Understudies — Page 5

When I saw A Chorus Line recently I went to the mantiee so naturally there was a lot of people out. One person I was upset about was Natalie Cortez as Diana. But I actually loved her understudy Jessica Lea Patty. She was really funny and quite talneted.

I was actually surprised how hard it was to pick out the four understudies in that performance. ACL not only has a really talented cast, but even the understudies are amazing!

~Darci

Maria Eberline-Wicked...she seriously DOES NOT get enough credit...she was one of the best Elphaba's I've ever seen

Lisa Brescia-Wicked...very good also...not as good as Maria but still pretty amazing!

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Maria Eberline gave an incredible performance as Elphaba when I saw her.

Megan Campbell made a great Millie. I'm disappointed that I didn't get to see Sutton, but Megan did a great job. She really won me over.

Robi Hager was on as Hanschen in Spring Awakening when I saw the show. I have not seen Jon Wright's portrayal, but I would not have known I was seeing an understudy. Robi Hager is that good.

Erin Maguire, although, remains the best understudy I've ever seen. I saw her go on for Cathy Rigby as the Cat in the Hat in Seussical. I cannot imagine enjoying the show without her performance. She was the show for me. Maguire is a firecracker, like a young Bebe Neuwirth. I haven't heard much from her since, but I hope she's still performing.

Megan McGinnis as Eponine in "Les Mis" [before promotion]
Todd Buonopane as Leaf in "Spelling Bee"
Tina Maddigan as Julia in "The Wedding Singer"
Corinne Melancon as Rosie in "Mamma Mia!"
Jerad Bortz as Fiyero in "Wicked"
Ben Eakeley as Anthony [but not the Beadle] in "Sweeney Todd"
Phoebe Strole as Ilse in "Spring Awakening"
Shoshana Bean as Tracy in "Hairspray"

i saw jacqui polk today as logan schwartzandgrubenerre for the 3rd time. and I love her!

^I felt the same way.