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#26

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 2:35pm

mallardo - I think you misunderstand me. I meant all the entire principal cast in London are bettered by their understudies. Save, maybe, Nigel Harman as Lord Farquaad.

Updated On: 8/2/11 at 02:35 PM

#27

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 2:43pm

Annalene Beechey > Helen Dallimore in the original london cast of wicked...it's a shame she wasn't cast in the first place or replaced Dallimore later on. She definitely has one of loveliest voices on the west end.

#28

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 3:03pm

mallardo - I think you misunderstand me. I meant all the entire principal cast in London are bettered by their understudies. Save, maybe, Nigel Harman as Lord Farquaad.

Oh. Sorry!

Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!

#29

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 3:35pm

Wait, you can use gifs on here?

Please don't let this turn into Tumblr

#30

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 6:46pm

That 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

Thank you, love. After all these years I'm one of the few who's never changed it.

And, wouldn't it be more awkward if the understudy sucked? I don't see how the understudy being better would be awkward. It's not like the original performer is watching onstage.

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

#31

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 8:45pm

Arguably Emma Hunton, since she covered on Bway.

Jennifer DiNoia was probably much better than some of the Elphabas she covered.

#32

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 8:55pm

Emma Hunton didn't cover. She replaced Lauren Pritchard in SPRING AWAKENING, and she went on once for Meghann Fehy in NEXT TO NORMAL while she was rehearsing the tour in NYC.

And she definitely wasn't better in either role.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#33

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:01pm

Emma was technically listed as a Natalie u/s on Broadway for some time. I vote Jason Watson as Dan on the Next To Normal. Not only did I prefer his Dan to Asa's, but also to all of the other wonderful Dans I've seen besides Jason Danieley.

#34

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:02pm

Really? When was that? I saw the show around the time she went on and she's not in my playbill.

#35

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:08pm

I personally liked Robert Creighton more than Joel Grey in Anything Goes. Joel just seems a little old for the role and Robert fit the role so well.

#36

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:08pm

All in the fall, you were right, around the time she was rehearsing for the tour :) I can't look through my playbills now, but I'm pretty sure she joined temporarily at different points throughout the fall, correct me if I'm wrong. She was definitely listed in the playbill at some point, but I have joining the cast slips for her, so she might not have been throughout all of her time spent there!

#37

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:09pm

Ted Neeley was better than Jeff Fenholt...

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from." ~ Charles M. Schulz

#38

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:09pm

@Barcelona

Updated On: 8/2/11 at 09:09 PM

#39

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 9:24pm

My playbill still lists Mackenzie Mauzy as the understudy, although she could have left the show by that point and the playbills hadn't been changed yet.

#40

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 10:02pm

I don't think Mackenzie ever left the playbill. All the times when I saw the show, she was still listed, even when Emma was too. Kind of like when Adam Kantor would join, him, Brian Crum, and Adam Chanler-Berat were all in the playbill. Emma joined when Mackenzie left to film a movie, if my memory serves me correctly. I'm a big fan, but I think maybe a N2N expert, like adamgreer would be a good person to really clarify with :)

#41

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 10:06pm

THE Curtis Holbrook in "Xanadu."

Deal done, done deal. 'Nuff said.

"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2

#42

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 10:22pm

AC- Emma was most definitely a Natalie vacation understudy on Broadway, and even went on once. Her being better than Meghann is arguable, as there interpretations are different. But that one is an opinion. Even a strong lover of the show who as seen it countless times like adamgreer thinks Emma is the best Natalie (if I recall correctly).

And yea, I'm pretty sure they never took Mauzy out of the Playbill while Emma was covering.

Updated On: 8/2/11 at 10:22 PM

#43

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 10:33pm

I actually waited to see Xanadu during Cheyenne's vacation just to see Curtis.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

#44

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/2/11 at 10:42pm

It seems like only shows like SA, N2N, Wicked, etc. seems to get those crazy obsessed fanbase who sees the show enough times to see every understudy/standbys, which isn't surprising.

#45

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/6/11 at 12:01am

Jessica Phillips over Ripley's Diana in N2N, as well as Jason Watson over any Dan (except BDJ). Only saw N2N twice, so definitely not a crazy fan type. Didn't even Stage Door.

But how is it an "awkward moment" as opposed to a pleasant surprise?

#46

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/9/11 at 3:27am

Natalie Charle Ellis was much better than Mamie in 9to5. I liked her timing better.

#47

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/9/11 at 4:26am

I'm just now reading the whole Emma/n2n/playbill debate, and in my playbill from September 18th, Emma Hunton is listed with Mackenzie Mauzy. Adam Kantor is also listed as a Henry u/s. I remember this weekend because the board had the two additional understudies listed and it was more full than usual.

That said, I don't think anyone can trump Meghann in the role. I was not a fan of Emma's inconsistent performance and actually preferred Mackenzie Mauzy's rather unrehearsed portrayal of Natalie (I think I saw her second show) to Emma. She was MUCH stronger toward the end of her run, but I will never be able to shake the first few times I saw her from my mind - it did not sit well with me and I didn't like it at all.

Larkin Bogan is a better and much more likable Woof than Matt DeAngelis in Hair.

She's not an understudy, but Marni Raab performs twice a week in Phantom and vocally, she's better than anyone else I've ever heard in the role, ever.

"I will not cease from mental fight, nor shall my sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem in England's green and pleasant land."

#48

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/9/11 at 5:20am

Yeah, but is it awkward?

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

#49

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/9/11 at 5:20am

The CAST of Spring Awakening thought that Eryn Murman was a better Wendla than Alexandra Socha (sp?). I didn't agree, but they thought she was the best thing since sliced bread.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

#50

The Awkward Moment when the Understudy is better

Posted: 8/9/11 at 9:55am

I felt Jessica Grove was a much better Anne and Sara Ford a stronger Petra in ALNM.

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