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Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
YessicaB
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/05
#225re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/23/06 at 12:28pmApology accepted... after all I did manage to use and misspell the word three times in one post... That has got to be a new record!
#226re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/23/06 at 12:54pm
Don't worry about it...English IS my first language and I still can't spell to save my life!!
Thank God for spell check...
Lady Italy
Stand-by Joined: 3/9/06
#227re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/23/06 at 5:25pmI wish Idina the best of LUCK. The London theatre is far different than the USA...not as boisterous, but genuinely appreciative just the same. It will be a little difficult to work off the audiences energy, however with Wicked perhaps Idina can give them a jolt.
AngusN
Broadway Star Joined: 3/23/05
#228re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 1:10pmI have a sneaky feeling that Julia McKenzie will play Mme Morrible. I suppose it depends whether or not she will be willing to play second fiddle to the 2 lead girls. I do think she will make a good choice though.
BrianWilsonFan
Featured Actor Joined: 1/3/06
#229re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 2:31pm
AngusN... Is your sneaky feeling about Julia Mckenzie wishful thinking or have you heard something?
It's an inspired choice if she has been approached. Given her age she's hardly playing second fiddle to the leads though. Mme Morrible is a part she could take and make her own, easily...
#230re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 2:37pm
'I wish Idina the best of LUCK. The London theatre is far different than the USA...not as boisterous, but genuinely appreciative just the same. It will be a little difficult to work off the audiences energy, however with Wicked perhaps Idina can give them a jolt.'
Yes I thought that...going to be a bit different for her bless her. When an performer enters there's not normally a huge cheer and she's more likely to get polite clapping when she rises than hollering!
#231re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 4:05pm
Soo are any of you gonna go see the show???
#232re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 4:31pmYes, I'm seeing it twice. Booked again after I knew Idina was coming. I only live 1 hour away so it's not hard to get there.
#233re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 5:40pm
I'm also going twice. Bought tickets for Thursday 7th myself, and got tickets for Saturday 9th for my birthday. ^_^
#234re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 6:06pmColm Wilkinson and Frances Ruffelle were both on the OLCR of Lez Miz and then they did the OBCR.
#235re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 6:18pmWeez, I'll be there on the 7th as well. I'll be in London until the 8th, so got myself a ticket recently - terrible seat though, it's in row B. Heard that I'll have a neck ache
FoscasBohemianDream
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
#236re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 6:35pmI know Les Miz released an album for each production but remember that was more an ensemble piece, in Wicked Elphaba sings most of the score. Unfortunately, unless they cast major stars in the roles of Glinda, Fiyero, and the Wizard (Morrible is rather irrelevant to a Wicked cast recording), I doubt they'll release a OLCR.
JustChillin8908
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/06
#237re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 6:41pmConsidering the fact that Wicked is one of the few Cast Recordings to actually make a profit, I hope it persuades them to release a OLCR.
#238re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 7:11pm^I really hope it pursuades them. I want one bad, Idina or not...although since I cant see her and the CD would be my only chance to experience her in the west end production I doubt she will. I dont have that kind of luck.
"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"
#239re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 8:51pm
The cast recordings of LES MIZ were made in a time when recording costs were cheaper than they are now. For many years, it was almost routine for shows to get both a Broadway and London cast recording, even if they had the same stars: (example MY FAIR LADY, OLIVER, BYE BYE BIRDIE, etc.)
That trend died in the 80s and 90s with PHANTOM and SAIGON - and now its rare to get a second English language cast recording at all...
WICKED would definitely be the exception rather than the rule if it were recorded in London, particularly with Menzel.
#240re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 9:24pm
Another thing about accents -- and sorry if this has been mentioned before, but after reading 8 pages of this thread, I jumped a bit.
Many shows change their character's accents/nationalities depending on where the show is performing. "Mamma Mia" is a great example -- depending on where you see the show, the 3 Dads are from different places. If you listen to the OCR, which is the English recording, they've switched up the nationalities from what have been seen other places (or vice versa).
Also, no producer, anywhere, would announce any member, of any cast, WITHOUT them having signed a contract. I don't know what "message" from "Idina" was about, but it's a huge no-no to announce pubicly that such and such will be starring without a signed contract, or much less a firm yes.
~Sam
BtMartin25
Featured Actor Joined: 1/4/06
#241re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 9:28pm
anyone know who GLINDA is going to be?
For some reason my Teacher (who was Kate Reinders.. and is close to Kate) told me Kate is going to be in London. But i heard NY.
bt
#242re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 11:16pm
I'm happy for Menzel that she's pursuing this. It definitely will allow her to "own" the role. I wonder what the economic motive would be. It's already a hot sell in London and since Menzel is a relative unknown there, her return to the role does not seem like it would boost the box office too much. Perhaps it will give the show more credential. Tourists feel safe that they are already seeing someone experienced in the role.
As for the prospects of an Original London Cast Recording, it's entirely possible. They could record it with Menzel, depending on who is in the other roles or they could wait until she leaves the show. As Michael Bennett has illustrated though, it's very uncommon now for there to be both a Broadway and a London cast recording. Producers can already sell the OBC in the theatre and at music stores. By making only one cast recording available, if people want the score, they will have to buy that one.
"I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear." ~ Freddie Mercury
#243re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/24/06 at 11:37pmYeah I've also heard Kate would be in NY...ha ha I guess that was a thread on THIS board. Boy...those Brits sure want a local Glinda though. I dont know if they'd be too pleased.
"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"
#244re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:36am
I've heard that we're getting Kendra over here and Kate's doing NY...
I would love to have a OLCR but it seems doubtful, especially now Idina's in the cast. Although with the large fan base Wicked has, it would make quite a profit even with Idina.
#245re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:46am
Not Cool...I leave London on May 10th....not cool....so close...yet so far...
oh well..i go back to Chicago and our cast is amazing :)
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
#246re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/25/06 at 11:13amI got so lucky. I'm going to be studying abroad next year in England. When I got the news I went ahead and bought a ticket to see it in late September. Anyone else going across the pond to see Idina?
BrianWilsonFan
Featured Actor Joined: 1/3/06
#247re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/25/06 at 11:47am
If I were Idina's agent i would have made it a condition of signing that if there were to be a OLCR, Idina would be singing the part of Elphaba (a sweetener), therefore tying her name to that role forever and a day.
I'm quietly confident this show will run and run for many years thus making a London recording fiscally viable. Don't forget the rest of Europe is a potential venue for this show also, it isn't going to stop here.
I would love to have been a fly on the wall at the negotiating table for this one,. The offer she couldn't refuse hmmm...
#248re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/25/06 at 11:50am
There will surely be a Japanese cast recording and probably a German cast recording - but the producers of the OBC are the ones who actually would fight against an OLC. As someone else says - people will buy what is available. And if the OBC is it - it just means more profit for the producers of that recording.
Idina doesn't really stand to gain anything by being on a second cast recording. Even if the OLC is recorded, it will be the OBC that is sold at the theatre during the early part of the London run. She will probably have finished her contract by the time any OLC would be released.
Updated On: 4/25/06 at 11:50 AM
BrianWilsonFan
Featured Actor Joined: 1/3/06
#249re: Idina Menzel to Star in London WICKED
Posted: 4/25/06 at 11:54am
She would stand to gain a little financially though wouldn't she?
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