One Cover for Nostradamus?

[A1st]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 1:25am

I was looking on the Something Rotten! playbill vault page, and noticed that they only have David Hibbard as a cover for Nostradamus (Brad Oscar), as well as a few other roles. I checked my playbill and it said only his name as well under understudies. Anyone have any more information? If this is true, it seems odd to me that Nostradamus has only one cover, as every other role in the show has two, from Shylock to Shakespere  

 

http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/Cast/14096/Something-Rotten-at-St-James-Theatre

[JBroadway]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 1:27am

I'm more surprised that all the other roles (even ones as small as Shylock) have more than one cover. Is that standard? I don't see why they absolutely need more than one for the supporting roles, including Nostradamus. 

[A1st]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 1:34am

I could be wrong, but I thought most shows have at least 2 covers for every role. In some interview, I read that you always want to have at least 3 people who can play a role (the actor who goes on everynight, and 2 covers, whether standbys or understudies).

Updated On: 5/26/15 at 01:34 AM

[nycgogetter]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 3:20am

the second cover may decline to be listed in the Playbill.  It happens sometimes.

[A1st]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 2:07pm

Interesting. Any particular reason the second cover would decline to be in the playbil? I'd think they'd want to be...