Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
#1Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 8:44pmFrom wiki.....it says Shoshana Bean will return to the role of Elphaba on May 16, 2009...I KNOW its wikipedia...but past postings have been accurate....is there any truth to this...?..i missed Shoshana the first time she did Elphi...I would love to see her in the role
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#2re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 8:46pm
I wrote that to see what would happen....
Didn't take long.
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#2re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 8:47pm
No. It will never happen again.
Sorry. I wish it would.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#3re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 8:48pm
TheatreDiva, don't joke like that.
Steven, shame on you for not realizing Nicole Parker was contracted for 6 months with how much buzz it got on this site.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
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Updated On: 12/15/08 at 08:48 PM
#4re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 9:03pmIs there any other show that recycles cast members so often?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
Ole Chum
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#7re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 9:09pmtheaterdiva desperately needs something better to do with his/her time.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#8re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 9:31pm
Please, OC,
Like I really did that...
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#9re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 9:31pm
No.
She's said repeatedly she has no interest in returning to the show.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#10re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 9:45pmWhich, IMHO is a *good* thing. She was...beyond awful. And I saw her live.
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yeah
Featured Actor Joined: 10/2/08
#12re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 10:17pmI'm not a fan of her interpretation; however, she's got some wonderful vocals. Not sure it's right for musical theatre, but, she's not bad to listen to.
BroomstickBoy
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/04
#13re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 11:28pm
Worst Elphaba ever. I could give a damn about her training, voice, where she went to school or legit voice and whatnot, her performance was terrible.
She's not an Elphaba. Keep her away.
I don't WANT to live in what they call "a certain way." In the first place I'd be no good at it and besides that I don't want to be identified with any one class of people. I want to live every whichway, among all kinds---and know them---and understand them---and love them---THAT's what I want! - Philip Barry (Holiday)
#14re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 11:29pm
I wrote that to see what would happen....
Didn't take long.
HAHAHA! Awesome. You rule.
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#15re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/15/08 at 11:30pmBut guys, Wikipedia said it. It MUST be true.
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#16re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/16/08 at 12:53am
I had forgotten just how bad I thought Shoshana was in the role until I attended the 5 Year Anniversary Benefit "The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken." I was quickly reminded...
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
Updated On: 12/16/08 at 12:53 AM
#17re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/16/08 at 1:44amI saw her on the tour and was blown away. To each their own.
Tom1071
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/04
#18re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/16/08 at 11:42am
I must agree with BroomstickBoy and BobbyBubby.
The worst!
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#19re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/16/08 at 12:07pmShe wasn't the WORST, but she was pretty bad. Although, you gotta give the girl some credit for her "Gravity" riffs. (Come to think of it, she riffs WAY too much)
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ShoshanaismyElphie
Swing Joined: 10/14/08
#20re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/16/08 at 8:15pmShoshana is the only Elphaba I've seen live and I loved her. She's incredible. I have seen a bootleg of Idina in the role and while I love her I didn't like her as Elphaba. I have a bootleg of Shoshana's last and it makes me cry everytime because she's so amazing. Everyone has their own favourites.
#21re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/16/08 at 8:22pmLOL. I do not know what is funny. That you're gloating about your bootlegs. Or that you cry to a Shoshana bootleg.
#22re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/16/08 at 8:26pm
Awhhhhhh is Brody Jr. Crying is better than "something" else she could be doing to it.
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#23re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/16/08 at 8:30pmwicked in closing in chicago, and west end is ending sept. next year, are sales really that down? I thought it was better then that...
#24re: Shoshana returning to Wicked?...
Posted: 12/16/08 at 8:40pmWicked Chicago isn't closing for Eco reasons. I haven't heard anything about London so I don't believe that.
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