Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#0Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 5:37pm
From an email she sent out:
"My acting bug is starting to bite again – it’s actually gnawing at me, so I’m looking at scripts. I miss the theater."
Just thought some ppl would want to know. 
CurtisTaylorJr2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/17/06
#2re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 5:59pmI like her too-- I hope she comes back soon.
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#3re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:09pm
While she has a great and unique voice, I found her acting leaving much to be desired.
Out of the 3 Aidas I saw during the run, she was without a doubt my least favorite.
#4re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:10pmWhat other Aidas did you see?
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
NYC4Life
Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#6re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:15pmI thought she was the best. I love her so much so this is excellent news!
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#7re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:18pmI'm not particularly a fan of hers, but from what she said after her Aida run, I'm not going to run to see her.
#8re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:23pmI enjoy her a lot, but it's interesting she's decided to come back to theater now, given the remarks she made after Aida.
donna_darko_23
Broadway Star Joined: 2/25/06
#9re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:24pmGood for her. I'm not a huge fan, but I don't mind her.
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#10re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:26pm
What remarks did she make?
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#11re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:28pmAHHH! Can't wait to have her back onstage...she was my first big idol after seeing her in Aida. She had such an amazing presence and she was my first stage door experience (she called me her love...it was big deal at twelve years old)
#12re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:35pm
"What remarks did she make?"
I'd like to know too.
#13re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:36pm
As do I.
Spill!
To Kill A Mockingbird
broadwaybelter
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/26/04
#15re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 7:14pm
The gist of it was that she had no interest in working in the theater anymore. She said that Broadway would always be there of she wanted it. It was, for her, a stepping stone to better opportunities. It was something she could go back and do when she "was 50."
It came across as obnoxious to me and kind of a slap in the face to the community she had professed to love so much in her Tony speech. As I said, I loved her in Aida, but this pronouncement kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
Updated On: 6/30/06 at 07:14 PM
#16re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 7:44pm^^Ooo, bitchy!! (her, not you) I think she has an amazing voice but her over-enunciation is painful. I just hope she takes some acting lesson before she sets foot on Broadway again, for all our sakes...
#17re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 7:54pmI think she realized while she is a Gold selling music artist. She isn't the multi-platinum R&B superstar she thought she would become once she left the theatre.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#18re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 7:58pm
Well it's a true statement. She can always come back to Broadway. It's kind of hard to be the "it girl" in R&B if you're 40 with wrinkles.
And I think her "Easy as Life" is fierce.
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#19re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 8:43pmTo me it seems quite possible for someone to both love Broadway and want to pursue something else for a while.
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#20re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 8:48pmI think it was her use of the term 'stepping-stone' that irked some people.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#21re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 8:50pm
To me it seems quite possible for someone to both love Broadway and want to pursue something else for a while.
That's not how she made it sound, though.
#22re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:25pmI love Heather Headley, and I think she does need a few acting lessons here and there. She wanted to make pop music. Sure the way she went about it was a little respectful to the MANY people who love and respect theater, but I think she'd done some growning and maybe she regrets spitting on broadway. And Her "Easy as Life" makes me happy. I like it alot more after I heard Tina Turner's crappy version.
#23re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 7/1/06 at 2:24am
I saw Heather and Deborah in the lead role of Aida and while I liked both, (Deborah's Dance of the Robe almost got a standing ovation the night I was there), Heather embodied Aida for me. There's something about her that makes you not take your eyes off; I thought her acting was very good. I'd like to see her play Elphaba in Wicked sometime; she'd wail on that score. We'll see though; I hope she gets back on the boards sometime soon.
Cheers,
Christopher
#24re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage
Posted: 7/1/06 at 2:37amHmmm. Somehow I doubt that there are just tons of leading roles for her on Broadway. I can understand her wanting to expand her horizons beyond Broadway's very limited audience.
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