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Post by CG on the loose on Feb 16, 2020 12:55:02 GMT
I was at Come From Away last night - had 4 understudies on. Ricardo Castro on as Kevin J, Chiara Baronti as Hannah, Jennifer Tierney as Diane and Kirsty Malpass returned to the show as Bonnie. All did a tremendous job - all 3 ladies were playing a 2nd cover and you would have thought they were the principal cast they were so good. Ricardo was really good as Kevin J, especially considering he only joined the show this week. Thanks for that - I failed to check the board and was trying to make sense of who I'd seen! Agree they were all on top form. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 17, 2020 18:30:15 GMT
More chaos at &Juliet tonight - all 5 swings were performing, and just as Act 2 started (Since U Been Gone) Cassidy went off and there was a brief show stop. Jocasta Almgill made her DEBUT as Anne — her second cover — as Kirstie was out, so Danielle Fiamanya was shifted to Lady Capulet while the ensemble was ultimately cut with all of these changes being pulled off flawlessly. Who usually understudies for Cassidy and has anyone seen her? Do you think the kind of situ described by alucas28 energises the cast or do they dread it? |
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Post by sophie92 on Feb 17, 2020 19:31:55 GMT
More chaos at &Juliet tonight - all 5 swings were performing, and just as Act 2 started (Since U Been Gone) Cassidy went off and there was a brief show stop. Jocasta Almgill made her DEBUT as Anne — her second cover — as Kirstie was out, so Danielle Fiamanya was shifted to Lady Capulet while the ensemble was ultimately cut with all of these changes being pulled off flawlessly. Who usually understudies for Cassidy and has anyone seen her? Do you think the kind of situ described by alucas28 energises the cast or do they dread it? Kirstie Skivington is the 1st cover Anne but she was off that day with a minor injury. She is making her debut as Anne tonight. (Cassidy hadn’t had a show off until going off halfway through on Saturday night!) |
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 18, 2020 22:21:50 GMT
For the first time, I saw a mid-show switch, at Book of Mormon, as Tom Xander went off after I Am Here For You and Oliver Jacobson came on for the next season, after a brief delay and announcement of the switch. Oliver did a tremendous job in the role, given I imagine he did not get much notice about going on.
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