Lisa Brescia to standby for Julia Murney in WICKED- Page 3
Lisa Brescia to standby for Julia Murney in WICKED
Yero
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/29/06
#50re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/2/07 at 9:42pm
"I actually had to ask her how to pronounce her last name.
Its pronounced Breh - sha. "
Oh, that's how I've been pronouncing it! Thanks :)
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iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#51re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/2/07 at 10:49pm
It is indeed Breh-sha.
All_For_Laura, Lisa told me that Julia is supposed to go to Italy for a week in... July, I think? She's going to get me dates as soon as she knows so I can scoop up tickets to as many of those performances as possible, haha.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#52re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/2/07 at 10:53pmJust so you guys know, it's official that Lisa Brescia's first day on the job is February 13th.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
Radioactiveduck
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/05
#53re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/3/07 at 5:02amJulia Murney is Elphaba LOVE. Her interpretation gives the character and the show SO much more credibility. And I'm glad to hear everyone so excited about Lisa. I dont know anything about her, but I know one Amneris who's made a pretty good Elphaba. Why not make it two?
syzygy619
Swing Joined: 12/15/06
#54re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/3/07 at 4:43pmI thought I'd heard Julia Murney was unofficially only doing 6 shows a week, so Lisa may be on more than you hoped for.
#55re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/3/07 at 5:51pmIs Feb13 when she starts or her first day as Elphaba?
...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...
musicalsFan
Broadway Star Joined: 3/3/04
#56re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/3/07 at 7:51pmI think they meant that's her first day as the standby not when she's actually going on as Elphaba.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#57re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/4/07 at 2:17pmOk this presents a problem. I have no desire to see Wicked again, but Julia AND Lisa? I was already planning on lottoing for Julia, but I adore Lisa and have since I saw her in Aida in 2004. I think she will be perfect. I have been waiting to see her live again for a long time. Congratulations to her. Major break. I hope I can make it.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
jess20882
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/06
#58re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:02pm
just wanted to state again how UNexcited i am for julia murney 
#59re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:37pm
Ooh, I'd actually see this show for Lisa! 
I saw her in The Times They Are A-Changin' and she was fabulous.
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#60re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/4/07 at 5:47pm
To clarify: Lisa begins as the standby February 13th.
syzygy, Julia plans on doing eight shows a week as Elphaba, just like every other "Wicked" principle has. She was doing six shows a week at the latter end of her run on tour due to doctors orders as the result of an illness, so perhaps you are confusing that with the possibility of her doing that schedule in New York.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
strelimyn
Stand-by Joined: 9/17/06
#61re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:48pmWow. I am pleasantly shocked. Lisa did very well in Aida, so I am pretty excited to see her take on Elphaba. Good job, Lisa!
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ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#62re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:07pm
just wanted to state again how UNexcited i am for julia murney
Well that was pointless, mean, uncalled for, and ulitmately completely irrelevant seeing how this is a thread for LISA. Why would you post on a thread saying how unexcited you are for someone that the thread is not even about?
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#63re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:16pm
bump...
Does anybody know if Lisa will actually be on as Elphaba on Feb. 13th?
Thanks
#64re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:29pmFrom what I understand she has no planned performances until July, so if Murney is healthy and all goes according to plan, she won't be on.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#65re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/6/07 at 8:31pmoh, ok....thanks for your help!
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#66re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/7/07 at 12:53am
It's a tough role and it's cold out, so I'd expect Julia to come down with some sort of illness or leave of absence before July. She's only human.
And for everyone arguing...WE'RE NOT FINDING THE CURE FOR CANCER, THIS IS F---IN' WICKED!
Jeez. Some people.
#67re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/25/07 at 2:27pm
Apparently she's going on today.
One of my friends is there and said she's on the board.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#68re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/25/07 at 2:45pmBest of luck to her if this is true!
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
FallintoLight
Featured Actor Joined: 11/12/06
#69re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/25/07 at 3:50pmI would LOVE to see her!!!! I think she has an AMAZING voice!
#70re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/25/07 at 4:14pmI also heard that she's performing today. If anyone saw her, please post a review!!
#71re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/25/07 at 6:24pm
And now that the performance is done, I can honestly say this isn't a rumor.
My friend took a picture of the understudy slip that listed her.
Unfortunatly, my laptop power ran out before I could save it from photobucket.
#72re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/25/07 at 6:30pm
Post the picture whenever you can, DRS 
#73re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/25/07 at 6:33pmI just spoke to a friend at the theater who said Lisa was "visibly nervous but quite impressive."
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#74re: Lisa Brescia to standby Julia Murney in WICKED
Posted: 2/25/07 at 7:01pmCongrats to Lisa on her first performance as Elphaba. I hope to catch her in this role sometime soon!
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