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Idina Menzel as Ursula?
#25re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 8:10ami still long to see sara ramirez in the role
It's the music and I'm its hapless victim
#26re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 8:42amMary Testa would be ridiculous(in a good way)! Idina...not so much.
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#27re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 9:03amIdina Menzel as Ursala and Kristen Chenowith as Ariel. Lyke omg.
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#28re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 10:09amHell to the NO!
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
WiCkEDrOcKS
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#29re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 10:23am
I've heard rumors about Emily Skinner being scouted to replace Scott once she leaves.
But to Idina, I really think this would be a terrible case of miscasting.
Skinner, however, is another story. Don't believe me? Buy her performance of POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS on iTunes from her and Alice Ripley's CD Ripley/Skinner: Raw at Town Hall.
AMAZING belt.
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#30re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 10:32am
Hey all- Newbie here...
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I honestly think that Mary Testa or Emily Skinner would do amazing... but for some really odd reason i would think the Beth Leavel would do well... No idea why, but i could picture it. Anybody else?
#31re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 11:09amI think Harvey Fierstein would make a great Ursula - he'd be much more like the cartoon version.
Raspberry
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#32re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 12:50pmI seriously thought that a lot too back before Mermaid opened. I was upset that they were letting a thin woman play the role when they should have gone with a big man in drag. Harvey came to mind, of course, as did Gary Beach. I guess my imagination is limited to men who have done drag on Broadway recently, but really any actor in that vein would have been wonderful, I think. I still haven't bothered to see this show, but that definitely would not be the case if there was a sea he-witch.
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#33re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 1:26pm
I'd never heard Emily Skinner before, but theres clips on The Site That Shall Not Be Named. She sounds AMAZING! I'm rooting for that one.
p.s. Idina...please
"I trained as a classical actor at Juilliard. I jump at the opportunity to do classical text...But I never in a million years guessed I'd get to play Juliet!"- Michael Arden
#34re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 5:46pm
Idina playing Ursula is like..LuPone playing ELLE WOODS.
By the way, hotjohn, I COMPLETELY agree 
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#35re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 6:01pm
And she won't be in Legally Blonde The Musical. She'll be in Legally Blone 2 The Musical.
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
#36re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 6:02pm
er... no to Idina as Ursula lots. She was great as Maureen and okay as Elphaba (Shoshana Bean and Julia Murney = better) but no as Ursula. I haven't seen the show yet, but I've heard the music and Megan Mullally could belt the **** out of anything you give her... again, though, not a replacement...
**I am VERY aware that Sherie Rene Scott is Ursula, trust me, I was just saying that Megan Mullally COULD belt anything you give her, so she WOULD be able to sing the part well, if Sherie Rene Scott wasn't in it. I know I'm new and all, but geez...**
Updated On: 4/23/08 at 06:02 PM
#37re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 6:05pmThat's amazing considering Megan Mually isn't even IN The Little Mermaid!
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
BrianS
Broadway Star Joined: 10/8/07
#38re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 6:07pmEmily Skinner would be great. I thought the reason they originally cast Sherie was to allow for the "Vanessa" transformation. Once I found out that "Vanessa" wasn't in this version of Mermaid, I thought they should cast someone like Mary Bond Davis. Sherie did a great job making that role work for her, but to me she isn't that role.
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sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#39re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 8:03pm
I'm really not sure. I would like to see her do it at least once. It would be very interesting.
#40re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 8:06pmI got from a VERY reliable source that Dini Martini (Gotta love Lakezurich) will play Ariel and Taye Diggs will play King Triton. A Father/Daughter sex scene will be added. :)
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
#41re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 8:26pm
Emily Skinner's shady history with Disney is what kept her from being cast as Ursula in the first place after doing all of the workshop and developmental material for the role.
Don't expect to see her coming into the show in the near or distant future.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#42re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 8:31pmWhat shady history?
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
#43re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 8:49pmThe ON THE RECORD fiasco, anyone?
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#44re: Idina Menzel as Ursula?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 9:01pm
Care to explain?
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
Updated On: 4/23/08 at 09:01 PM
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