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When the stars don't come out to play
When the stars don't come out to play
Last Modified: 07 Mar 2007
By:
Stephanie West
Audiences sometimes have to make do with understudies rather than star performers in stage productions.
Producers of the sell-out show say you can swap your tickets if you like - but you may not get another seat till November.
We're talking about the Sound of Music, which is now facing two weeks without its star, Connie Fisher.
Doctors have told the reality show star that she must rest her vocal chords for a fortnight - while the role of Maria will be played by her understudy.
Down the road, Richard Griffiths is taking a night off sick from the new play Equus.
In these record-breaking times for theatre, how do audiences cope when star attraction goes sick? Stephanie West spares a thought for the understudies.
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