Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
#0Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:15pm
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/96244.html
Interesting.
Wicked_fan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/25/04
#1re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:16pm
*breathes sigh of relief*
no offense to Idina, I just don't think she'd make the best Evita.
but that's my personal opinion.
-Feste from "Twelfth Night"
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#2re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:18pm
I think Emcee bumped the old thread to post that news, but since we have this one as well...
I'm glad she passed on it, and I had a feeling she would. I think she'd be fantastic, but to be perfectly selfish...I don't want to fly to London! 
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#3re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:20pmWhew. She is waaaaaaaaaaaay wrong for Evita.
#4re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:21pmIf you read the article closely, you'll see that she didn't pass on the role, she passed on the audition.
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#6re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:25pmIf on a studio recording or something, Idina would be great. Pair her with Raul or Adam, and you'd have a perfect vocal Eva and Che. However, that score will kill her voice. It's best this way.
#7re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:26pmI was just being the messenger, I copied the title from Playbill.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#8re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:37pmAt first I didn't see the words "Evita Revival" in the thread title and boy, did my heart stop for a second! I am so glad she did not pass on.
#9re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:43pmSorry for the confusion guys, I was critiquing Playbill, not your posts.
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#10re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:47pm
Oh! Haha, ok.
Sueleen, LOL.
#11re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:52pmdid anyone see Elaine as Evita?
#12re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 12:59pmand by the way..."Idina passes on Evita" she just didn't audition...it doesn't mean she would have gotten the role.
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#13re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 2:22pmReports on every move Idina Menzel makes are getting old, and I'm not even around here as much as others. As are Wicked threads, might I add. I guess it just comes with the territory.
#14re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 3:30pm
EganFan this was a big talked about topic a few months ago. And now it can be put to rest by this follow up.
Anyway, WICKED threads are not a problem anymore - it's all those damn RENT threads.
#15re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 3:50pm
I'm glad she's decided to pass, but nonetheless i think she's crazy....turning down a chance to play Eva Peron in a London revival of Evita..(that very well could transfer in the next five or so years, it's due for a Broadway revival as well)
Actresses world over would kill for that chance.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#16re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 3:52pm
Phew. Im happy that she knows what roles she can tackle and what roles she wasn't exactly meant to play.
**Lets see how long it takes before this thread transforms into a "LETS BASH THE SH*T OUT OF IDINA AND HER CAREER AND TALENT" thread....I say 10 more posts.**
#18re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 3:55pm
If Idina was Evita i would start crying.
For serious
greenegirl87
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/11/05
#19re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 3:56pmooo wickedrocks im guessing a lot less than that... if i hadnt taken up space with this reply..i think its already starting to morph!!!!
DramaDork925
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/4/05
#20re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 4:01pmI love Idina, but I agree that I don't think she could play Evita... it's just not a part for her.
Galilee
Understudy Joined: 1/5/05
#21re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 4:04pmDoes anyone else think there's a little publicity hunger going on here? Who cares.....It was only speculation to begin with. It's not as though she was offered the part. She just decided to not audition. Good grief they have to have an official press release for that?
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#22re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 4:05pm
I passes on auditioning for the role too, but you don't see that making the papers......
Isabella2
Broadway Star Joined: 10/6/05
#23re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 4:07pm
thanks be to god.
She would have killed it. Not that I like evita that much anyway.
crazyfangirl
Understudy Joined: 9/18/05
#24re: Idina Menzel Passes On Evita Revival..
Posted: 11/14/05 at 4:13pm
Yeah, agreed on the relief that she passed on this. I think her voice and type are just all wrong for EVITA. And I say that without any malice at all. Just my opinion, based upon having seen her body of work and having heard her sing live. I think she'd probably destroy her vocal chords trying to sing that score 8 times a week. And I don't think it would properly showcase her, either.
I hear London's got some great talent, though. I think it's a shame to "bus" in our actors when I know they've got some of the most amazingly talented folks around.
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