U/S who became more famous than the actor they covered! — Page 2

But is she more famous than Toni Braxton or Michelle Williams?

Karen Ziemba in 42nd Street for Peggy Sawyer. I don't even know that first chick's name....

Fisher Stevens and Michelle Pfeiffer were never married.

I imagine that if you walked outside and asked fifty random people who Kate Levering is, you'd get completely blank stares. I doubt more than one would know who Karen Ziemba is either.

HOly crap guys...

I'm pretty sure I never called these wicked gals 'stars', I didn't even go so far as to say they were famous, I said they were popular, and they are (even if it is to mostly the teeny-bopper girls).

Why do I feel like everyone jumped down my throat or attacked me, I was just making a point - I'm not some Wicked fanatic 12 year old or something who was like "all the wicked girls are famous superstars who rule broadway" - I was just commenting on how I think it's odd (although I guess not because it's an offspring of the popularity of wicked itself with a certain crowd) that all of the wicked understudies are names that a lot of people know and are popular (not tryin' to say that everyone on this board is a fan of em' or anything) - c'mon, they're mentioned on this board all the time which is better than most understudies. I couldn't tell you who's an understudy in most shows but I could prolly give you a running history of the elphaba understudies jsut based on topics on this message board.

Anyways, sorry I contributed to the conversation, jeez...

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