Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Benzy92
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#1Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 12:42pm
Has this already been posted and I missed it?
- Ben, who is SOOO excited!
#2re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 1:03pmand Christeena Michelle Riggs is the new Glinda cover; both great casting choices :)
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#2re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 1:11pm
It was posted in another thread, but I think it disserves its own thread. YAAAAAAAAAY FOR COLEEN!!!!! I wish she was on Broadway, but oh well at least shes working.
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#3re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 1:54pmThat's awesome. I wish I could see her in the role.
#4re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 2:25pmIt is nice to see her finally get work. I loved her in the Jekyll movie.
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#5re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 4:28pmColleen is fabulous. Thank you, Jesus.
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#6re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 4:42pmI love her and realize actors have to work, but she's better than this IMO.
#7re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 8:48pm
*Gasp!* I hadn't heard this, thanks for posting! She is quite fabulous and I'm happy that she's doing this. Now I'm probably going to have to go see the tour in hopes of catching her perform.
Has this been formally announced anywhere?
Updated On: 1/1/07 at 08:48 PM
#8re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 8:53pmAl Dendte...clam down. In due time Colleen will be Elphaba. I am glad that she is the standby and can't wait to hear her.
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#9re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 9:09pm
Am I the only one that finds Coleen's voice (at least in "Jekyll and Hyde") a bit whiney? Although I think she was good as Lucy, I just felt that her belt was underwhelming and her tone a bit nasaly.
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#10re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 10:36pmHer first three weeks are in Providence...hopefully Matlock will be off one night and I can "lottery" the show...as I would love to see Sexton live...I think she's a great actress and i would like to see how she's developed performance-wise since J/H filming.
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#11re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 10:37pmI am sure she will do atleast one performance.
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#12re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/1/07 at 10:46pmI wonder how long the contracts are, hopefully she'll still be there when Wicked comes back to Boston (Sept-Oct). If I don't see her in the show, I hope to at least meet her at the stage door.
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#13re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 12:04amI am guessing 6 months to a year.
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#14re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 12:27amHer belt, in my opinion, is just not as deep-rooted as other performers, like Carmello and Murney. She has a similar tone to Amy Spanger, and I love her voice. She is very pretty and I think she will pull it off well. At some moments during J & H I was pleasantly surprised
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#15re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 3:19amWow...a reason to go see "Wicked" again...something I haven't had since JLT or Stephanie J Block left.
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#16re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 3:23am
Um.
Who?
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#17re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 9:05am
Get with it B3, don't you know this board reveres and practically worships the entire concept of stand-by's and understudies and has practically raised it to it's own artform? How could you not be foaming at the mouth that COLLEEN SEXTON IS ELPHABA'S STAND-BY?! 
#18re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 9:16am
I looooove her! I've been hoping for this for a while, go Coleen!!!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/05
#19re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 9:54amYou forgot the ON TOUR part!
#20re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 10:34am
colleen is fantastic..yey for employment!
now can someone give mandy gonzalez a job!
#21re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 11:15am
Having seen Colleen several times as Lucy in Jekyll, I will stand in the tiny corner of people not impressed with her becoming attached to the Elphaba role. Sexton is (was) knock dead gorgous. (She's gone through some rough times, so it remains to be seen what her performing condition will be). Obviously it's impressive enough to land this role.
(BTW, a link to the official announcement would be great, as I'm not convinced this is in stone.)
IMO, she was not as solid in J&H as other seem to feel. She nearly blew out her voice a few times. Plus she's pretty frail, adorable but frail. Not "comanding" in any sense physically. The Elphaba role requires a very strong voice, solid, gutsy character depth and an impressive physical presence that will standout.
IMO, Colleen simply doesn't seem to possess those qualities. But I hope I am wrong. She deserves a good break after so much time and turmoil. I wish both the ladies well. Victoria is a giant gal with lots of talent.
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Benzy92
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#22re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 11:30am
I still cannot believe that these three amazing girls are standbys: Julie Reiber, Lisa Bresica, and now Coleen Sexton! Let's hope they all get to go on numerous times!
And ICEcreamassasin, Mandy Gonzaelz is starring in the new off-broadway musical "In the Heights" which starts previews early January and opens in Feb, and then hopes to eventually move to Broadway!
ThankstoPhantom
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#23re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 11:57amPB...there's no announcement, but she is listed on the cast list on http://www.wickedthemusicaltour.com
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Al Dente
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#24re: Coleen Sexton is the new Elphaba Standby on tour!
Posted: 1/2/07 at 12:37pmThat was the point of my first post, it's not exactly a career benchmark for Sexton, or any of the ladies. PB, I'm confused by your rationals regarding the role and who, what type of actress should play it. Menzel is not exactly the most imposing,strong, gutsy figure and neither was Bean, far from it. Only recently have they been hiring older, taller more "looming" figures, so I'm not understanding you.
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