Les Mis Understudy Attack

[inmyownlittlecorner]

I haven’t really been on this board in a long time but there is something that I remember but can’t find information on so I thought I’d come ask here.

Back in my very deep Les Mis phase, I remember reading an article about a boyfriend of an understudy who attacked a lead, Tonya Harding style, because he wanted his girlfriend to have more stage time. The only other thing I can remember about this is that it was a European production.
 

Does anyone else know what I’m talking about or am I just mixing this up with another story or did my brain just completely make this up (very possible)? I wouldn’t ask if I actually didn’t think this happened

[DooWahDiddy]

You might be thinking of Bette Midler in "Rochelle, Rochelle: The Musical".

[BrodyFosse123]

DooWahDiddy said: "You might be thinking of Bette Midler in "Rochelle, Rochelle: The Musical". "

 

[CATSNYrevival]

Definitely Rochelle, Rochelle.

[LizzieCurry]

I was/am a huge Les Miz fan (I had European postal-mail pen pals and we often talked about the productions they saw), and I have no recollection of this.

[Mattbrain]

Everything you’ve said is correct except for one detail. The show was actually Evita. Patti LuPone mentions it in her memoir.

[inmyownlittlecorner]

Mattbrain said: "Everything you’ve said is correct except for one detail. The show was actually Evita. Patti LuPone mentions it in her memoir."

That’s it! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I googled it and found the exact article I read (here). I had found the article in a form thread about backstage drama which also talked about the Stephanie Stephenson Les Mis thing. I must have mixed the two up, I read the thread years ago. Thank you guys so much, I knew I could count on y’all

[LizzieCurry]

Stephanie Stephenson!! I hadn't thought about her in ages. I was at the closing performance of the third national tour, and there was a cool page in the playbill (I forget if it was an insert or printed with the rest of it) listing and thanking everyone who had ever performed with that tour. I'm guessing they went through payroll to assemble the list since she was on it.