| None of these understudies were bad (re: Sunday Fun Day Understudy Matinee at "New York, New York" on May 28th) |
| Posted by: Marlo*Manners 09:44 am EDT 05/31/23 |
| 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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I have seen one or two understudies who were bad (In "The Real Thing" original Broadway production 40 years ago, Cynthia Nixon's role as the young daughter was played by a not very good understudy). When I saw "It's Only a Play", Matthew Broderick was out and I saw his understudy Bob Stillman, who I adore. I would imagine that Matthew Broderick was still giving his patented nerdy Leo Bloom performance that he has been recycling for over 20 years. Stillman was delightful.
I am also a lucky soul who saw some famous Broadway replacements including Reba McIntyre in "Annie Get Your Gun" and Heather Headley in "The Color Purple" who were deemed superior to the originals! There are others I am forgetting.
In this case, no one was bad and Darius Wright was very good. The understudy playing Jimmy Doyle does not have leading man charisma which shifted the story a bit. The character has a "loser" persona in the story which he must overcome. But charisma is not something you can learn in acting school.
Marlo Manners (Lady Barrington) |
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