Anna Taking Elphie in NYC: any proof?!

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Anna Taking Elphie in NYC: any proof?!

Posted: 8/2/05 at 11:56pm

Just wondering.... rumors keep flying around that Anna Gasteyer (excuse the spelling!) may be taking over for Sho in NYC this winter. Does anyone have proof though???

As much as I'd like to believe she will be joining the Broadway show... I have yet to hear anyone with an actual source or any liable piece of evidence relating to its credibility....

anyone got anything?

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re: Anna Taking Elphie in NYC: any proof?!

Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:03am

She is ours in Chicago and why should she leave us?>?>

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:04am

Ana, not Anna

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:05am

I was just about to do that, star2b.

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:06am

I tell you, after seeing Spelling Bee, I've just become completely anal about typos

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:11am

Emm, oh sorry, I meant Em, hello!

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re: Anna Taking Elphie in NYC: any proof?!

Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:33am

Ana's contracted until January, then Kristy will take over. There's no proof she'll go to New York.

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re: Anna Taking Elphie in NYC: any proof?!

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:15am

Amen brdwylwyr. ditto for Kate Reinders. Chicago is the best by far. Hope Ana is on a new cast cd

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re: Anna Taking Elphie in NYC: any proof?!

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:33am

I hear the NY Producers want Eden

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re: Anna Taking Elphie in NYC: any proof?!

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:38am

Ana could probably find better things to do than Wicked. She probably will do some movies or something.

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 2:33am

It wouldn't seem to make sense for her to go to NY right after she's done in Chicago ... but January doesn't seem like a very long contract??

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 2:42am

Is Kristoffer leaving Sep. 1st?

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 3:09am

Ana Gasteyer is in Wicked? As in, "Celine Dion" on SNL? Seriously??

(I am not joking. Have I been living under a rock?? When did this happen?)

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 3:14am

Hun, we've known about this for QUITE some time.

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 3:34am

Good Lord, I've got to venture away from that Off-Topic Board more often.

Any photos of La Gasteyer in Elphaba mode?

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re: Anna Taking Elphie in NYC: any proof?!

Posted: 8/3/05 at 3:37am

there are some on the Chicago Wicked site. wickedonbroadway.com/chicago

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 9:55am

Ana can't leave Chicago! We love her too much here! lol. I dunno if she'll go on to movies cuz she says she really likes broadway. Hmm dunno really...

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 10:08am

Up until January is a pretty short contract, but up until then, she hasn't scheduled any vacation/personal days so far...

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 11:33am

This from the horse's mouth: Joe Mantello wants Ana to do WICKED in NYC. Not based on her marquis value, but based on her superb performance. It's not known, however, if she would come directly from Chicago or join the cast at a later date. Gasteyer, perhaps, has some film/tv offers in the works.

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:28pm

No way. She's having a hard enough time in Chicago.
I say Eden, she loves the role.

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:31pm

Bunch, I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "having a hard enough time in Chicago..." She's only missed a couple of performances and her reviews were raves, many saying she's the best ever to do the role. I saw her do the role twice last week and she was superb both times. I'd hardly say she's overwhelmed by any aspect of playing Elphaba in WICKED.

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:31pm

^ What? Everyone is loving Ana in the role. The critics loved her too. I'd take her over Eden ANYDAY, I think a lot of us would. Ana actually sings the song - she dosen't scream everything.

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re: Anna Taking Elphie in NYC: any proof?!

Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:34pm

Is Kristoffer leaving Sep. 1st?

from Kristoffer himself: im not leaving for a long time.

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re: Anna Taking Elphie in NYC: any proof?!

Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:34pm

Well, considering the show's sort of star-proof (it's doing fine right now and I hardly doubt the avergae Wicked attendee is going for Ben Vereen or "That lady from the old person show"), I still can't imagine they wouldn't want to put a slightly more marquee name up there like Ana over Eden.
PLus, having heard them both sing, Ana has somewhat of a warmer voice than Eden. And God knows, I would love to hear a non-screechy version of Elphaba.

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Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:36pm

I hope she comes to NYC to be in Wicked. From what people have been saying about her I really want to see her but Chicago is a bit to far for my family to travel. So it would be good is she comes to New York since it is closer to me.

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