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UnderstudiesCan 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? |
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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. |
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herkind |
I believe that Jayne Draper replaced Frances Ruffelle and Lisa Hull replaced Rebecca Caine but don't quote me on that. | ||||||||
LaurelDP |
That's my dad's name. But I don't think it was him. Unless he's been hiding something from me. |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Very Angry Woman |
Yes, they were. Although the role of Chris was written for Michael Ball. |
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Moci |
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- ? |
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Eponine93 |
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. |
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Moci |
Michael Ball was still in 'Aspects of Love' when 'Miss Saigon' opened.
Keith Burns did end up playing Enjolras later on in 1992/3. |
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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." |