I am high on TINA... :-) Maddigan! My Wedding Singer review- Page 9

[WeddedBliss22]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:22pm

I'm late to report this but I saw my girl with the golden hair this past weekend again and she was AWEEEEEEEESOOOME! She keeps growing!!! I'm so happy that this girl found her way back to Broadway, it's where she belongs!

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 12:01am

Go Tina GO-GO-GO!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 11:30am

Ya wanna see

Phanty's girl?

[WeddedBliss22]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 3:01pm

Tina has been a superwoman stand-by the last few weeks, I hope she's in a few more in the next couple of days! That's because I think I need to see it AGAIN! Wanna join me sexy Phantom2?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 6:04pm

Look, it's Dollypop's favorite person and my favorite person in the same thread!

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 6:09pm

That is adorable.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 6:15pm

This one's for nomdeplume!

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 6:22pm

What is that from?

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 6:26pm

Tina as "Opera Lady" for Broadway Cares.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 6:14pm

HOT!

[littlelotte64]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 7:16pm

I saw Tina on tuesday as Julia and I adored her! She was fabulous...I just found her to be a very good fit for the part. And I met her at the stage door. She couldnt have been any nicer! She has got to be one of the nicest people I've met.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:20pm

The role is so her and I couldn't be happier that she's getting such great recognition.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:59pm

Maddigan makes
Everything she bakes
Satisfying and delicious
Talk about your childhood wishes
You can even eat her dishes!

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 12:26pm

Keep going!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 12:51pm

Who can take an audience
Wrap it in her sigh?
Soak them in her fun
Like a strawberry pie?

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 12:54pm

More, more...

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 12:58pm

Maddigan?
Maddigan can!
Maddigan can 'cause she mixes it with love
To make the Broadway world good

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 1:26pm

Go, bebe!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 1:33pm

Who can take an audience
Deeper in the dream
Dissipate their sorrows
And ignite them with her beam?

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 12:25am

Oh, come on!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 1:00am

Maddigan?
Maddigan can!
Maddigan can 'cause Tina radiates love
To make the Broadway world shine

[BillFinn]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 1:38am

I admit, I went into Wedding Singer on Tuesday ( 8/8 ) dreading what was to come without Laura Benanti. The moment Tina Maddigan spoke though, I was amazed. She is so incredibly charming in the role! Her vocals have grown so much since May. Her voice is a lot smoother, fluid, and accustomed to Julia. She is too cute and her chemistry with Robbie and Glen (u/s Matthew Stocke who was okay, but too old for the role) is so apparent. You could defintely see her lighten up with Stephen, but falter and become submissive with Matthew.

She tried a new twist with "Someday" on the second chorus that we called the Tina Turner riffing! She took a hairbrush or microphone and got down on her knees and riffed it out like a black woman. It was hilarious. She struggles with "If I Told You", but makes up in volumes everywhere else.

I met Tina backstage later on and praised her profusely. She was too kind and mentioned the Tina Turner riffing was new this week.

Updated On: 8/13/06 at 01:38 AM

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 3:27am

No, she did the same thing during "someday" awhile ago, it looks cute, but you can tell her voice is not as powerful as benanti's.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 9:18am

Not **** Sherlock. Tina doesn't have an operatic voice like Laura's which is perfectly fine because the role doesn't call for one.

Updated On: 8/13/06 at 09:18 AM

[BillFinn]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 1:43pm

It works a lot better with Tina's voice. Especially on songs like "Pop". I find Laura's vibrato to be in the way of characterization, but Tina's cute, little quirky voice just added onto it. Oh god, I loved how she scrunched her face at the audience when she sang HARI KARI! SOOOOO GOOD!