Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat

"The narrator's voice was wonderful. Was this the understudy too? She struggled a few times in the higher register (it was VERY high, poor thing!) and she lost the (most competent) orchestra at times, but altogether a good performance. It is an incredibly demanding role and I found it an interesting change to see a female narrator."


..... isnt the narrator traditionally cast as a female? wasnt the narrator a girl in the original production? Also, she couldnt hit those high notes and therefore shouldn't have been cast as the part.