The Understudies

Maya Chen has spent eight years as Broadway's most dependable understudy, stepping into roles at the last minute when stars fall ill, get injured, or have nervous breakdowns. She's performed in dozens of shows but never gotten her name above the title. When she's finally cast as the lead in 'Crimson Nights,' a revival of a notorious 1920s musical that's been dormant for decades, Maya thinks her dreams have finally come true. But during rehearsals, she discovers that the three previous actresses cast in this role all died under mysterious circumstances - one in a car accident, one from a...