Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour

[Harpz2006]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#1

Posted: 6/1/10 at 3:14am

Just heard Lauren Zakrin of the Elle Woods reality show/BLONDE tour is joining the national tour of WICKED as Glinda this summer (replacing Chandra Lee Schwartz)! She's only like 19 and this is her third consecutive tour in the last two years!

[angelxschunard]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#2

Posted: 6/1/10 at 5:32am

Lauren is 22.

Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, RENT, Mamma Mia!, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, Evita (with Julia Murney), Hairspray (with Paul Vogt), Peter and the Starcatchers (with Christian Borle), Lion King, Altar Boyz, Legally Blonde (with Lauren Zackrin).

[BroadwayBound17]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#2

Posted: 6/1/10 at 5:35am

that is a FAIL. She will be joining as an ensemble/ understudy for Glinda.

2011: In The Heights Tour 1/16/11, The Color Purple Tour 2/11/11, West Side Story Tour 3/18/11

[Elphaba3]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#3

Posted: 6/1/10 at 5:48am

Source? Other than her cryptic tweets.

[BroadwayBound17]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#4

Posted: 6/1/10 at 5:49am

There is no source, Elphaba3. Her sources are cryptic, yes. I believe she has been telling people that she has signed on as understudy for Glinda (for now), well, she told my friend that.

2011: In The Heights Tour 1/16/11, The Color Purple Tour 2/11/11, West Side Story Tour 3/18/11

[TheatreFan4]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#5

Posted: 6/1/10 at 7:15am

I think she is better fit for Nessa.

[adamgreer]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#6

Posted: 6/1/10 at 8:13am

Good lord.

[Harpz2006]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#7

Posted: 6/1/10 at 10:45am

How is she 22? She was 18 on the Search for Elle which filmed in 2008... she should be 20 then. I read it on a Wicked fansite when I googled her but it doesn't come up anymore when you search. And hey, understudying Glinda is kinda close... not a complete fail!!

Updated On: 6/1/10 at 10:45 AM

[millie_dillmount]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#8

Posted: 6/1/10 at 11:22am

According to Lauren Zakrin's Facebook page, her birthday is in May and she was born in 1989. That means she just turned 21. So Harpz, you were correct had you responded a couple of weeks ago.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[suttonfoster]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#9

Posted: 6/1/10 at 11:48am

she's terrible. i can't imagine what those high notes will sound like

[newintown]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#10

Posted: 6/1/10 at 11:57am

I'm sure her mother is terribly pleased. It's quite an honor to be the 317th gal to understudy the role on the road. It's just a matter of time before the Oscars start rolling in.

[rmusic11322]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#11

Posted: 6/1/10 at 2:23pm

She's the only one getting constant work since the serie ended. Although Glinda might not be the right role for her, I admire her for that.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#12

Posted: 6/2/10 at 1:18am

Chandra Lee Schwartz is AWFUL, just for the record.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[bwaylvsong]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#13

Posted: 6/2/10 at 1:36am

I have no idea who Zakrin is, but good for her!
Newintown, do you have any idea how difficult it is to get work, particularly in an extremely high-profile production like the National Tour of Wicked?

[ColorTheHours048]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#14

Posted: 6/2/10 at 1:41am

I actually thought Chandra was wonderful when I saw her in Providence in January.

[toddlisatyriem]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#15

Posted: 6/15/10 at 2:39pm

Lauren had "put in" earlier in the week and her first show is today.

BTW... Lauren's voice has changed and improved greatly with training since the MTV show, so I wouldn't judge her voice from that. As for acting... we shall see. Elle and Sandra Dee are not roles to really gage acting ability.

[Piper3500]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#16

Posted: 6/15/10 at 2:43pm

newintown..seriously? seriously. if i was her mum, i would be proud.

anyhoo.... I like Lauren. now Emma Zacks who got into HAIR I cannot stand.

"it's a dirty little war"

[tinysinger87]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#17

Posted: 6/16/10 at 1:51am

She's a young woman in theater who for all intensive purposes got her start from a TV show. She's been working since. Mad props to her.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#18

Posted: 6/16/10 at 2:15am

Colorthehours, I'm not sure what you saw, but the performance I sat through in April was painful. She was too busy spazzing around the stage to worry about sustaining a note.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[Piper3500]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#19

Posted: 6/16/10 at 8:55am

intents and purposes....
i am not a grammar nazi, i was just corrected once for saying intensive. :)

"it's a dirty little war"

[jamiekennywicked]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#20

Posted: 6/16/10 at 10:22am

Tory Ross (Cry Baby, 9 to 5) is also joining the tour as Midwife and Understudy Madame Morrible although not sure when or what tour.

''With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town'' - Helena Bonham Carter

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#21

Posted: 6/16/10 at 10:46am

Well, I think she is adorable in this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28UAEILjIVY&feature=related

I'm assuming she has improved since then but even in that her voice shows a lot of progress.

Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#22

Posted: 6/16/10 at 10:49am

Wow, she actually made a lot of progress from Legally Blonde to Grease...
Grease - Hopelessly Devoted to You - Lauren Ashley Zakrin

Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08

[songanddanceman2]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#23

Posted: 6/16/10 at 10:54am

OK i have nothing against this girl and im glad shes doing so well, but she sounds horrid in that Legally Blonde clip

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[rmusic11322]

Lauren Zakrin joining WICKED tour#24

Posted: 6/16/10 at 11:01am

In Legally Blonde, I think she was purposely being nasal - like what Becky does when she performs. And that high not in the Grease clip was just divine. I love her so much more now for that.