She's my favorite Serena and honestly she's so fierce but you should just go see her. It's really hard to compare her to others who have played the role.
If you liked Leslie Kritzer in the role, you'll like Tiffany Engen. She pretty much does it EXACTLY like Leslie down to her riffs in the opening number and all the moves she does in the beginning of Bend & Snap. If you could compare them on the forbidden site, you'd know exactly what I mean.
I really liked her. She was quite a fierce Serena! She also seems to be a power-swing, as she "officially" understudies the roles of Margot, Pilar, and Serena - but has also gone on as Mom/Whitney and Kate/Chutney a few times.
Tiffany originally did not cover the PMS girls (except maybe Serena). She only covered the ensemble tracks. I think she got bumped up to cover Pilar and Margot when Beth Curry got injured and Michelle Kitrell left. I guess when Becky left she was bumped up to understudy all three girls.
I do know that Autumn is not covering Serena and Lindsay Nicole Chambers (who also formerly only covered ensemble) is now a Serena cover.
I saw Tiffany as the sternographer once. So she basically understudies all the ensemble(I was gonna say female ensemble but she was Lowell one night)and PMS girls(That does not sound right...LOL)
Don't believe everything that you hear! Only the peeps involved know the truth!
Tiffany is great as Serena. I saw her on for Kate Rockwell in June, and then for Tracy Jai in the beginning of August. She was the best Margot and Serena I've seen. (I didn't see AA, but I have a feeling Tiffany would be slightly below her level) Now when can we get her to cover Elle??
While I think she would be a fierce Elle in terms of acting and vocals, I don't know if she is the right type for Elle. That being said, I think it would be great for her to understudy the role.
I had her in Gaeleen's old track (Courtney/Mom/Whitney) a couple of weeks ago. Of the three, her "Mom" was the best. She's certainly someone they must be thrilled to have around, since she covers so many roles.