1) Actor 2) Actor waiting for a break 3) Broadway backup 4) Histrion 5) Player 6) Role player 7) Someone acting as a stopgap 8) Sometime substitute 9) Stand-in actor 10) Standby 11) Thespian 12) To act as an understudy
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1) Replacement 2) Reserve 3) Standby 4) Sub 5) Substitute
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In theater, an understudy is a performer who learns the lines and blocking/choreography of a regular actor or actress in a play. Should the regular actor or actress be unable to appear on stage because of illness or emergencies, the understudy takes over the part. Usually when the understudy takes over, the theater manager will make a relevant ann...
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• (n.) One who studies another`s part with a view to assuming it in an emergency. • (v. t. & i.) To study, as another actor`s part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor`s part.
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An actor playing a small part in a production or, in the professional theatre, often an Assistant Stage Manager, who has learned and rehearsed the part of one of the leading actors to take over from him/her in the event of illness etc.
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An actor who learns the part of another ready to step into their shoes should they not be able to perform due to illness or other reasons. Also Cover.
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n] - an actor able to replace a regular performer when required 2. [v] - be an understudy or alternate for a role
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It’s like substitute teaching but one step closer to winning a Tony.
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standby noun an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
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An actor playing a small part in a production or, in the professional theatre, often an Assistant Stage Manager, who has learned and rehearsed the part of one of the leading actors to take over from him/her in the event of illness etc.
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