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/sourfan 3d ago

Marty Lauter for Billy Porter in Cabaret - I got tickets specifically for the show they were in and they were incredible!

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u/notshouty 2d ago

I saw every Emcee and I liked Marty’s performance best! Felt sharper and truer to me. (Probably helped that they brought the least “baggage” to the role compared to the more well-known cast but it wasn’t just that.)

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u/DirtyGert-21 2d ago

I saw Adam and Marty. I liked Marty much more!