Well we had 2 Marias because one was moving halfway through the run. They were both actually pretty good with the singing, one was a bit better than the other, but very little ahd to be changed to accomodate them. they both did the part very differently from the toher person, and they both did it VERY different from Julie, but after having rehersal almost every night for over two months and then performing it 4 days a week, being there for over 6 hours, for 9 weeks, I eventually just stopped trying to compare them.
Because NO ONE can compare to Julie.
I mean, if a big fan like any of us here went to see it, you'd probably would be making comparisions the whole time. But if you stopped yourself and didn't do that, that's when you'd be able to get the full effect of seeing it live, that's when you'd really be getting lost in the whole world of it.