Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
#0Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 1:18pmI've always wondered if she would come back to play Elphaba in Wicked at some point like Marissa did in Hairspray.
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#2re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 1:22pmI'm sure she has alot of other offers. The girls in popular demand now. I doubt she would have to resort to going back to playing Elphaba again.
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#3re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 1:24pmThe only way I can see her doing it is if she opens the show in London. Other than that, I think her Wicked days (at least in the US) are over.
#4re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 1:55pmI wouldn't be a bit surprised once Wicked starts lagging in the box office...
#5re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 2:04pmWicked will be fine for several years. It's Boxo is not currently dependent on the names in the show.
#6re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 2:09pmI said "once,"--meaning not now but in the future...i don't know about several years, maybe 18 months, but it will eventually decline...everything does unless they do stunt casting a la Chicago, which is what a Menzel return would be.
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#8re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 2:14pmSure, I'd love to see it, but I don't see it happening.
#9re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 2:37pmIt's really doubtful. Idina's had her run with the show, and it's time for someone else to shine for a while as The Green Girl. She'll move on to other projects, however, and we'll continue to see her in other, eventually equally-beloved roles, I'm sure. :)
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#10re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 2:53pmIf she didn't have a budding career, I would say that she would come back in a second. But I agree, unless she opens the show in London, no more Wicked for Idina. (or if they use her for a movie, but she'll be 40-something by then, so I doubt it)
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#11re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 3:14pmIt still seems odd to me that they would make a film of the musical Wicked. It would be a fabulous mini-series, and they could actually follow the novel closely.
#12re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 3:20pmI think she put Wicked behind her.. FAR behind her
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#13re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 3:22pmOooh, mini-series! Me like! Maybe they could do a musical mini-series. I've always wanted to see a musical TV show.
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#14re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 3:25pm
Probably not... except maybe if one of the following were to happen:
1) Kristin agreed to do the show too and they got paid mega bucks for a short return (i.e. Nathan and Matthew in the Producers)
2) The show is closing and she gets paid megabucks to close it.
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#15re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 3:28pmWicked was actually originally supposed to be a miniseries before the idea of a musical came up. They couldn't get it to work so they went the musical route.
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#16re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 3:28pm
1) Kristin's got a great career of her own, and no Broadway show will pay her more than she's making in Hollywood, most likely.
2) Idina will be 80 by the time Wicked closes.
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#17re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 3:33pm
"i don't know about several years, maybe 18 months, but it will eventually decline...everything does unless they do stunt casting a la Chicago, which is what a Menzel return would be."
There are any number of shows that have survived years without stunt casting. Look at Phantom- they've never had to stunt cast, and the show is about to become the longest running musical ever. In many ways, Wicked is similar to Phantom- the title sells the show. I think Wicked will be selling out the Gershwin for a long time, certainly much longer than 18 months.
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#18re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 3:57pmWhich is such a shame. I'm just going to post my distaste for long runs here, b/c Wicked is obviously going to have one. I wish they would make their money back, make a good profit, and then leave and give another show a chance. I know it will never happen, but that would be my dream.
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#19re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 3:58pmHey if they can fill the Gershwin (a hard theatre to fill) at 100 percent every week, more power to them.
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#20re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 4:00pm
Just watch, when all the tweens of 2005 are 43 in 2034, they'll bring their own tweens to the show and Wicked will sore for another 40 years.
Edit: redid my math (ha, drama major)
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#22re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 4:11pm"Tweens" aren't the only people who like Wicked...
#23re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 6:11pmi really really doubt that idina will return to wicked.. i think shes afraid of her 12 year old Wicked fans, and shes probably putting it farrr behind her.
#24re: Do you think Idina will come back to WICKED?
Posted: 9/9/05 at 6:28pm
I love how everyone makes snarky comments about 12 year olds loving Wicked. Um, weren't you young once? What was YOUR favorite show when you were 12 so I can mock it?
I'm WELL over 12, but it pisses me off that 12 year olds aren't allowed to love a show. Thank goodness (no pun intended) that people are going to the theater!
Updated On: 9/9/05 at 06:28 PM
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