Vaguely related to this...
I was watching a video...a behind the scenes video...a diary if you will...on some other Broadway related website which obviously shall go nameless...
But in it, Sierra is talking with tons of other women who have played Christine, but hints that she is sharing the role with another woman in the room. (Sorry, I don't know the casts well enough to recognize her.)
I may have misheard or misunderstood...but is there some sort of precedent where this would happen?
Unless this is a common thing, the only thing I could think of would be that the woman who was playing Christine was under contract when they signed Norm, but wanted a bigger name to play opposite him to help commemorate the occasion. So they signed and are promoting Sierra, but had to amend the other actress's contract or something...
Baritone in search of a role in a new musical...