Best and Worst Elphaba of 2009 — Page 2

Best- Nicole Parker or Willemijn
Worst- Dee Roscioli

I've been watching some clips of Willemijn and am completely blown away. Also, though, is it more or when she flies does that lift go up REALLY fast. It looks way faster than the one they're using on Broadway.

I think it's funny when people choose a performer they've obviously never seen live before.

I really want Jemma Rix to come to Broadway.

Different strokes for different folks. Though I do agree that her facial expressions are unintentionally hilarious.

I believe that all the Elphabas are obviously talented to have been cast in the first place. I'm of the thinking that if you actually have seen a particular Elphaba perform and compare that person with others you have seen live, then perhaps you have a legitimate reason for comparison. But to throw out this insipid thread about the Worst Elphabas...is incredible. I can understand someone having a Favorite Elphaba or Lest Preferred Elphaba... but to use "Worst" is an insult to their talent and professionalism. Cutting down performers on a mindless whim is something I've come to expect from time to time. I try to make an opinion on a performer if I've seen that person live or have heard that person on a recording. That's all. from RC in Austin, Texas

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*Of what I have seen
Best-Nicole Parker

Best: Eden Espinosa
Worst: Teal Wicks

at BrendenNichols2 the list of Elphaba's from the orginal post is a list of the actual Elphabas, the standbies, and the understudies in about i tihink 3+ productions so they don't really go through them quickly.

Actually felm they aren't direct translations.

Teal Wicks sounds like a line of homoepathic candles.

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I had never noticed, but wow, some of them do have bizarre names!

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