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During the preview two nights before opening night of the tryout in Boston, Teresa Stratas became ill. Standby Christine Andreas took over for her in midperformance. This was Monday, July 7, 1986. The production had been played previews since June 27. Andreas said that she had never had a rehearsal before she went on that night. Stratas was still ill two nights later when opening night came. Andreas played that performance, receiving excellent reviews.

On Saturday, July 12, the Boston Globe reported that Stratas would return to the production either that night or Monday. We don't know if she did return that night or Monday, but there was a review of her performance in the Boston Globe on July 17 so she must have returned to the show by July 16. She seems to have missed no other performances. Andreas herself said in a later interview that she "wasn't allowed near it again!" after the group of performances she played in Boston.

When the show reached New York, Andreas was not listed in the playbill. We are not sure if she was ever listed in the playbill in Boston or if she was an unlisted standby. In New York, Audrey Lavine was listed as understudy for the role of Rebecca, and there was no separate standby listed. We do not know if Andreas had left her standby job or if she was unlisted, a choice that some established performers make when taking a standby or understudy job, but we think she was still the standby, simply unlisted.

Main Run

• Mark Hellinger Theatre (New York, NY)
  8/21/1986 - 8/23/1986

Tryout Dates

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  Shubert Theatre (Boston, MA)
  7/8/1986 - 7/19/1986 [11 previews from June 27-July 7]

Commercial Recordings

• Original Cast Members (1991)

Private Recordings

• Original Cast (1986)
  
• Closing Night (Boston) (1986)
  Joanna Glushak , Irma Rogers , Michael Cone , Gabriel Barre , Audrey Lavine
• Original Cast (1986)
  Teresa Stratas , Larry Kert , Dick Latessa , Terrence Mann , Lonny Price

Private Recordings

• Original Broadway Cast (Previews) (8/10/1986)
  Bonnie Schon, Stan Rubin, Joanna Glushak, Michael Cone, Gabriel Barre