Idina Menzel's Final Performance- Page 3
Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#51re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/1/07 at 12:28pmPeople can say whatever they want. If they offered her enough money to play MARK in a London revival of Rent, you can bet your ass she'd jump.
#53re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/1/07 at 5:06pm
i was there on Saturday night, and it was one of the most amazing nights in the theatre I have experienced. no messing around by the cast, ad-libs, or pranks, but a lot of visible and palpable emotion from Idina, Helen, and the rest of the cast. Helen could barely sing during "For Good" - she spoke most of her lines through the tears that were running down her face.
Wheher you love Idina or not, her performance on her last night was amazing - and her voice was in great form. She stuck to the script and to the libretto, but held the last few notes of "Defy Gravity" for an extra couple of beats, obviously enjoying her last fly on the cherry picker. And her "No Good Deed" was the best I have ever heard (from her, or from anyone else).
Helen gave a great, detailed, heartfelt, and touching speech at the curtain call. It's clear she'll be missed by everyone at the Apollo Victoria.
Idina was visibly moved throughout the show, and was in tears at the curtain.
#54re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/1/07 at 5:13pm
Aw, I was practically in tears just reading that post, dchestnutny. I would have given any amount of money to be there.
I agree Raviola, like Bulgaria or Romania maybe......
What's that supposed to mean?
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
Updated On: 1/1/07 at 05:13 PM
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#55re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:03am
Helen's curtain call speech about Idina was really wonderful, and it actually endeared her to me.
I have seen Helen's performance twice, and although she was significantly stronger in the part the second time around (which was Saturday night), I still felt she was the weakest of the five Glindas I have seen.
Her curtain call speech on Saturdayt, though, was definitely heartfelt and touching. Someone posted on that other site, so Raviolisun, you can now "be there secondhand". Take a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xljwh_GmHgo
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#56re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:05pmHelen seems like SUCH an incredible person. and damnnnnn can she give an amazing curtain call speech! seriously, I've NEVER heard any other speech that beautiful. I love that she talked about idina as a person and not just within wicked. That makes it so special. And the whole diva thing. So incredible <3
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SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#57re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:14pm
"I heard she's going to try to have a baby after this."
In all seriousness, I wonder if she and Taye want kids.
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#58re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:18pm
That was a beautiful speech.
Updated On: 1/3/07 at 03:18 PM
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#59re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:34pm
In all seriousness, I wonder if she and Taye want kids.
they've both mentioned it 
a LOT actually. My guess is its probably just a matter of finding time- both their careers have been going fairly well recently (even despite daybreak, tayes still doing well) and unfortunately they'd kinda have to give them up if they wanted to have babies I'd think. So yeah. But, its their personal life and their decision to make :)
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
#60re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 5:38pmWow another incredibly mature thread *eye roll* And I have serious doubts about this Maureen in Rent rumor, she has said herself that after the movie, she is ready to close that chapter of her life. And about Wicked, good for her, she went back for six months, opened a new show, kicked some major butt, and earned a crap load of money. Oh, and finally got closure with that show too. I agree with the person on page 2 who was talking about a Jewish girl from Long Island really making it in life. Good for her! She's worked hard and she deserves it. Her album is next on her list, it's due out in May and she has said in an interview that she wants to go back to London to promote it. That may be where the going back to London rumor came from...
#61re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 5:46pmHey, it's a lot more mature than other Idina threads have been.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#62re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 6:01pmDid she really make a couple of million (pounds or dollars) for reprising her role for three months in London? Is that the most an actress has been paid for a Broadway/West End role?
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#63re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 6:24pm
I believe she got paid $40,000 a week.
Is that the most an actress has been paid for a Broadway/West End role?
Yes, the most for West End.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#64re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 7:40pmalbum due in may? god please let this be picked up by mainstreamers. I'm tired of people asking who my favorie singer is, me replying "idina menzel" and them looking at me with an expression that clearly says "Who the hell is that?"
How can they see with sequins in their eyes?
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#65re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 7:46pm
Hoooold up. Where did we hear that her album was due out in May? It's a nice thought, but I believe she just started working on it over the summer, maybe late spring, and she certainly couldn't have gotten too much work done in London. It usually takes quite some time to put together an album, and even though it's only January, May seems a little soon especially if the girl is planning on taking a breather.
Not that I don't want that album out NOW.
#66re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 7:56pm
I believe she got paid $40,000 a week.
*jaw drops*
Thats $160,000 a month!
Is that normal?! Further investigation is needed.
swerve
Chorus Member Joined: 3/8/06
#67re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 7:58pmShe said in one of the London press articles that she hopes the album will be released in May. I think it's rather tentative, though.
#68re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 8:03pm
I'm tired of people asking who my favorie singer is, me replying "idina menzel" and them looking at me with an expression that clearly says "Who the hell is that?"
Well, you're in the wrong fandom, then! It'll always be this way for a musical theatre fan. Get used to it.
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#69re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:52pm
Well, you're in the wrong fandom, then! It'll always be this way for a musical theatre fan. Get used to it.
Haha, Yep. Not that I don't like it.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#70re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/3/07 at 11:02pmI just double checked, and she got $30,000 a week. Still the most for any woman on the West End.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#71re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/4/07 at 1:55amI thought she did amazing in her last show. She is a very emotional actor to begin with but everything, everything about her last performance was amplified. I am happy she got her last show and I am happy she went out with a bang because, really, she sounded fantastic. I am happy she is done, moving on and working on other things. I have been waiting for this new album since it was first announced and then Wicked put a delay on that. I doubt it will be out by May and even May is too late for me.
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bwayfan4life
Understudy Joined: 1/4/07
#72re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/4/07 at 5:27pm
I had the pleasue of seeing Idina in Aida and in Wicked, she leaves nothing on the stage. She puts her heart and soul into her performance and everyone in the theatre can feel it. I thank her and wish her the best.
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Updated On: 1/4/07 at 05:27 PM
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#73re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:19pmI just wanna know if she was given a gift of a red track suit. ( apparently now the farewell gift to all the B way Elphabas)
#74re: Idina Menzel's Final Performance
Posted: 1/5/07 at 1:32amI really hope not. She wasn't given one on stage anyways, from what I can tell. The US can keep that particular tradition.
"Dont look at me that way
Your ears and your eyes
Got used to the lies
But you're getting the truth today"
"Ah the city. So many lights you can actually pretend one of them is shining on you."
CLIFF: "There was a cabaret and there was a master of ceremonies and there was a city called Berlin in a country called Germany - and it was the end of the world and I was dancing with Sally Bowles - and we were both fast asleep"
"Ah the city. So many lights you can actually pretend one of them is shining on you."
CLIFF: "There was a cabaret and there was a master of ceremonies and there was a city called Berlin in a country called Germany - and it was the end of the world and I was dancing with Sally Bowles - and we were both fast asleep"
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