Anybody could see that the understudy was making a right hash of the role of Evita, her requirement to learn and practice the words to the main role as well as her own clearly having been bypassed.
‘What is that strange song you keep singing?’ the
director bellowed in the interval. ‘It’s not at all what you’re supposed to
sing!’
‘It’s from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,’ the girl
replied, blushing. ‘I thought if I sang it to the Evita tune, no-one would
notice the difference.’
Alison Mott, 4th Jan 2024
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| Evita, staged at Curve, Leicester in January 2024 (where in fact an understudy drove 150 miles on the last weekend to cover the role and gave a fantastic performance!). Photo: A Mott |
See an article about the real understudy saving the day here.
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