Standbys
Standbys
Emutional
Featured Actor Joined: 7/7/04
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#1re: Standbys
Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:09pmOff stage cover or understudies have to be present for all 8 shows but are allowed to leave for the evening once the person they are covering has made their final entrance. Or at least, that's how it works in London.
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ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#2re: Standbys
Posted: 7/10/04 at 1:00pmi have heard that they have to be there for all shows but can leave once the second act starts.
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BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#3re: Standbys
Posted: 7/10/04 at 1:03pmThis made me think of that funny monologue in Elaine Stritch at Liberty where she is Ethel Merman's stand-by.
SammyGal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/04
#4re: Standbys
Posted: 7/10/04 at 2:11pmThey generally leave after the final entrance or one of the last songs that way if something were to happen, the lead actor could probably handle it without it being noticeable.
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jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#5re: Standbys
Posted: 7/10/04 at 2:29pmbut what about standbys in more than one show. i remember reading somewhere that one of the avenue q understudies also was a standby in beauty and the beast
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Emutional
Featured Actor Joined: 7/7/04
#6re: Standbys
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:19pmi guess my question is, has anybody ever met one of the standbys after a performance that they weren't in?
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
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