when its the understudie's or standbys last night, are they guarenteed to performed? it would make sense right?

i don't think so. i saw sarah jane everman's last performance and she was in the ensemble. they did say a thing about her at the end though. but i also saw katie adam's last performance and she was glinda...ok...so now i'm more confused than i was before.

an understudy is never garunteed to preform the part, absolutely never. :btw: , what is the difference between an understudy and a standby?

I'm going to see how well I can explain the difference....
An understudy is below a standby and they usually have some sort of regular part in the show, usually, but not alway inn ensemble.

A standby is more of the official understudy. They're more likely to play the part when the principal can't go on. They always have to be four blocks or less away from the theatre on show nights as something could go wrond where they'd need to take over mid-show (like the show where Idina fell through the trap door and Sho had to take over.).

Hope that made sense.

that did, like the stand by is like ready at all times, and is the first choice of who to go on last second. and an understudy is like the second choice.

but if something like that happpens, doesnt swing go on? I thought a swing went out 4 idina after the trapdoor incident. and when i saw hairspray (on tour) in the middle of the show the swing came out 4 penny.

really? All the stories I heard had Sho going out for Idina. I can't say anything about hairspray, because I had my cast for the whole thing. Another example was understudy day when Idina did act one and had to leave so Eden, who was standby at the time, went on for act 2.

Technically, if someone in the ensemble has to go on for a principal actor, then a swing will come in to cover their part

Swing is kind of like an ensemble understudy. If that makes sense. They go on for ensemble people when they either can't go on or if they are covering another role. And Sho did go on for Idina after trapdoor incident

I wouldn't say they are guaranteed to perform, however I think the producers may make some sort of effort for at least standby's to go on. Eden performed on her last day with the company as a standby.

in rent isnt that how that guy whos playing mark got the part? he was a swing and had to go on bcause ALL of the understudies were busy with stuff.

are the stand-bys painted green every night? or do they get painted only if something were to happen

On the night Idina fell, they lucked out with Shoshana being there. It was practically the end of the show, she didn't have to be there, but she was in the building.

But if Sho wasn't there, the understudy had to have been there, right?

Yeah, but they're in ensemble. I think at that point in the show, there is no more ensemble though (my memories of seeing it are a bit fuzzy) so the understudy probably could've gone on.

k, this is a tad bit confusing! so, if sho was the stand-by, who was the understudy?

No clue -- somewhat consult the playbill! :mrgreen:

I'm not 100% sure, but wasn't Kristy Cates the Elphaba understudy while Sho was the standby?

Then-understudy Kristy (as in Cates) was likely there, and might have just quickly gotten green and gone on since it was nearly the end of the show anyway. But since Shoshana was also available, she got first priority getting greenified. Meanwhile, Kristy presumably just did her normal ensemble thing for the rest of the show.

Yes, she was in fact the Elphaba understudy at the time and was also in the ensemble for the OBC.

i know this sounds freally stupid, but who is currently playing galinda in new york? when did megan leave?

Kate Reinders.

Not a stupid a question

Megan left on 5/28/06 and Kate Reinders (from the Chicago production) is currently Glinda.

and about that article adam posted about sho, she and megan are rejoining the tour cast this fall?

For a few shows in the Seattle area I think. You'll have to check the topic that announced it somewhere on the board. It should have a link to the news story with details.

yeah, I remembered that because I read an article that said that she and Sho were college roommates and I thought "Irony much?"

i don't know how they could've greenified sho that quickly... it takes about ten minutes, and after the trapdoor scene, elphie goes on about four minutes later... it must have been QUICK!

and it depends on the show as far as swings are concerned... in rent ur considered a swing if u go on for 3 or more parts (it could b something like u/s for roger, mark, steve, and gordon), but for wicked, swings only fill in for the ensemble members on their nights off, or when they are performing the part they understudy. make sense?

I thought there was about a 40 min lapse before the show continued after Idina's fall. :?

Yeah, it was a while.

o heck no it's not 40 minutes! maybe not 10... but definatlly no longer than 15-20 minutes! i've seen the show many times... the only thing that happens after elphies fall is when glinda consults the wizard and morrible, and then she adresses the citizens of oz. the second act alone is no longer than 1 hour and 10 minutes, and theres about 50 minutes b4 elphie melts.

I think the '40 minutes' refers to the amount of time between Idina's trapdoor accident at her last show and when Shoshana her standby got green and they were able to resume the show.

wow, they actually stopped the show and everything! that would've sucked... i thought they just carried on like nothing happened.

I don't see how that could have happened when they had to take Idina to the hospital.

I think they stopped the show to let Shoshana get green, but yeah, they had to take Idina to the hospital so I don't see how they could carry on like nothing happened. That would've been quite the trick.

They also had to make an announcement asking if there was a doctor in the house.

No way!

That's slightly funny...I mean you see it all the times played out dramatically in movies and on tv.

actully if notice they will only have standbys for parts like Elphaba or The Phantom and for some reason Glinda now has one that have heavy make-up and are in the show alot. They put the make up on 2 people that night so if they got hurt on stage that night they are ready in the right coustume to go out.

The FAQ is from broadwayworld.com. for the information on standby/understudy it is question number 27. Also the rest of it is interesting.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmes...dt=071305101555