T. Oliver Reid — a theater actor and dancer with a long list of Broadway credits — saved the show at the evening performance ofon Wednesday, March 9, when he stepped into a role typically played by a female performer.
"Because I'm dance captain, I teach this stuff in rehearsals or in auditions ... I sing the part in rehearsal," Reid told TODAY."It was just like, 'Oh, T. can do it.' This is the only way we can make this happen tonight." "It's been pretty amazing. ... It really feels like that sort of grassroots theater thing we all did growing up when it's like, 'Let's put on a show, let's do what we have to do make the show happen,'" Reid said."And it's felt like that, on a much larger scale, all week from all departments. Everyone was doing everything they could to make this show happen.
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