Weird Replacments

Melanie Griffith.

Boys don't go on for Young Cosette. However, they have gone on as Young Eponine.

Scott Logsdon had to go on as the hair buyer (in Lovely Ladies) on the Les Miz tour once.

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If I am not mistaken I believe Diana Kaarina was a Mimi understudy...

"Hairspray". On one of the nights I saw it on tour in San Francisco, Joe Abraham, who is white, was subbing for one of the black kids.

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in thoroughly modern millie muzzie and meers switched ethnicities on occasion, the miss flanneries were muzzie covers, and terry burrell covered both (and is african american)

i have always wanted to be a mark/ roger/benny/collins cover for rent

yazmin alers (karmine's sister) played steve in rent one night, and almost played joanne but hid from the stage manager

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wow. I just thought that..what if a chinese person played Glinda.

wow. I just thought that..what if a chinese person played Glinda.

OMG never! But Japanese, Korean, Cambodian, that'd be just fine. Chinese, I could just not tolerate.

(This is some salt; please take it.)

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I never knew a flavoring, vase, or rug could act, but I guess if you have a good enough imagination...

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In the London production of Millie, Miss Flannery also covered Mrs Meers. I was in the audience when Rachel Izen went on even though there was an alternate for the role she did quite a lot of shows I gather. The part was normally played by our national treasure, Maureen Lipman- however there were extreme personal reasons relating to her husband that caused her to miss a couple of shows. Still I always wondered why the alternate didnt fill in? Perhaps it would have cost more money?

There were some odd covers in the London production of Taboo. The first covers were usually fine but a couple of the second covers were really the wrong type or age to pull it off!

Michael Bennett, is that true? That's amazing. And ridiculous. Wow. I can't even imagine it.

Patronus, that's weird, because at her website, she said this:

From: Yassmin (Wed Nov 16 18:08:32 2005)
There were nights at RENT that felt like HELL. (Ex: I hid from the Stage Manager twice at the possibility of my going on for Joanne) But for the most part it was a thrill working along side some of the most talented people on Broadway.

I thought it was kind of weird that she said that, because I would think that she would want to try a new role. But in total, she went on for two principal female roles (Mimi and Maureen), three female ensemble roles (Mark's Mom, Alexi, Soloist 1), and three male roles (Soloist Two, Steve, Gordon)

Anyway, speaking of Rent, there have been men who played the bag lady (while a woman sang the Seasons of Love solo, Gordon and Steve track switched (Steve/Mr. Grey, Gordon/Waiter). They have also split up the roles of Mr. Jefferson and Soloist 2 between two men. They also split up that track when women go on as Soloist 2.

And personally, I think they should have let her play Mark. That would have been a night to remember. :)

Updated On: 4/3/06 at 11:18 AM

Weird. She definitely said she wanted to go on as Joanne back in the day. I guess she was just "talking at the stage door" back then. Oh well, I stand corrected.

and three male roles (Soloist Two, Steve, Gordon)

She also went on as Paul, that I am 100% sure of. So four males roles.