Awesome Michelle Federer Interview

[Amneris]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 12:33pm

on broadway.com http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=33230&CT=2

I think I have more respect for her now after reading this for sure...she sounds so much like me in the respect of work and audition fright lol.

[Bway_Mill_Fan]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 12:44pm

i just skimmed it so sorry if its stated and i missed it, but is she in a wheelchair in real life? cause it says(about the different ones she used):"The first one is so heavy that Federer can barely maneuver it, and she says she has to be careful of it lurching when a truck passes on the street outside the Gershwin Theatre"-if she isnt, why would she have to use it outside of the theatre? just curious.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 12:53pm

I think she means that in the show she has 3 different wheel chairs for different occasions.

[Broadwaylilhead]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:18pm

She does not use a wheelchair in real life.... she can walk.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:20pm

i think they had her work a wheelchair outside of rehersals so she could learn to use quicker.

[mamamia sammy]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:23pm

Yes, I can confirm that she does NOT use a wheelchair in real life.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:46pm

nm Updated On: 1/4/04 at 03:46 PM

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 4:13pm

Some people have not seen the show!

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 4:26pm

I was in the play High Window and had to be wheel chair ridden. Its a real challenge learning how to not wheel yourself into the set or off the stage:P

[Bway_Mill_Fan]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 4:52pm

"Some people have not seen the show"

yes

[Auggie27]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 5:05pm

Silly point, perhaps, but is it any wonder Broadway is as expensive as it is ... with 3 wheelchairs required for a supporting character?! Jeesh, I saw the show twice and never noticed. Big chair, red chair. Huh?! The character is in a wheelchair in the mythical country of Oz -- do we need to see her chairs evolve as she does?!

[Becky]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 5:27pm

The character is in a wheelchair in the mythical country of Oz -- do we need to see her chairs evolve as she does?! "

Well, those are the 'attention to detail' things I kind of appreciate about the show....

[broadway geek]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 6:00pm

I don't think she is talking about a truck while she is outside. I think when a truck moves past the stage shakes. At least that was the impression I got.

[Bway_Mill_Fan]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 6:19pm

that makes more sense! thanks. i mean i know because of the shoes and all that she is not actually wheelchair bound but it took me a while to remember that. and the whole talk about trucks on the street confused me with her being on the street in "her" wheelchair.

[Amneris]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 7:07pm

they actually "tried" to make it easier for the stage to put the character of Nessarose in a wheelchair. In the book, she can walk but has no arms... probably a lot easier to make her wheel chair bound then to work with no arms :)

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 12:02am

YAY! Another Ohioan. I did not know she was from Shaker Heights.

[thebigkrakowski]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 1:16pm

She seems like a very sweet person. I like how much she respects Idina and Kristin.

[foliage]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 10:42pm

We met Michele after the show recently, she was very sweet. One fan asked her why they did't have Nessarose's handicap not match the book. She responded kindly ,"I guess they thought putting her in a wheelchair was easier than cutting arms off".