| re: Sunday Fun Day Understudy Matinee at "New York, New York" on May 28th | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 12:58 am EDT 05/30/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Sunday Fun Day Understudy Matinee at "New York, New York" on May 28th - Singapore/Fling 09:23 pm EDT 05/29/23 | |
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| There was only one time when I saw an understudy be exactly bad, and it was so long ago that I'm not even sure at this point if the person was a replacement or an understudy. The person just seem terrified. Oh, now that I think of it, there was another time, and that one was definitely an understudy. This one wasn't exactly painfully bad, but she was clearly not up to the role. I have seen an understudy who I thought was very miscast (and who fell into the traps of a role filled with traps) go on for a Tony-winning lead actor. The understudy went on in the role a good many times. I have seen understudies who were competent but colorless, an understudy who wasn't awful but seemed like a pretty good but not special community theatre actress (this was also a sub for a Tony-winning performance), and an understudy who was skilled and got laughs and was hardly terrible but also wasn't satisfying, perhaps just because the actress she was subbing for had gotten such raves. The last understudy went on a lot. Off-Broadway I have seen an understudy who seemed like a good actress but seemed like she was doing little more than get her lines out correctly, probably because she'd had so little time before going on. Lots of excellent understudies, and sometimes even a really fabulous one are out there, but there are definitely times (at least in my experience) when understudies are distinctly disappointing and very occasionally perhaps even someone who is sort of bad. |
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