Idina's Elphie

#1

Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 5:10pm

I don't know if anyone else has asked this question, but I was wondering if you think Idina Menzel's Elphie is going to turn into Jennifer Holiday's Effie? (Do you think she's gonna be stuck with the role)

Updated On: 6/2/08 at 05:10 PM

#2

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 5:11pm

I think she'll probably continue to be best known for (and most associated with) it, but if by "stuck," you mean pigeonholed, probably not.

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Updated On: 6/2/08 at 05:11 PM

#3

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 5:43pm

Well, it all depends what kind of roll it is.

Could be a kaiser roll? A hoagie roll? A bagel roll?

Depends.

#4

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 5:44pm

What the hell is a bagel roll?

Never had one of those.

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#5

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 5:53pm

Sometimes I can't sleep for weeks wondering the same thing - the poor girl!

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#6

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:03pm

Updated On: 6/2/08 at 06:03 PM

#7

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:07pm

Foster, do some research before you mock someone.

A "Bagel Roll" is a form of Sushi! Usually served with
salmon, avocado, and cream cheese.

#8

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:09pm

I wonder if Eyedine likes sushi.

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#9

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:12pm

Ask Foster. SHE seems to know everything.

#10

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:13pm

blaxx nice circle you created! haha

#11

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:16pm

Eyedine's posts must always come full circle.

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Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

#12

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:19pm

Ask Foster. SHE seems to know everything.

Gosh, Bobby, you've been berating me all this time and you never knew I was a boy?

Bobby, do some research before you mock someone.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#13

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:42pm

#14

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:45pm

Idina who?

#15

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:46pm

You know, the sushi roll girl.

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Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

#16

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:52pm

I'm kindof new to this website, and I don't really get the eyedine thing. Can someone explain it to me?

Updated On: 6/2/08 at 06:52 PM

#17

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 7:03pm

It's because people mispronounce "Idina" as "Eye-dina."

And I don't think that could happen because she's already very associated with Maureen (perhaps moreso than Elphaba). So I think she should be fine. You have to remember Jennifer had never been on Broadway before Effie AND it's not like there have been that many roles on Broadway she could have theoretically played (based on appearance). Idina meanwhile has had quite a few other roles prior to Elphaba and she could easily fit into other pre-exsisting shows.

#18

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 7:10pm

I think she'll always be introduced as "The star of Wicked and Rent" but I doubt that this is the end of her career.

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#19

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 9:03pm

You behave like a little girl Foster, so SHE fits.

#20

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 9:03pm

Like everyone else has noted, she will def. be remembered as one of the stars of one of the most "edgy" musicals ever produced (RENT) and the Tony Award Winning star of the biggest blockbuster in Broadway History to date (WICKED) and IMO creating one of the most difficult female roles on Broadway (again IMO) then yea. She will be known as "Idina Menzel, star of Broadways RENT and WICKED."

#21

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 9:26pm

you mean, you don't get when someone says EEYYEEEDDEENNUUHHH ?

Oh. Hmm. for someone who is, I assume, a Menzel fan you should know better than that.

You're not an annoying WICKED fangirl?

#22

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 9:28pm

What a misogynistic comment, BobbyBubby.

Go away.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#23

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/2/08 at 9:30pm

I agree with the general sentiment...I'm sure she'll play other roles, and continue to be successful, but she'll probably always be introduced as "the original Tony award winning star of Wicked."

#24

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:14am

Slightly off topic, but I didn’t want to start a new thread so I’m voicing my thoughts on here.

I was just watching Company and was thinking, Idina would be great as Marta. She has that whole avant-garde New Yorker down town hip chick thing going on, and she could defiantly sing Another Hundred People. I see Marta and Maureen as being very similar characters. She may be a bit too old for it now, but she would have been great in the role.

#25

re: Idina's Elphie

Posted: 6/3/08 at 1:22pm

Idina will continue very nicely with her career. She has wonderful talent and her capabilities will not pigeon-hole her to one type of character.