{"id":141719,"date":"2018-06-15T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/understudy-steph-parry-lands-lead-role-in-42nd-street\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T16:04:12","slug":"understudy-steph-parry-lands-lead-role-in-42nd-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/understudy-steph-parry-lands-lead-role-in-42nd-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Understudy Steph Parry lands lead role in 42nd Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Matt Crockett<figcaption>Image caption                                      Steph Parry (centre) with the 42nd Street ensemble                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">An understudy who made headlines by filling in for an injured actress in Mamma Mia! has been given the lead role in 42nd Street in London&#039;s West End.<\/p>\n<p>Steph Parry stepped in to star in the Abba-inspired musical on 7 June.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, she was an understudy on 42nd Street at a different theatre - and has now been promoted to play Dorothy Brock in the show&#039;s main cast.<\/p>\n<p>The role has previously been played by Sheena Easton and Lulu. &quot;It has been quite a couple of days,&quot; Parry said.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old&#039;s sudden ascent to fame mirrors the plot of 42nd Street, which tells of an understudy&#039;s rise from showgirl to star.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mamma Mia! When understudies save the day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parry was sitting in the dressing room at the Theatre Royal on London&#039;s Drury Lane when she got a call from the general manager of Mamma Mia!<\/p>\n<p>He told her that Caroline Deverill had been forced off stage with a calf injury during the opening scene of the show at the nearby Novello Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Within just 18 minutes of the show being halted, Steph was on the stage playing Donna Sheridan, the role Meryl Streep played in the Mamma Mia! film.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I didn&#039;t have time to worry,&quot; she told the BBC on Monday. &quot;It was like nothing I&#039;ve ever experienced in my life.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Parry&#039;s heroism saw her branded a &quot;legend&quot; by comedian Jason Manford and saw her interviewed by a string of news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The actress, who has already filled in on occasion for Lulu, will officially inherit the Dorothy Brock role on 9 July.<\/p>\n<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Presentational grey line\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/media\/images\/76020000\/jpg\/_76020974_line976.jpg\"\/>                      <\/figure>\n<p>Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Matt CrockettImage caption Steph Parry (centre) with the 42nd Street ensemble An understudy who made headlines by filling in for an injured actress in Mamma Mia! has been<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}