GMA Pays Tribute to Broadway's Hidden Heroes: Understudies, Swings, and Standbys | Playbill

Video GMA Pays Tribute to Broadway's Hidden Heroes: Understudies, Swings, and Standbys

Watch Kathy Voytko, Sir Brock Warren, Angelo Soriano, and Corey J. Skelton take centerstage.

Good Morning America recently paid tribute to Broadway's hidden heroes, the understudies, swings, and standbys who have been regularly taking the stage to allow plays and musicals all over the world to continue during the coronavirus pandemic that has temporarily sidelined many of the theatre's key players.

The ABC broadcast spotlighted three of the artists who have recently found themselves playing essential roles in major Broadway musicals: The Music Man's Kathy Voytko, Ain't Too Proud's Sir Brock Warren, and Aladdin's Angelo Soriano. 

READ: Standbys Save the Day at Broadway's Come From Away

The morning program also spoke with 10-year-old Corey J. Skelton, who regularly plays Young Simba in the Tony-winning The Lion King, but was asked to step into the role of Young Nala when the two actors who rotate in the role were both unavailable.

Watch the Good Morning America segment above.

 
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