Kristy Cates as Elphaba — Page 3

Just go my tix today for "Wicked" in Chicago on March 25th so I guess I'll be seeing Kristy as Elphaba. This will be my fifth time seeing the show. I've seen Stephanie, Ana, and Maria do the role up to this point. Of these three, Maria was my least favorite but I still thought she was good. I loved both Stephanie and Ana. Maybe Kristy will grow in the role when she takes over for Ana. It must be difficult to play Elphaba only occasionally. This will be the first time my parents have seen the show, so I'm really hoping for the best.

Just listened to her singing all the big songs and very impressed! Its nice to hear what an actress with a different vocal setup/style/whatever does with the role. All the vibratto and solid belt is wonderful to listen to. Plus her acting was up there too i thought.

I saw Wicked in Chicago with the OCC and they were brilliant! Less than a year before I got to see Idina'a last performance on Broadway and I must say they were equally great productions! I recently had the opportunity to see Kristy as Elpheba and she definatly did NOTHING for me! Extremely average and amature. It is extremely unfortunate but Chicago is loving Wicked so much so many people could probably care less who is in the role.

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look everyone is diffrent and everyone is entitled to their opinion but like she has a diffrent voice noit everyone can be idina,stephanie,shoshana,eden you know what i mean? so like its nice to hear something diffrent. I liked how she had a classical tone because people this is where people get all their training from lol

steph,eden,shosh,ana,idina THEY ALL HAVE CLASSICAL TRAINING

and without shows written by gershwin,cole porter,r&h, i mean broadway wouldnt be broadway.It all originated from that people,and i believe that classical theater is so under appreaicated these days. I mean i love kristy and she is so talented and has a great voice.we all have our styles that we enjoy,but it all comes from the classical standpoint (thats where music was originated,in the classical era)so look thats my opinion but i thought i would just stress on it, because i think classical musical theater and PLAYS (actually plays period)are so under appreciated,and if youre an acotr you have to have a wide variety of things you can do OTHER THAN MODERN (shoshana for example) so take my word people,

REMEMBER THIS IS MY OPINION

i would like to hear peoples responses ,if you would like to email me personallyu please do at
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thanks so much

Zack

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