Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances — Page 5

Back in the day:

Barbra (yes, her) and Sydney Chaplin had a pre-Broadway fling during the tumultous out-of-town tryouts of Funny Girl. The little fling ended when they got back into town and Barbra went back to husband Elliott Gould (who she met during Wholesale) and Chaplin went back to whoever.

Barbra had transition problems with Chaplin and his contract was bought out 6-8 months after opening.

Chaplin was replaced by Johnny Desmond who was happily occupied with both a wife and a girlfriend, and he and Barbra had a good professional relationship. He respected her smarts and she respected his showmanship.

Then Mimi Hines took over and she and Johnny did not get along at all. At one point she slugged Johnny--literally punched him in the kisser--during a blackout because he wouldn't follow her ad libs and went by what the writers had given them. He brought her up on charges at Equity and the charges stuck.

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Wait WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!!!!!
Sutton Foster and Roger Bart are dating????

Holy jeez, will you relax?

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ok. Am I the only one who thinks that this Idina Kristin thing may not be true. By all means it MAY be true, but it seems that people are stating speculation as fact.

the idea that they beefed up Kristin's part because she is more popular than idina is flat false. Kristin's part was beefed up in the VERY beginning. Before Idina was even around to be popular or unpopular. Back when the show was in development and Elphaba was being played by Shoshana Bean.

and the idea that two Broadway vocalists would get into a screaming match backstage strikes me as obviously false. I have a Very hard time believing that two trained professionals would risk damage to thier vocal chords for a petty disagreement. In interviews Menzel has stated that she wasn't able to even speak loudly during the run for fear of straining her voice.

I'm not saying that it is not true...only that there has been no proof given.

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ummm actually, I believe Stephanie J. Block was the original Elphaba...not Shoshana

I always thought that as well, Izzie.

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Norbert and Michelle are married. Wicked has actually led to a lot of romances. Corinne and Manuel, Sebastian and Stephanie, and a couple more.

Also Izzie, Shoshana was not originally playing Elphaba. That was Stephanie J. Block.

So is the Suttorle marriage over or not?

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I think so... I don't think we know what's going on. Best couple, though. Ever. There are also rumours about Laura Bell/Christian, which I really don't like. You know..? Laura Bell can be a diva at times, and Christian's just really shy and private.

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Yes, Felicity Huffman and Bill Macy do seem to complement each other well.

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