Legally Blonde understudies — Page 18

I went to the matinee yesterday to see Andy Karl without expecting Becky to be on with him so I was pleasantly surprised to see they were on together. First things first, the theater was pretty much empty and the audience was half asleep which was a shame because I have to say, it was one of the best all around performances of the show I've seen. Everyone was on fire (as Kelly would say) and as I've seen Andy on as Emmett more than once, it was his personal best. He and Becky are my favorite Elle/Emmett pairing and both sounded GREAT! Orfeh gets funnier and vocally more incredible (don't know how that's possible) every time I see it and I thought Cara Cooper and all the Delta Nu's were really "on" too. Matt Risch was great but I have to agree and say, I like his Dewey more than his Klye. I appreciated that the cast wasn't letting the fact that the audience was so tiny get in the way of giving their all.


*because I didn't see wannabe's post, wanted to add, I didn't think Risch was "queenie" but his Dewey is very butch and that's perhaps why it works better.

Updated On: 1/31/08 at 11:26 AM

Absolutely Clumsy, there are always going to be those of us who realize the importance of "giving it up" and I think they all really appreciate that.

I agree about Andy almost being TOO hot to play Emmett. But that's just a bonus for Elle I guess, hehe.

I'm more concerned about Andy playing Callahan! If I was Elle, it would be much harder to slap that hot man after kissing me

p.s. - where is Tracy Jai? Is she on vacation again? Becky and Cara are covering Serena through the rest of the weekend.

Isnt Richard on vacation Feb 10th-17th?

"What a different show that could be..."Is this the only reason why you gave me the internship? *shrug* Okay!" aaaaand end of show."

And then they f*ck on his desk.

...I mean, what? I've NEVER thought about an alternate ending to Blonde when Andy Karl is Professor Callahan. I'd like to third fourth and fifth the statements made about his Callahan. Hands down my favorite understudy performance in ANY show EVER. And it is VERY sad that unless Michael Rupert takes a vacation, we won't get to see him again.

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"What a different show that could be..."Is this the only reason why you gave me the internship? *shrug* Okay!" aaaaand end of show."

And then they f*ck on his desk.

This is like the best conversation EVER.

Also, I love Michael Rupert as Callahan, but I always kind of wondered why they didn't get Victor Garber to come in for a couple weeks and reprise his movie role. But maybe that's just because I heart Victor Garber.

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Agree with Kelly anD Ruprecht, but that tends to happen :-P
BUt OMG I would die to see Victor Garber - I LOVE him.

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If Becky is Elle Feb 27th- March 1st who is playing the role on March 2nd? According to LBB's myspace she's still on vaction that day. Is Haven going on then? Hmm that may make me want to see the show again.

I saw Andy Karl as Emmett last night...he was excellent. He gave a great performance, as did everyone, in spite of the fact that the Palace was empty last night. Balcony was completely empty, and they moved everyone from the rear mezz to the front mezz. Orchestra looked about 70% full. Very disappointing for a Friday night. However, I will echo what others have said and thank the cast for giving it their all despite the sparse crowd. It was a very energetic performance!

i agree about andy as emmett...really gorgeous emmett.
orfeh hard to replace...hope they go with someone in the cast already.
tracy jai edwards got hurt backstage while the show was going on, her injury is more than a ankle sprain. she hope to return to the show asap.
maybe haven will play the role as elle on march 2nd.

When is she leaving?

Oh, ok. I thought they had announced a date or something that I had missed. Thanks.