ANNIE: Is there a set schedule of performances Lilla Crawford does not do each week?

[Lucy Harbin]

Or have they not announced anything and you can never know in advance whether you'll be seeing her or not?

[LizzieCurry]

If there is a schedule, it's not been publicized.

[Lucy Harbin]

Thanks, Lizzie.

Has anyone noticed in the reports on here any pattern of performances when she often seems to be in or out?

[Owen22]

Man, I hope not.Didn't even occur to me...I did get tickets for a Saturday evening, so I should be safe...right?

[aasjb4ever]

Eva. Christine. Is it that hard to grasp that not every goddamn principal has an alternate?

[THDavis]

Have you ever known a child actor WITHOUT an alternate (or three in the case of Billy Elliot)?

[givesmevoice]

Andrea McArdle in the original production of Annie, Kelsey Fowler and Sarah Hyland in Grey Gardens.

[perfectlymarvelous]

^Also the entire cast of 13 except for Graham Phillips (Corey Snide was his matinee alternate).

[winston89]

For what it's worth, I saw the show last Wednesday evening. And, Lila wasn't on as Annie, her understudy was and did a great job, might I add.

[elphaba.scares.me]

My dad saw it last Friday night. Lilla was not on but he said the understudy (didn't remember her name) was fantastic.

[Luv2goToShows]

Lilla was in for the evening performance, Wed the 24th.

[Quiche2]

Have you ever known a child actor WITHOUT an alternate (or three in the case of Billy Elliot)?


Pugsley in THE ADDAMS FAMILY. And in the case of SHREK, the girls rotated the roles of Young Fiona and Young Shrek, but niether of them never went on unless they were sick or something. And weren't there actually like 7 Billys?

[Metfan2]

I went last Sat night and the understudy was on. I read Lilla was sick for a few days.

[THDavis]

Thanks for the info guys! I didn't realize that so many shows went without alternates for children.

[James2]

Has anyone heard anything lately about Lilla's schedule?

[goldenboy]

Chances are very good you will catch an understudy.
I went on a Friday night and.... understudy.
3 of my friends went on different nights and .....understudy.

That said.. this i a disappointing production of an iconic show.
I'd see almost anything else instead of this.
My opinion.
And no.. I did not like the understudy but to be fairI did not like Katie Finneran, in this role, the sets, the choreography, the lack of heart
or much of anything else about this production except the gentleman playing rooster who nailed it

[Auggie27]

McArdle was made a kind of star in the original, and it's hard to fathom people readily accepting her replacement. I can well recall that her absences were few and far between, and certainly not regular.

Those days are likely over.

[goldenboy]

too bad this show doesn't get sick and we can put in the original sets, staging, choreography and stars (yes Dorothy will come back from the dead to perform)
as an UNDERSTUDY