If they were younger....they'd be perfect for WICKED...

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If they were younger....they'd be perfect for WICKED...

Posted: 4/17/06 at 8:25am

I love WICKED and I just thought that it'd be perfect if only Linda Eder and Liz Callaway were younger, to play Elphaba and Glinda, respectively. And oh, Mary Testa (if given that she's a liltle bit older) as Morrible.

So, who's on your mind?

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Updated On: 4/17/06 at 08:25 AM

#2

re: If they were younger....they'd be perfect for WICKED...

Posted: 4/17/06 at 9:04am

In my mind, WICKED would shrivel up and disappear from existence. Along with the other tons of WICKED casting threads that we already have.

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Updated On: 4/17/06 at 09:04 AM

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re: If they were younger....they'd be perfect for WICKED...

Posted: 4/17/06 at 9:09am

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Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 9:26am

THREADJACK!

When I saw the thread title I had a very disturbing thought come to mind.

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen as Elphaba and G(a)linda

//threadjack

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 9:30am

Alice Ripley as Glinda.

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 9:43am

Off topic: last night I was watching West Wing and a friend walked in. Chenoweth, or K-Chen, as I like to call her, spoke and my friend said, "WHOA! What is that voice about???" She had this look on her face that was a cross between horror and disgust. It was greaat.

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 9:52am

Yep, didn't think of Alice Ripley, yeah yeah - she'd be perfect wether Glinda or Elphaba.

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#8

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 10:00am

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen? HAH that's a brilliant idea...

(sarcasm is meant)

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 10:05am

K-Chen *might* become a good performer if only she could learn to speak properly :)

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 10:10am

Mary Tyler Moore and Georgia Engel!

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 10:13am

alice ripley isn't too old to play Elphaba now...
but judy kuhn or betty buckly and patty choenhour or rebecca luker as elphaba and glinda are my votes.

Updated On: 4/17/06 at 10:13 AM

#12

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 10:22am

Haha Georgia is so funny, "That's pure vodka, you poop!"

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 10:55am

That picture is the scariest thing I've ever seen...

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 10:57am

Ahhh My scariest thought is Barbara Cook as Glinda.

Even scarier...Elaine Stritch as Elphaba! But I would pay top dollar to see that!

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 11:07am

Elaine Stritch as Galinda and Harvey Fierstein.
That would make a great FB number.
LOL.
And Elaine could interupt the number and say i'm still here.
And Harvey could say, oy Elaine don't do Follies we are in Wicked now.

Updated On: 4/17/06 at 11:07 AM

#16

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 11:14am

Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 11:35am

My oh my, Patti as Elphie and Christine as Glinda! Wowowowow! Yup yup yup!!!

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 11:38am

Well, come to think, if Idina Menzel were a tiny bit younger....

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 1:39pm

tom- i come on this website and read people bashing wicked all the time, which makes me mad, but i get over it. however, i WILL NOT STAND for someone bashing kristin chenoweth. that girl is more talented than the rest of the world combined, and her high pitched squeaky voice just makes her more unique!

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 1:45pm

I wouldn't want her to play Elphaba but I'd kill to hear Patti sing "Defying Gravity".

What about Marin Mazzie? She could play both roles simulatenously lol.

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 2:18pm

If Wicked premiered in the 1960's, perfect casting would be:

Barbra Streisand as Elphaba
Julie Andrews as Glinda

No two people would have been able to sing the score better ever.

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 2:20pm

JG2 - I am SO stealing that picture!

UH OH!

Is anyone else thinking what I am thinking?
Three mouths...

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 3:30pm

tom- i come on this website and read people bashing wicked all the time, which makes me mad, but i get over it. however, i WILL NOT STAND for someone bashing kristin chenoweth. that girl is more talented than the rest of the world combined

Sing with me, people:
We're not gonna take it!
NO! We ain't gonna take it!
We're not gonna take it, ANYMORE!

Ya know, come to think of it, Kristin might have been perfect had she been a little younger. (adjusts halo)

What about Ethel Merman as Elphaba and Paul Lynde as Glinda?

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 3:31pm

Imagine the cherry picker they'd need to pick up Ethel Merman!

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Posted: 4/17/06 at 3:34pm

I really dislike Patti Lupone. Thought her performance in Sweeney was dreadful. She was out of character half the time, and lost the complete essence of the character. So, no I would not like to see her do wicked.

Now, Marin Mazzie would be amazing at either roles!

And Rachel York as Glinda!

Hmmm, and what about Audra McDonald as Elphaba. I could see it!

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...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...