shows where you think there should be an alternate
shows where you think there should be an alternate
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#0shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 4:36am
so reading peoples comments about a certain Wicked star... and just thinking back on shows i've seen... do you think there are shows out there you think needs to have an alternate or even just shoud have one.... it would be a great way to put more actors/actresses into the limelight for a change
I always thought Aida should have had one... i couldn't imagine having to sing those songs twice in a day
Wicked seems like a show that needs it, for Elphaba
eh... i go on and off... but the Phantom always felt like an alternate was needed, IMO
Jean Valjean in Les Miserables
i can't think of anymore... i'm too tired...
Musetta1957
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
#1re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 5:23amThe London production of Les Miz has occasionally had an alternate Valjean (beginning with Jeff Leyton's first time in the role there, I think). There were also two or three of them rotating at any given time during the entire run of the Duisburg production in the late '90s.
#2re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 7:04amThe Broadway production of Jekyll and Hyde had a mat. alternate.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
bwaymyway
Understudy Joined: 5/8/04
#3re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 7:35am
I agree with you about Elphaba...Idina kept getting really burnt out and not giving very pleasing vocal performances.
Phantom has a matinee Christine, right? I think she does Sunday and Wednesday matinees, or at least that's how it was last time I saw it.
but most of all i yearn to be astonishing...
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#4re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:14am
I know Toni Braxton had an alternate Aida, but, afterall, it is Toni Braxton.
And I'm pretty sure I've seen that there is an alternate Christine.
Most (if not all) children's roles have alternates. (well, Noah Gellman, Young Simba, and Young Nala do)
There are several roles that should have an alternate. Che, Evita, Phantom, Elphaba all come to mind, in addition to those already listed
#5re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:19am
I Am My Own Wife
Golda's Balcony
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#6re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:53am
Noah Gellman did not have an alternate. Harrison Chad played every performance (except one right before closing to allow his understudy a chance to go on).
Caroline in the same show should have had an alternate for matinees -- it's really too demanding to do 8 times a week. Same with Effie White in DREAMGIRLS.
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Belle-arina
Understudy Joined: 9/1/04
#7re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:56am
If I'm not mistaken the role of Kim in Miss Saigon had an alternate.
I definately agree that Elphaba should have an alternate as well.
And Christine in Phantom does have an alternate--I believe she does two weekday evenings and one of the matinees.
"No thoughts within her head, but thoughts of joy.....no dreams within her heart but dreams of love."
kates
Featured Actor Joined: 10/12/04
#8re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:57amKim did have an alternate in Miss Saigon, as did Tam (the little boy).
"Commit a little mortal sin, its good for the soul"
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#9re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 10:05am
I could have sworn I saw in the CD booklet that Noah had an alternate... Oh well, I wont argue lol. That is surprising, tho. Noah is a very challenging role for a child actor.
And yes, Caroline should have had an alternate. I doubt Tonya Pinkins would have liked that lol, but it was definately needed.
Updated On: 11/10/04 at 10:05 AM
#10re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 1:32pmAida didn't have an alternate till Toni Braxton, then they kept her till the end of the run ... I know for a fact POTO has an alternate for Christine for like Wed. Matinees or something. La Boheme had three different casts and Elphaba should have two performers ... there seems to be enough people to do it.
B.B. Wolf
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/26/04
#11re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 1:42pm
Wicked should have an alternate. But their star is the reigning Tony winner, They're going to keep her on stage as much as possible to sell tickets. Remembeer when Hugh wasn't scheduled, they simply didn't have Boy from Oz shows. They knew where the draw was. I don't think Wicked's draw is Idina, however. She's great, but the show's a friggin' spectacle. It doesn't need a star.
Rath - TOTALLY agree with you on Wife and Golda's. IF someone could do the roles as well as Tovah and Jefferson. Which I doubt. 
But I think most, if not all, musicals on Broadway should have alternates for their leads.
Word. Word, indeed.
#12re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 3:06pm
What roles SHOULD have an alternate...
Noble Eggleston/Val duVal/Amos Pinchley/etc., LITTLE ME
Princess Leonide, TRIUMPH OF LOVE
Guido Contini, NINE
Peter Allen, THE BOY FROM OZ
Mama Rose, GYPSY
#13re: shows where you think there should be an alternate
Posted: 11/10/04 at 3:43pmThe nly reason Deb Cox had an alternate was so that she could be a mother.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
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