understudy

He was certain his days of being an understudy were over.

She's played the role in two national companies, once as understudy.

The decision of whether to have understudies is left to each company.

There had been five in which I was an understudy.

Understudies are brought in later to act the other parts.

But perhaps the understudy to the part has been discovered.

"When you're an understudy, you have to pretty well do the part the way the other person does it," she said.

"Because he remembered my name when I was an understudy."

The unknown was just which understudy would have to take the lead.

She soon became an understudy and before long, assumed the lead.

I get off stage and figure we're going to spend the next day getting the real understudy ready.

Because of the star's absence, his understudy took on the role.

Since the understudy was off with flu, there could be no show.

"Shall I tell the understudy that he has to go on?"

The one thing I did manage was getting him the part of understudy to the lead.

He eventually went on as an understudy in several roles.

The Met offered her a contract as an understudy in the 2000-2001 season a few days later.

"Well, if you were a better director, you'd have had an understudy."

At any moment you can be the understudy who has to go on."

She still continued as an understudy and a chorus girl for five more months.

In that case the sun's understudy will be 100-watt light bulbs.

"A lot of understudies spend the whole run without going on, so I'm very lucky."

It looked as though his understudy had caught on to shifting.

After the show, the mysterious understudy is still nowhere to be found.

Because Gale also served as an understudy, he took over the role.