Sabrina Harper as Berthe
Sabrina Harper as Berthe
#1Sabrina Harper as Berthe
Posted: 7/16/13 at 1:49pm
She is going on tonight for Andrea Martin, will anyone be there?
(Found out she was going on through the @understudies twitter)
#2Sabrina Harper as Berthe
Posted: 7/17/13 at 5:45pmDid anyone catch this performance? Must've been so nerve-racking to understudy for Andrea Martin, how did her song go? (Possible spoiler**)
#2Sabrina Harper as Berthe
Posted: 7/17/13 at 6:16pm
I was there yesterday to see both her and Molly Tynes as Fastrada first time going on for these roles. Sabrina was extremely confident with what the role entails. ***SPOILER*** Her trapeze work was done with ease and she acted as if she had been doing it for years. She has had much rehearsal with the trapeze and with Yannick. ***END SPOILER*** For her scenes as Berthe, she did this amazing accent which reminded me of Frau Blaucher's in Young Frankenstein. Very funny. Obviously the audience didn't eat it up as much because it was not Andrea, but they gave her the recognition she deserved. I really was impressed with her performance. As for Molly, she gave such an incredible performance as Fastrada. Her "Spread A Little Sunshine" was sung with such clarity. Her dancing was spot on. She did trip over one of the rectangle pieces on stage, but caught herself. Not holding that against her in the slightest. Thought her acting was very sincere and stern where need be. They did such a great job with casting with the leads and their understudies.
If you have any specific questions, ask away.
#3Sabrina Harper as Berthe
Posted: 7/17/13 at 10:16pmwith both Tynes & Harper covering roles, did one of the male swings cover Tynes' ensemble track??
#4Sabrina Harper as Berthe
Posted: 7/17/13 at 10:20pmYes. Brad was in for some of Molly's track. Olga was in but not for her usual track so Viktoria was doing parts of four different tracks yesterday (her own, Olga, Molly, and Bolero still.)
#5Sabrina Harper as Berthe
Posted: 7/17/13 at 10:22pm^Since I'm assuming Brad didn't do the hula hoop bit with Matthew at the beginning of 'With You', who did? Viktoria?
#6Sabrina Harper as Berthe
Posted: 7/17/13 at 10:29pmmany thanks!! They've recently added a second male swing, I have to wonder when Costet returns if they'll simply move Kelsey down to a swing??
#7Sabrina Harper as Berthe
Posted: 7/17/13 at 10:42pmYes. Viktoria did Molly's part during "With You". I was thinking the same thing ACL. Because Olga wasn't doing the circus stunts, when I saw the show Sunday and she was out, Molly did the silks during the finale, well since both of them were unable to do it, Gregory did it.
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