Evidence: Lea Michele for Wicked!
Evidence: Lea Michele for Wicked!
#1Evidence: Lea Michele for Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:07pm
I found this audio on youtube of her singing the wizard and I. She's amazing! Hopefully she does the role eventually, either on broadway or the movie...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk3lgKvZvKM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#2No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:12pmThere I fixed it for you.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#2No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:14pmEvidence of what?
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#3No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:17pmShe looks AND sounds like Idina Menzel...omg.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#4No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:17pmThere's a video of Raul Esparza singing 'Defying Gravity' and sounding amazing, too... clearly, he too will someday star in Wicked.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#5No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:19pm
I can't wait to see Alice Ripley as Sweeney Todd!
Evidence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qdpq57TGjY
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#7No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:20pm
Wow, I forgot what her voice sounded like without auto-tuning!!
Updated On: 1/5/10 at 04:20 PM
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#8No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:21pmI didn't realize stutter girl was in Spring Awakening. That's what I got from the video.
#9No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:22pmKad, that is from Seth's Chatterbox.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#10No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:22pm
don't be douche bags
get a life
#11No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:23pmI'm aware.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#12No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:33pmI have a life as a douche bag. What do I do now?
MusicSnob1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/09
#13No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:40pm
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MusicSnob1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/09
#14No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:40pm
THIS THREAD HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL!!!! XOXOXOOXXO
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SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#15No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:46pmIMO her voice isn't as big as people think. She sounds like she's yelling near the end.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#16No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:48pm
There's a video of Raul Esparza singing 'Defying Gravity' and sounding amazing, too... clearly, he too will someday star in Wicked.
I'm not even kidding, I would pay FREAKIN' good money to see Raúl as Elphaba and John Barrowman as Glinda in a genderswitch Wicked. Someone make it happen!
#17No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 4:48pmCool Kad, I was just throwing out there as you didn't mention it in your post. :)
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#18No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 5:54pmHow does it being from Seth's Chatterbox make it less evidential? We don't even know where this recording of Lea is from. Perhaps she sang it in Ryan's Chatterbox.
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WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#19No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 6:10pmI slightly impressed but unless Glee goes off the air (happy thought) she won't be Defying Gravity anytime soon.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
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#20No Evidence Lea Michele will ever star in Wicked!
Posted: 1/5/10 at 6:21pm
I was never crazy about Lea's voice or acting. I wouldn't be surprised because of Glee if the producers of the Wicked film cast her in the movie. As much as I hate to say this it would be pretty smart marketing move to go with Michele. I just hope if they use her, they don't auto tune her.
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Updated On: 1/5/10 at 06:21 PM
#21The OP didn't he that she will...
Posted: 1/5/10 at 6:46pmThe OP said that they thought she was good singing the song and wants her to, not that she will. Her voice is good, but for Elphaba, it's a little to (for lack of a better word) soft. Wouldn't mind if she did though.
rmusic11322
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/07
#22The OP didn't he that she will...
Posted: 1/5/10 at 7:12pmShe looks and sounds more like a Nessarose, IMO.
#23The OP didn't he that she will...
Posted: 1/5/10 at 7:15pm
'Evidence' is exactly the right word to describe this crime-in-the-making. I do wonder if somehow the Glee producers can digitally tweak her not-quite-there vocals if she went into Wicked as well. The thought is just yawnerrefic.
She's bland and has a rabid fan following, making her the perfect choice to step into a show like Wicked. Bleh.
Oh, and if you haven't already figured it out, I think Lea's horribly overrated: I enjoy spending my free time listening to Cheno's guest spot on GLEE, absolutely trouncing Michele's poor excuse for vocals and again showing how a truly trained singer gets the job done.
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Updated On: 1/5/10 at 07:15 PM
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#24The OP didn't he that she will...
Posted: 1/5/10 at 7:15pmI sang "Frank Mills" in front of my computer the other day. This is evidence I'm going to be in Hair! I can't wait!
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