#1
Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:11pm
is there one? is there someone who covers both roles?
double cover Elphaba/Glinda
#2
Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:12pm
No.
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#3
Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:13pm
No, but it wouldn't be the first time it happened.
When the CHICAGO revival opened, Nancy Hess was the standby for both Roxie & Velma. And she stayed the standby for both roles for several years.
When the CHICAGO revival opened, Nancy Hess was the standby for both Roxie & Velma. And she stayed the standby for both roles for several years.
#4
Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:15pm
Megan Sikora is understudy for Glinda and Nessa...that's close - sort of.
She really is a Glinda type - I'd love to see her. She is very nice, too. I'm a fan!
She really is a Glinda type - I'd love to see her. She is very nice, too. I'm a fan!
Updated On: 12/12/05 at 05:15 PM
#5
Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:15pm
I think it depends on how close the lead characters are, Roxie and Velma are more similar than Elphaba and Galinda.
#6
Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:42pm
There might be a swing who knows all the female roles just in case. Anthony Galde is a swing but he knows every male role just in case the main actor, and all understudies for some reason couldnt make it.
#7
Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:50pm
I saw Nancy Hess go on as Roxie and to this day it ranks as one of the worst performances I have ever seen on Broadway.
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#8
Posted: 12/12/05 at 9:56pm
For the original west end Producers there was a wonderful man who did a great job covering both Max and Leo, cant recall his name
#9
Posted: 12/12/05 at 9:57pm
Chita has also played both Roxie and Velma so it is all good.
#10
Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:04pm
There are also a ton of actors who covered both Roger and Mark in RENT.
#11
Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:04pm
There are also a ton of actors who covered both Roger and Mark in RENT.
#12
Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:06pm
As someone said, Megan Sikora covers both Glinda and Nessa, and Shoshana (when she was a standby) covered Elphaba and Nessa (but only performed as Nessa once). I think because the actors they hire to play Glinda (blonde and bubbly) and the actors that play Elphaba (brunette, ethnic-looking) are so different, I doubt there will ever be a standby to cover both those parts.
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#13
Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:06pm
i would love to cover both glinda and elphaba, so i don't have to choose which part i like better!
#14
Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:29pm
sarah jean ford u/s's for glinda and nessa...to add to the list...
#15
Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:45pm
Stacie Morgain Lewis also was the standby for Glinda and Nessa.
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#16
Posted: 12/13/05 at 12:20am
I saw Nancy Hess as Velma in Chicago (opposite Karen Ziemba) and Lord, was she a trainwreck.
As for double covers...Alton Fitzgerald White covered John and Chris in Miss Saigon for awhile. I think he even played both roles.
As for double covers...Alton Fitzgerald White covered John and Chris in Miss Saigon for awhile. I think he even played both roles.
#17
Posted: 12/13/05 at 4:10am
Eden Covered Elphaba and Nessa.
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#18
Posted: 12/13/05 at 4:53am
so did Sho - who's "Wicked Witch of the East" was one of the best things to ever happen to this show. Too bad she only got to do it at one performance.
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