsciously sometimes we just connect certain actors with the roles they have played. Not to say anyone couldn't play the role and has obviously since Colton has gone on, but it is hard to separate Ben from the role.
Posted: 5/9/17 at 6:37pm
Olivia Puckett was on for Laura (and was super impressive) when I saw the show April 26 at 2p.
Posted: 5/11/17 at 12:04am
Saw it last night and everyone from the OBC was there.
Posted: 5/11/17 at 8:00am
We went 2 weeks ago on Friday evening and Will Roland wasn't there so we had an understudy for Jared. He played the part very well though.
Posted: 8/6/17 at 1:36am
Bumping this up to ask: how has attendance been as of late? I feel like I've been seeing a lot about the swings/standbys going on! Also: how are the standbys in various roles? I've heard a lot of great things about MLB and Colton Ryan as Evan but not much about the others and would love to hear how they are :) I'm going to see the show at the end of the month and am trying to prepare for not getting to see any part of the original cast.
Posted: 8/6/17 at 2:14am
How pathetic are you to even worry about this. What the hell do you want? Do you need daily sign in sheets? Get lives. PLEASE!
Posted: 8/6/17 at 2:29am
Carlos, why are you so rude? It was just a question.
Posted: 8/6/17 at 2:32am
CarlosAlberto said: "How pathetic are you to even worry about this. What the hell do you want? Do you need daily sign in sheets? Get lives. PLEASE!
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Jesus
Posted: 8/6/17 at 2:37am
CarlosAlberto said: "How pathetic are you to even worry about this. What the hell do you want? Do you need daily sign in sheets? Get lives. PLEASE!
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Wow, go off, I guess, dude who yells at people on Broadway forums for asking questions about Broadway performances. You really got me here.
Posted: 8/6/17 at 9:23am
There has been a lot of swing action post-Tonys. Mike Faist missed his first show (actually two) ever last week/this week, so now they've all been out at one point or another.
Kristolyn Lloyd and Will Roland have already taken full one week vacations, and Jennifer Laura Thompson seems to be out this week. Barring illness, I would assume you'd probably be safe to see those. Ben obviously has been on vacation and then is off again next week, too.
I've only seen Colton Ryan as Evan and Olivia Puckett as Zoe. Both were amazing and very, very different from Ben and Laura. Colton doesn't cry as much as Ben does, but he played up the anxiety a lot more physically when I saw it (lots of shaking, hair tugging, etc- his Waving Through a Window looks like the visual representation of a panic attack). Olivia plays much younger than Laura does, which made her seem more annoying little sister than combative opponent in the one scene she and Connor actually share. In the other scenes with her parents, she didn't raise her voice or snap at them nearly as much as Laura does- she played it a lot more passive aggressive with a lot of bitterness and mumbling/grumbling. Her singing voice also has an almost country-sounding edge to it sometimes, too, which was really interesting/beautiful in Requiem.
From what I hear, you'll be good to go with any of the swings. I haven't heard negative things about any of them.
