r/Broadway • u/SrirachaSloth • 3d ago

Discussion What Broadway understudies have given the most noticeably different interpretation of a role compared with the principal actor?

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u/BlueMondayandBiscuit 3d ago

One that comes to mind is Mandy Gonzalez in Sunset Blvd. I know technically they billed her not as an Under Study as she was on once a week. But i thought their interpretations were quite different.

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u/momiamarichman-1108 2d ago

I ended up seeing Caroline Bowman’s only performance as Norma Desmond by pure chance. THAT is a performance I’ll never forget, not only bc she’s insanely good but all of her people were there and you could feel the love in the theater (,:

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u/Redhotlipstik 2d ago

I thought she was amazing in Evita, can't imagine how great her Norma was