Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
holdyourbatboy
Stand-by Joined: 3/1/04
#1Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 10:50pm
It's going around that Michael Grandage has been having work sessions with Karen Olivo to replace Elena Roger. Finally someone that will be able to SANG this role.
I do actually love Elena's performance, but it'll be nice to have some real Broadway powerhouse vocals in the role.
#2Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 10:51pmSing the role so long as she shows up. Someone should have a talk with Ms. No Sh-Olivo prior to her signing on.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
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beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#2Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 10:52pmI thought Roger was contracted through March 2013.
#3Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 10:54pmI hope they're already courting Enrique Iglesias to replace Ricky Martin otherwise the show won't stay open long enough once he's gone.
#4Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 10:54pmI would probably pass out if this happened. But I'm not getting my hopes up. So at this point, it's a completely unsubstantiated rumor.
#5Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 10:54pmMarch 2013?? I have never heard of a contract lasting more than 1 year.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 10:56pmExpect a lot of dress-swishing during the Buenos Aires number.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#7Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 10:56pm
"March 2013??"
It is mentioned here.
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1044692&dt=23
Updated On: 6/26/12 at 10:56 PM
#8Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 11:06pmMarch 2013 would make the contract one year and is very reasonable.
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#9Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 11:09pm
I'm not trying to get too worked up over this. But Karen was recently filming a Lifetime movie and I'm not sure if it has wrapped yet. And according to Twitter, she was in LA as of yesterday.
Wouldn't she be working with Grandage in NYC?
Updated On: 6/26/12 at 11:09 PM
jdtp12
Featured Actor Joined: 7/16/10
#10Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 11:16pm
Here she is singing "Rainbow High."
Kind Of
Updated On: 6/26/12 at 11:16 PM
#11Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 11:19pmMaybe they're Skypeing.
IAMAHUGEFAN
Swing Joined: 3/14/07
#12Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 11:26pm
This would be delightful! They need to move Elena out quickly, people want to see that show SUNG like it should be!
The real question is... WWPD?
What Would Patti Do?
evic
Broadway Star Joined: 3/5/04
#13Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 11:28pmMandy Gonzales should be the replacement. Too bad it's too late to replace the director who had no clue.
nasty_khakis
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#14Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 11:32pm
Oh good, she can SCREAM and not dance her way through another iconic role.
She's also about a foot taller than Eva/Elena.
#15Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/26/12 at 11:33pm
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Rainbowhigh23
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/12
#16Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/27/12 at 12:10am
This production is going to have another Puerto Rican in the cast - wepa!!!
Wonder what the diehard Elena fans know....they're not sharing.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#17Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/27/12 at 1:06am
I predict she would last about a week and a half.
She should stay on TV where she looks pretty.
We could all name 10 girls who could sing it better.
ILuv2shop531
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/07
#18Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/27/12 at 1:13amI would see that show in a second if Karen joined.
#19Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/27/12 at 1:26am
It looks like Karen can take a joke. She also didn't deny this rumor...
Karen Olivo ?@Karenolivo
@Splurge24: Karen Olivo as EVITA amazing opportunity her understudy will get to star on Bway6-7 times a week!! Mean but funny
her response is in bold.
#20Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/27/12 at 1:28amLOL...did Splurge24 actually obnoxiously 'tag' Karen Olivo's twitter somehow, or would have Karen had to search to find that comment? (cf. that recent London incident).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#21Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/27/12 at 1:29amShe wasn't tagged. <3
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#22Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/27/12 at 1:32amI love that she actually responded. But really. With all the actors who would kill to have a gig on Broadway why would the people who get jobs be so flakey? I really admire people with the work ethic like Michael Cerveris.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#23Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/27/12 at 1:34am
Surprised it's not Bianca Marroquin. She was cast to replace Roger on the West End production, but it closed before she got a chance to.
once upon a time I almost did. I was supposed to replace Elena Roger in Evita june, july and august of 2007. But the show closed about a month before I was supposed to start rehearsals
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#24Karen Olivo in talks to replace Elena Roger at end of the year
Posted: 6/27/12 at 1:42amWow. Bianca would probably be great. She's got a great voice, but she's not quite a vocalist like Karen or Mandy Gonzalez. But she'd surely be better than Elena's screeching.
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