The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #2
Posted: 8/2/11 at 12:11amTired of this meme.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #2
Posted: 8/2/11 at 12:12amno one forced you to click on this thread
Understudy Joined: 11/29/10
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #3
Posted: 8/2/11 at 12:25am
I had to click on this to read. The title of the thread was fresh, new, and extremely interesting. I really wasn't sure what people's comments were going to be on a topic that I thought said "The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is BITTER."
I was intrigued to hear stories of jaded, bitter understudies.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #4
Posted: 8/2/11 at 12:42am
"That/the awkward moment" belongs on Tumblr.
Also, the subject line is perfectly readable without having to click on it.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #5
Posted: 8/2/11 at 12:48am
LizzieCurry, will you EVER learn how to link?
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Updated On: 8/2/11 at 12:48 AM
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #6
Posted: 8/2/11 at 1:02am
I want to read about bitter understudies too! I hope they change the name of the thread.
Much better than an endless list of names you've never heard of "I saw blahblah in Wicked and blahblah my socks off" Zzzzz, good for you.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #7
Posted: 8/2/11 at 1:17amBlaxx is always awesome.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #8
Posted: 8/2/11 at 1:18am.....The Awkward Moment when all of you complain about everything.......
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #9
Posted: 8/2/11 at 1:20amI was a bitter chorus boy once. I don't know what stopped me from completely derailing the show.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #10
Posted: 8/2/11 at 1:20amIt was just an uninspired choice for a thread, love. It's ok, you can always try again.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #11
Posted: 8/2/11 at 1:24amSorry, love. Maybe you don't speak for everyone on this board?
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #12
Posted: 8/2/11 at 1:30amI love it when they get feisty, rawr!
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #13
Posted: 8/2/11 at 1:39am
THIS THREAD IS HORRIBLE. HORRID.
You can not try again, wench.
Updated On: 8/2/11 at 01:39 AM
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #14
Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:27am
^ya'll are being assholes
I think the most obvious recent one was Catch Me with Alex Ellis. She has a much stronger voice than Kerry does.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #15
Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:34amI didn't see Ramona Mallory in ALNM, but her reviews were not great. I saw Jessica Grove as Anne and she was fantastic.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #16
Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:50amI much preferred Jessica Goldyn as Cassie rather than Charlotte D'Amboise.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #17
Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:53am
Bryan Fenkart seems to garner a much better reaction than chad kimball from most.
Also - Not broadway, but the entire principal cast of Shrek in London.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #18
Posted: 8/2/11 at 10:17amWhen the US is better, somebody always asks, "Who is she/he (the principle) sleeping with?
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #19
Posted: 8/2/11 at 10:34am
de'Adre Aziza was better than Sherie Rene Scott in WOMEN ON THE VERGE.
Victoire Charles was better than Portia in RUINED.
Lisa Brescia was better than Maria Friedman in THE WOMAN IN WHITE.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #20
Posted: 8/2/11 at 10:36am
When the US is better, somebody always asks, "Who is she/he (the principle) sleeping with?
If they had any principles, the principal would've been hired on talent alone.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/10
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #21
Posted: 8/2/11 at 1:34pmThat awkward moment when you dont pay any attention to this board because you are obsessing over blaxx's icon :3 I love the muppets and Janice is hilarious
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #22
Posted: 8/2/11 at 1:43pm
One I forgot: I saw the Broadway revival of Steel Magnolias during their last week of performances. Both Delta Burke and Rebecca Gayheart were out. (From what I understand, both women were out frequently: Burke for health problems and Gayheart because she was going back and forth to LA for TV work) No announcement was made, no slips in the program, and no board was posted. The lights just went up and Sally Mayes was sitting under the heat lamp instead of Burke. Anyway, she was excellent, as was Ginnifer King as Shelby (who also understudied Tammy Blanchard in GYPSY). I didn't see them, but I can't imagine Burke or Gayheart being any better. The rest of the cast--Christine Ebersole as M'Lynn; Franny Sternhagen as Clairee; Marsha Mason as Ouiser; and Lily Rabe, in her New York debut, as Annelle--were all wonderful. I think that production got a bad rap; I actually found it quite enjoyable. Maybe if the critics had seen it with Mayes and King instead of Burke and Gayheart that might have changed something. 
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #23
Posted: 8/2/11 at 2:24pmGavin Lodge as Tick/Mitzi in Priscilla. He just had this energy about him that Will didnt have. Will is loveable and wonderful but Gavin just had something about him that made the role more lively and up. He was fantastic and I would love to see him again.
The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better #24
Posted: 8/2/11 at 2:30pm
"Also - Not broadway, but the entire principal cast of Shrek in London"
I would say the opposite is true. None of the London principals come close to the Broadway cast. In fact the cast is the big negative issue with the London production.
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