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#1

Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:27pm

I was just listening to Aida and thought that she could do her Broadway comeback as the new Elpheba. What do you think about it ?
In my heart, I found the answered dream, and in my soul I found the song, and in my friends I found the magic, the love, the moon up above- they were mine, all mine, all along..!
#2

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:29pm

I don't think she'll be making a Broadway comeback anytime soon...
#3

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:29pm

Personally, I see her as more of a Dr. Dillamond. re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
#4

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:31pm

Why? Elphaba is not the be-all end-all of female roles. She is a brilliant singer/actress and a TONY winner...it's not time for her to return to Broadway and recreate a role that has been created and re-created already. She should return in an original work that suits her.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#5

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:31pm

"I don't think she'll be making a Broadway comeback anytime soon..."






Why is that? is there something that I don't know about???

I think she could do it, but yeah.
#6

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:32pm

Headley doesn't have the high notes for Elphaba.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#10

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:38pm

I don't see her as Elphaba. I don't hear her as Elphaba! I don't think her voice could handle it.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#11

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:38pm

Does anyone know what she's up to? Last time I checked her website was down.

Can anyone give me discography of her work? I would love to find a CD I don't have, featuring her. I love getting some good Headley.
"Jane, I've been dealt a blow - I've been dealt a blow, Jane."
#12

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:39pm

Margo, she belted a high F at the end of "Dance of the Robe" for eight shows a week. Elphaba doesn't go higher than that.
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#13

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:45pm

roquat - Margo was being sarcastic. re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

"Why? Elphaba is not the be-all end-all of female roles. She is a brilliant singer/actress and a TONY winner...it's not time for her to return to Broadway and recreate a role that has been created and re-created already. She should return in an original work that suits her."

FOAnatic - couldn't have said it better myself!!

If she were to do another production, only an original work would do that talent justice. Or a complete re-interpretation of a pre-existing work. NOT a re-creation of a work.

I hope there is a 10th Anniversary AIDA Concert, and I hope she does it with Adam and Sherie.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
#14

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 5:48pm

Perhaps I should have been clearer. Her voice naturally sits in a low mezzo range. Yes, she can belt a single high note, but the tessitura of Elphaba stays high consistently and would eat her alive.

Witness her disastrous performance as Lorrell (another high-lying killer role) in the Dreamgirls concert. "Ain't No Party" has a ton of E-flats and Fs (and one G) and is so unrelentingly high that she TOTALLY fell apart doing it. It was an embarassment live (I was there - she was so bad that she had to re-record it for the CD and it still sounds terrible). If she couldn't do Lorrell, then there's no way she could pull off Elphaba eight times a week -- or even once, frankly.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

Updated On: 7/7/05 at 05:48 PM

#16

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 6:18pm

I would love to see her as Elphaba. I`ll ask her if she has the voice.
#17

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 6:25pm

Margo..I totally agree...
Heather does sound terrible doing "Ain't No Party", and if she sounds terrible doing that, there's no way she could sing Elphie night after night...unless they pull a Toni Braxton and bring it down a few octaves...

Now, Loretta Devine could sing the part of Elphaba...
Ooh, and Lillias White would do an amazing rendition of The Wizard and I...but Headley?? I don't think so
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive. "Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot." "No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one." Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#18

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 6:29pm

I would express my opinion about Ms. Headly, but what I would say has already been said. So, I'll just say, "NO, no, no, no, no, no...no."

-Vincent
#19

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 6:29pm

Loretta could sing it in her sleep without even breathing hard re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#20

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 7:21pm

I must thread jack for a moment and speak of my love for Loretta Devine,I love her and I sill think she should be Lorrell in the Movie of Dreamgirls. re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?
#21

re: Heather Headley as Elpheba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 7:26pm

I will join you in the threadjacking and agree. Loretta is a Devine Goddess who could out sing anyone on Broadway today...Big Ups to Loretta!!!
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive. "Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot." "No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one." Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#24

re: Heather Headley as Elphaba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 7:33pm

I love in the commentary of Urban Legend part 2, how the director told her she had to punch someone, and said she was reluctant due to the "too nice" factor.
I would SO LOVE to be Loretta's friend...
Does she reside out here in LA?
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive. "Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot." "No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one." Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#25

re: Heather Headley as Elphaba ?

Posted: 7/7/05 at 7:53pm

***Spoiler Alert***

Loretta Devine is one of the most unexpectedly brilliant (and unsung) actors in "Crash". When you see her size up Matt Dillon, give a soul-sister shoulder shake, and say "Send him in", you're rooting for her all the way--you want her to teach that racist scum a lesson. By the end of the next scene, you've realized she's a self-righteous bitch. It's a devastating demonstration of how racism (and its effects) can go in unexpected directions.
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."

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