I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says- Page 2
I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
#25re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 2:39pm
I agree. Jennifer Westfeldt doesen't have a strong enough voice. She could barely handle the coloratura section in "A Conversation Piece".
On the other hand. Jennifer Hope Wills has a FANTASTIC Coloratura, she has an amazing soprano.
I hate to admitt it, but she can probally do a better job on Glinda's opera parts than JLT does (JLT admits shes not a coloratura). But JLT has a really developed chest voice. LOVE LOVE LOVE JLT though, I don't want her leaving, either.
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#26re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 3:04pmYes megan and shoshana are freinds, i hope that she does take over cause she was amazing when i saw her as galinda
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#27re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 3:49pmI've also been told that Megan has been offered the role. As someone mentioned earlier, don't be surprised if JLT leaves before April 17.
#28re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 4:05pm
I hope not. I enjoy her and would love to see her again before she leaves in April. I read an interview with her, a while back, and she said that hopefully the producers would want her to extend come April. But, who knows? Things like this change all the time. We'll see soon enough.
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#29re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 5:07pmIt is Megan (confirmed).....she is officially taking over sometime the week of April 23rd. She will be terrific (she always is), and she certainly deserves it!
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#30re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 5:09pm
um, could you give us a source or link other than simply saying (confirmed) ? cuz you know, its really easy to say that, i could type that its confirmed that the sky is fallin, ya know...
thanks!
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#31re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 5:13pmUpdated On: 1/23/05 at 05:13 PM
#32re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 5:15pm
Oh great. Oh well, Good Luck to her. Hopefully she will grow into the role.
Its weird though. Considering Megan is litteraly a NO NAME in the Broadway world right now.
Updated On: 1/23/05 at 05:15 PM
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#33re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 5:24pmVery true....but she is an AMAZING performer!
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#34re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 5:30pm
Everyone has to start somewhere, ljay. If you give her a chance, you might even like her. I think you're right about her growing into the role: she can only get better. And in my opinion she's already pretty darn good.
And anyway, although I wouldn't be surprised if Megan did take over in April, we don't have official confirmation yet.
#35re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 5:40pmhorray for megan! she needs a site and message board like shoshana hah.
#36re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 5:54pm
Jennifer Westfeldt has a bigger and better trained than Jennifer Wills, and in the four times I saw her, I never heard her strain during "Conversation Piece". She would make an excellent Glinda. I remember thinking that on opening night of "Wonderful Town".
I will say that Ms. Wills would also do justice to the role.
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#37re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:00pm
I personally was not a huge fan of Megan as Glinda. I thought she was adorable in the role, but her vocals aren't as good as Kristin's (haven't heard JLT), and her comedic timing was not great. I wasn't a huge fan of her portrayal. She was a real sweetheart at the stagedoor, though! I am sure if she does do it, she will grow into the role and turn out great, though!
Does anyone know why her dress for the Emerald City scenes (the yellow one) was different from Kristin's yellow dress?
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#38re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:02pm
each actress has to have their own costumes and wigs made, this usually means theyll change something- sometimes just cuz something new came to mind, sometimes cuz of body type, skin coloring, whatever...
#39re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:03pmMelissa. I'm sorry but Jennifer Westfeldt is no where as trained as Jennifer Hope. If you have both the cast recordings, you can hear the vast different in their Conversation Piece's. JHW is actually singing it higher than JW. JHW has a much stronger opera voice.
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#40re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:03pmI'm really happy for Megan, I just don't like the whole casting pattern they're developing!
#41re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:19pm
Just because she has no other experience doesn't mean she won't be great.
What do you all mean by her comedic timing? I thought she was funny. i think out of all of them she was the funniest at the part where glinda looks into the mirror. she did this squeel that was priceless.
i will def. miss jlt though. Whenever i see jlt outside of her costume she just looks so different i almost couldn't imagine her as being so hyper and giggly as a glinda..but she is!
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#42re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:25pmWell, when I went, Megan just didn't get a lot of laughs on some of the normally really funny lines. That's all. I also didn't really feel great chemistry b/w her and Idina, I didn't cry during For Good, which is unusual for me.
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#43re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:26pmI saw megan and got her auto, etc. all the fun stuff. I thought she was amazing. I never saw JLT, but I have heard she wasn't that good....
#44re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:30pm
It would be funny if the same thing happens here as it did with Laura Bell Bundy. It was announced and everything she would be the Glinda replacement, but that sure changed. Than they got JLT.
Als JLT..not good? Wow. Guess you haven't seen the raves she gets around here. She is incredible.
Updated On: 1/23/05 at 06:30 PM
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#45re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:36pm
whose good bad awesome or terrible is pretty much all opinion people! everyones got an opinion...
thats why i wanted to know exactly how far in advance we're talkin, they might have offered her the role but nothing has been signed? its possible.
#46re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:48pm
i didnt see laura bell bundy as glinda but i heard nothing good about her. i heard she was good in hairspray though.
yea there really was no chemistry with megan and idina. but that could just be because she may not even know her like have performed with her enough times. I think JLT and Idina had the greatest chemistry on a friend and respect sort of way.
I think kristin and idina had chemistry on a professional level, i think they both respected each other and were acquaintances but not as much as you saw her with JLT
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#47re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:51pm
well I liked all three glinda's ive seen and none of them were kristen. ive seen laura bell, megan hilty and jlt. They were all different from each other- with their comedy, singing styles and levels of maturity but i enjoyed them all.
#48re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:51pm
As for the "African American" comment...
Ben Vereen is in talks for playing the Wizard, so they are obviosly not basing it off the wizard of oz.
As for Glinda being black...I see Elphaba being portrayed by a black actress (Hoping for La Chanze or Anika Noni Rose with fingers crossed) before I do Glinda.
#49re: I was looking on Shoshana's website and about the new glinda it says
Posted: 1/23/05 at 8:52pm
It's pretty obvious who the new Glinda will be, and she will be extradoinary. And shes the sweetest woman ever!
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