Is Katharine McPhee performing all shows for Waitress?

Hi all,

I'm having a lot of troubling finding information online to confirm whether Kat McPhee does all performances of the show or if an understudy is regularly in for her.

I only have a few dates where I can see the show before she leaves (August 16-19th), and am hesitating in making the booking without this information. I've messaged the Facebook page and looked everywhere I can think to check, and I'm hoping that someone here knows or could please point me in the right direction.

Merci!

Thank you for this. I've had a couple of occasions in the past where I've been caught out buying tickets for an understudy's performance (where it was a regular thing rather than a one-off, unbeknownst to me) so thought I'd better check. Not that it's usually a big deal, but I've already seen the show and would like to see McPhee specifically (assuming she's not out for other reasons).

Thank you, I appreciate you answering. Off to get tickets now.

Alternate, that's the word I was forgetting! Thank you.

I saw in my searches that her dad just died, how sad. I wondered if she was performing at the time or was on her summer break because I saw something about her going on holiday.

The alternates are amazing. It's rare that I see a show particularly for someone, but the friend with whom I'm travelling and I have a bit of a Katharine McPhee/American Idol connection with each other, so it would be lovely to see her together. I've bought tickets for the final Saturday night performance (August 18th) so here's hoping to see her then.

You can tell if she is scheduled by looking at the performance date on Ticketmaster. If Katharine is scheduled, it says it next to the date. If she is not, then it just says "Waitress (NY)."

Now, if she calls out for one reason or another, that is a different story :)

I forgot to come back and reply to this, but thank you to the other people who commented after my last post - useful to know.