What exactly does Megan Hilty do differently from Jennifer Laura Thompson?

[eslgr8]

Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:14pm

I don't think this has been posted before, but after seeing and loving Megan Hilty as Galinda the other night (and having seen JLT twice last year), can you Wicked experts out there make a list of all the little things she does/says/sings differently from JLT? It seemed to me that she had found many of her own special moments. Can you guys list them here?

[PJ]

Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:19pm

Sings the score the way Chenoweth did--meaning much higher.

[timote316]

Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:22pm

When I saw JLT, I didn't notice any difference at all from the cast recording.

[deck925]

Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:27pm

i believe that she didn't sing some of the same things as Kristin although she stated in an interview that some of the notes that Kristin sang were optional she said that she couldn't go as high as her.

Updated On: 6/25/05 at 01:27 PM

[morebroadwayplease]

Posted: 6/25/05 at 4:59pm

bump

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/25/05 at 6:11pm

JLT made it VERY clear that she is not a coloratura. Kristin would definetly sing optional notes. JLT sang the score how it was originally written.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:14pm

Megan doesn't do certian "things" different. She jsut is her own galinda and does a great job and can sing very high.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:32pm

Megan is hot!

I love her and she will marry me.

That said, I want to see her!

She is so great at the stage door!

[PJ]

Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:37pm

Megan is such a doll at the stage door. It's nice to see an actor who really appreciates and loves their fans.

[emo_geek]

Posted: 6/25/05 at 11:31pm

yes she really is nice at the stage door. Eden Epinosa is like that too.

[eslgr8]

Posted: 6/26/05 at 5:21am

I was hoping to get some more specific answers to my question. It seemed to me that Negab did a lot of original things during Popular, for example. I'd love to know if those who've seen JLT and Megan both and have better memories than I do can enumerate those differences, in Popular, and elsewhere.

[deck925]

Posted: 6/26/05 at 3:39pm

i have only seen the show once and that was with JLT who was great (and shes wicked nice at the stage door no pun intended we met her after seeing Little Women) plus i don't remember a ton of the show i remember certain parts :X does that happen to anyone else?

Updated On: 6/26/05 at 03:39 PM

[JLTfan211]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 3:32pm

Jennifer Laura Thompson is one of the nicest and sweetest people you will EVER meet on Broadway. She is such an inspiration, and after all she's done for me I wish there was a way to thank her for it.

[darkmist115]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 1:24am

megan's voice is a lot maturer than JLT's. she also seems more innocent, and it's amazing, because this is her broadway debut. again, as has been said, megan is so sweet at the stage door:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/240349142/240353030rguOCy

but, as someone above said, JLT sang the score exactly as written. Megan does have her fun, and her Popular is absolutely hillarious! Her No One Mourns the Wicked is so powerful, and her For Good could be surpassed by none.

Megan is undoubtedly the best Glinda out there. I like her better than Chenoweth.
But that's just me.