Denver Post gets it *PARTIALLY* wrong about Stephanie J. Block...update!

[Popular]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 5:31am

What the hell? They clearly didn't get their facts straight before printing that she is coming back from a LEG injury. God bless them but that's not even CLOSE to the area where she was hurt.

Edited - OK, someone must've tipped them off cause part of the article has been changed to say her back, but some part of it still says LEG (at least it did a minute ago). Highly amusing I must say.

Denver Post Article Updated On: 9/20/05 at 05:31 AM

[zzannahk]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 5:33am

"So if "Hairspray" was the triumph of the little fat girl, then "Wicked" is the triumph of all the fat, skinny, geeky, smart, awkward, alienated girls - or anyone who has been stigmatized by ugly labels."

Ugh, what about a triumph for closed minded people or for just girls in general

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"She was the original Elphaba when Schwartz began developing "Wicked" in Los Angeles in 2000."??????

Every workshop recording i have has Idina?

Updated On: 9/19/05 at 05:33 AM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 6:11am

She was the 'original elphaba' but Broadway needs a name above the title.

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 8:14am

Boy, that's called filling in one blank wrong and making lots of assumptions based on one wrong fill-in "fact". Betcha after the interview it was left vague what the injury was, and instead of phoning the company back or looking it up online, the author thought, "Well... let's see. She flies in the show. And I know it happened during that scene. Betcha it was her leg."

Heh. Very clear the writer hasn't even seen the show. She was ON a BROOM, eah? *sighs*

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 9:11am

Stephanie was the originial my old director has the first recording because he was assisting on the show when it was in the rehearsel process

[Galilee]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 10:23am

So when's the review due out?
And....Hello! Where are the people who have seen the show? Details details I need details.

[Popular]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 11:35am

So the whole thing about her coming in on the broom. I believe that part is actually true. They were testing out a new effect that noone had seen before and that's when the harness cable snapped. But the LEG? LOL Sorry, can't get over that.

Yes, Galilee, I am looking forward to details as well!

[Popular]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 3:03pm

Thanks for the review, Erik!
Review of weekend shows

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 3:08pm

The stage manager of Wicked (in Nyc) told me that she was originally supposed to fly in (SL I believe) on a broom for the beginning of No Good Deed, the mechanism messed up and she fell off it it, leaving her stuck in the air, dangling from the harness. Then they tried to get the computer to lower her down but it wasn't allowing them too. Needless to say she was stuck up there for I think almost an hour and sustained her injuries that way. The stunt was also going to be added to the NY production as well, but...obviously it isn't safe.

This is what I heard at a master class with Wicked's stage manager...from her mouth.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 3:23pm

I refuse to believe she dangled for an hour. someone had to have gotten a ladder up their and gotten her down... c'mon... if she did that's just insane.

[HBP]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 3:57pm

No no, she didn't dangle for an hour, haha. She dangled for a little bit after one cable snapped. They tried to lower her and there was malfunction and she was slammed into a lighting fixture. Stephanie said it herself on some radio broadcast I found on this site.

[Popular]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 3:59pm

I heard that same broadcast...

They tried to lower her but because she was being flown by computer the computer wanted to finish it's program and kept rising her instead. They tried to lower her like three times and she did indeed hit the lighting fixtures. I don't think it was an hour either but maybe it seemed like it to her!
Updated On: 9/19/05 at 03:59 PM

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 4:31pm

Yeah, I totally didn't mean an hour...:)

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 5:11pm

I see it tomorrow evening. I am hearing that the production is good and Stephanie is in really good voice. We are still looking for the reviews. I already know that John Moore of the Post does not like the show based on a review he did when it opened in New York. I will post my review when I get back tomorrow.

Posted: 9/19/05 at 6:29pm

Yup Steph was the original Elphie back when they did the workshops like early early on in the process. The other recording with Idina are the "workshops" closer to opening.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 6:44pm

Correct! Coming from an extremely "reliable source" at Universal, you posters have it right (in consolidation). Stephanie was testing out a new effect riding in on a broom at the beginning of "No Good Deed." One of the two cables supporting her snapped, and she dangled from the other one. Instead of lowering her down, it pulled her up into the lights. Ouch!

She suffered severe back spasms and pain that never quite went away.

...Them's wot happened.

[Popular]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 7:02pm

The way I heard Stephanie describe it was that she didn't realize that one cable could hold her so her body went into "crash" mode where it prepared itself to fall down, therefore the spasms.

I remember reading something beautiful she said about the whole experience... about how she remembers everyone on the ground with their hands up ready to catch her and how it became a sort of bonding moment for her. Maybe that sounds cheesy but I thought it was cool that she was able to even think that way in the middle of all that drama.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 7:19pm

Not to be mean but i just have this picture in my mind of her raming into the lights and it is making me giggle a little.... i am glad that she is ok

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 7:30pm

I'm seeing it on Wednesday. I'm sure I'll post my opinion sometime this week.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 7:30pm

BwayBaby18, if it was you that slammed into the lights, I have a strong hunch that you'd stop giggling.

I know you mean well though.

[cindy013]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 8:37pm

"She worked closely with Schwartz for two years, developing the score when the producers told her it was too big of a risk to open a $14 million production with an actress who had never opened a Broadway show before.

"I was heartbroken," she said. "I'd be lying if I didn't tell you that I cried like a baby."

aww It just makes you that much more excited for her to be doing an AMAZING job in the tour now:)

[Adjie]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 9:22pm

Whoa!! - Broadwaybaby18 - are you for real???? I hope to god that you never experience anything like that! I can't believe anyone would find that funny. Anyway - glad Steph is back and hopefully fully recovered.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 9/20/05 at 12:09am

I'm glad Idina opened the show on Broadway though,and I know many people prefer Stephanie and actually I can't provide a substantial opinion till the show comes to FL. Anyways, I imagine this is all over the internet and all over the boards, but I'm such a lazy whore: how does Elphaba rise during "Defying Gravity" is it a harness or is it a platform?

[Popular]

Posted: 9/20/05 at 12:24am

There was actually a segment that a Chicago news station did on exactly that... I'll link the video later if I can find it. It's on a platform-type contraption as opposed to a harness.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 9/20/05 at 12:32am

Yeah, I really want to see it when it comes to ATL. That new effect sounds cool. Its cool to know that they're still tinkering with the show.