Sentence examples for understudy on from inspiring English sources

He did serve as an understudy on one mission.

You'd feel like Taylor Swift's understudy on the night she gets laryngitis.

I remember the director of the theater program had been Helen Hayes's understudy on Broadway.

She soon landed a role as an understudy on Broadway, in John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation".

Ms. Gheorghiu was once replaced by an understudy on a Met tour for refusing to wear a wig.

He remained an understudy on his move back to Italy, as former Arsenal loanee Emiliano Viviano has taken the first-team spot at Sampdoria in his absence.

So when, with the sixth ball, Steve finally lets his body do the talking and finds the edge of Langer's bat, fourth slip has already been moved, or the audience are flicking through their programmes wondering if an understudy's on tonight.

There were more than a few shaky moments for the leads, but it was understandable: after an earlier injury involving a dancer in the first cast, the understudies went on instead.

Of a 1946 production in which Maria was elevated from understudy to walk-on, Gielgud says, "When Edith Evans, as the consumptive wife in 'Crime and Punishment,' coughed too constantly during one of my best scenes, Maria pushed her face in a cushion to keep her quiet.

Sometimes the stars get grumpy, so Mr. Eisenberg keeps two understudies on hand.

It's bustling with people – stage managers, props assistants, sound and lighting designers, and of course understudies, on hand in case of any disasters.