Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

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Heather 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.

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re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 5:55pm

Good news, I like her

#3

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 5:59pm

I like her too-- I hope she comes back soon.

#4

re: 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.

#5

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:10pm

What other Aidas did you see?

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#6

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:12pm

Simone and Deborah Cox

#7

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:15pm

I thought she was the best. I love her so much so this is excellent news!

#8

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:18pm

I'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.

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#9

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:23pm

I enjoy her a lot, but it's interesting she's decided to come back to theater now, given the remarks she made after Aida.

#10

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:24pm

Good for her. I'm not a huge fan, but I don't mind her.

#11

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:26pm

What remarks did she make?

#12

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:28pm

AHHH! 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)

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#13

re: 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.

#14

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 6:36pm

As do I.

Spill!

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#15

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 7:05pm

i'm waiting...

#16

re: 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

#17

re: 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...

#18

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 7:54pm

I 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.

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re: 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.

#20

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 8:43pm

To me it seems quite possible for someone to both love Broadway and want to pursue something else for a while.

#21

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 8:48pm

I think it was her use of the term 'stepping-stone' that irked some people.

#22

re: 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.

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#23

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 6/30/06 at 9:25pm

I 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.

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re: 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

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#25

re: Heather Headly wants to get back on stage

Posted: 7/1/06 at 2:37am

Hmmm. 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.