SNLMedia, apparently Hairspray was a little short staffed earlier this week as there was no Tammy and Tommy didn't appear either!
I saw one of the midnight shows for Evil Dead the musical when the understudy for Cheryl was on. Durring the tree scene (pretty early in the show) she sprained her ankle in the fight, the next scene came up and Ash (Ryan Ward) opened the door and she wasn't there, everyone looked confused, the houselights came up and the actors slowly and awkwardly left the stage.
The show stopped for 15-30 minutes, then Ryan Ward came back on and told us what happened, he then gave us a decicion, since there was no other girl to cover we could come back at a later date for a refund, our the male understudy (he was soon cut off by thunderous cheers).
The male understudy went on in Cheryls costume (I have no idea how he fit into it) and did the rest of night's performance, most of the time with script in hand, fumbling through the lines. It was hilarious. The scene where she/he turns evil and is thrown in the basement was ridiculous, none of the acors could keep a straight face afterwards, Brandon Wardell shouted "Dude, your sister turned into a zomie...and a dude!"
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