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| Who was King George's understudy in the original cast? | |
| Last Edit: mikem 10:07 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
| Posted by: mikem 10:06 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Casting of Hamilton - ryhog 09:34 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
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| I had assumed that there had to be at least one other white male in the cast to be King George's understudy, but both Playbill Vault and ibdb.com don't list anyone as King George's understudy in the original cast. There were three white men in the original cast: Jonathan Groff, Neil Haskell and Thayne Jasperson. Jasperson is currently listed in ibdb as a King George understudy, along with Marc de la Cruz (who is a POC). It looks like Neil Haskell also became a listed King George understudy before he left the Broadway cast. Were Haskell and Jasperson the original King George understudies, or was there an unlisted person who was the understudy? King George is the only principal role with no listed understudy in the original cast, which seems really strange unless there was an unlisted standby. |
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| re: Who was King George's understudy in the original cast? | |
| Last Edit: sirpupnyc 10:35 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 10:27 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
| In reply to: Who was King George's understudy in the original cast? - mikem 10:06 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
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| King George has both a standby (possibly at times more than one) and understudies. At the time of the shutdown, the standby was Jimmie "JJ" Jeter, and the understudies were Marc delaCruz and Thayne Jasperson. So if Euan Morton was sick, it seems like there was a good chance you'd see a non-white George. There would have to have been an understudy at opening, even if he wasn't listed. Thayne and Andrew Chappelle were the first ones credited, some time after opening. |
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