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Understudies

Can anyone give me the details of the understudies of the OLC and OBC?

i.e who understudied whom?

And who from those assumed the roles once the OLC had left?
The Very Angry Woman

OBC understudies here: http://ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4443 (scroll to the bottom)

I have a Barbican program, but not on me. I remember that Keith Burns understudied Marius, Ken Caswell understudied Th�nardier and Dave Willetts understudied Valjean.

Simon Bowman replaced Michael Ball and Jackie Marks replaced Patti LuPone.
herkind

I believe that Jayne Draper replaced Frances Ruffelle and Lisa Hull replaced Rebecca Caine but don't quote me on that.
LaurelDP

The Very Angry Woman wrote:
Keith Burns


That's my dad's name. Shocked

But I don't think it was him.

Unless he's been hiding something from me.
Ghost

The first replacements were, I think

Valjean - Dave Willetts
Javert - Clive Carter
Fantine - Jackie Marks
Thenardier - Barry James
Mme Thenardier - Gay Soper
Cossette - Lisa Hull
Marius - Keith Burns or Simon Bowman
Enjolras - Keith Burns, Simon Bowman or Christopher Howard
mastachen

keith burns and simon bowman were both in miss saigon also right?
it seems like if cameron mackintosh casts you and likes you, you're pretty much set for life.. lol
The Very Angry Woman

mastachen wrote:
keith burns and simon bowman were both in miss saigon also right?


Yes, they were. Although the role of Chris was written for Michael Ball.
Moci

Ghost wrote:
The first replacements were, I think

Valjean - Dave Willetts
Javert - Clive Carter
Fantine - Jackie Marks
Thenardier - Barry James
Mme Thenardier - Gay Soper
Cossette - Lisa Hull
Marius - Keith Burns or Simon Bowman
Enjolras - Keith Burns, Simon Bowman or Christopher Howard


I'm sure that someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the first replacements were:
Thenardier- Stephen Hanan
Mme Thenardier- Myra Sands,
Cosette- Jacinta Mulcahy (although I have heard Gail Mortley mentioned, but I think that she might have understudied)
Marius- Simon Bowman
Enjolras- Martin George
Eponine- Jayne Draper

The OLC understudies were as far as I know:
Valjean- Dave Willets
Javert- Clive Carter
Fantine- Jackie Marks
Thenardier- Ken Caswell
Mme Thenardier- ?
Cosette- ?
Marius- Keith Burns
Enjolras- Peter Polycarpou
Eponine- ?
Eponine93

The Very Angry Woman wrote:
mastachen wrote:
keith burns and simon bowman were both in miss saigon also right?


Yes, they were. Although the role of Chris was written for Michael Ball.


Why didn't he do the show? IMO, he'd probably have been better than Bowman, at least vocally...

From what I heard from Kieth Burns on the Miss Saigon OLC (which I used to listen to all the time, but haven't listened to in a while) he seems like more of an Enjolras or even a Javert to me than Marius.

Peter Polycarpou was John in the OLC of Miss Saigon for anyone who hasn't figured that out yet.
Moci

The Very Angry Woman wrote:
mastachen wrote:
keith burns and simon bowman were both in miss saigon also right?


Yes, they were. Although the role of Chris was written for Michael Ball.

Eponine93 wrote:

Why didn't he do the show? IMO, he'd probably have been better than Bowman, at least vocally...

Michael Ball was still in 'Aspects of Love' when 'Miss Saigon' opened.

Eponine93 wrote:
From what I heard from Kieth Burns on the Miss Saigon OLC (which I used to listen to all the time, but haven't listened to in a while) he seems like more of an Enjolras or even a Javert to me than Marius.

Keith Burns did end up playing Enjolras later on in 1992/3.
EponineMNFF

That's so funny because I remember wondering why Michael Ball hadn't been cast the first time I listened to Miss Saigon. Did he ever join the cast?
The Very Angry Woman

No; the closest thing he ever did later on was record a solo version of "The Last Night of the World."
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