The Understudy Reviews

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...A well-done backstage farce is always a good time, especially for theatre lovers. But a well-done backstage farce with something to say, with layers and depth-that is harder to come by, and even more of a good time-thespian or no. Hats off to Hub Theatre Company of Boston's The Understudy for delivering the latter in the intimate Club Cafe setting that immerses us in that stimulating world from lights up."

New England Theater Mirror - Highly Recommended

"...Playwright Theresa Rebeck's smart, funny, snarky The Understudy takes us straight into the belly of the beast known as "Broadway Theater." (Rebeck also penned the smash TV series, "Smash.") Set backstage during an understudy rehearsal for The Castle, a fictitious long-lost play by Franz Kafka, the three-hander starts with a five-screen surround projection of close-ups of a Clint Eastwood-esque guy's stubbled face. He mugs and does a macho muscled vamp, screaming "Get in the truck!" menacingly. Eventually, the film's title ("Trucknado") blazes across the screen as a booming voice warns, "Stay low or drive high.""