Liza in Wicked!!!???
Liza in Wicked!!!???
Born2cthelightsofbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/04
#0Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:09pmAbout a month back, I heard that Liza would be playing Madame Morrible in Wicked at some point next year, does anyone know if that is true? thanks
"You alone can make my song take flight, it's over now, the Music of the Night!!!!!"
Radioactiveduck
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/05
#1re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:11pm
Talk about your 6 degrees of separation.
Liza will be in a show, that's the musical adaptation of a novel, which re-told the story of a movie her mom (Judy Garland) was in. And if she joins the tour, she'll be playing oppostie someone who's last big contract was perfomring as Liza Minelli.
#2re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:14pm
How could she play Morrible, there's no singing. But wait...she sounds like a frog now anyway and well...you get the idea.
Liza was great in her heyday but after her medical ordeal, I don't know, she seems really nice and really happy, but her voice...it went down the toilet.
#3re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:18pm
This seems like nothing more then internet gossip to me. There has never been any kind of hint from anyone officially involved in the production, and the insurance premium to include Liza in the show would be in the millions.
Of course stranger things have happened.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#4re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:22pmIt is not true....Carol Kane will be taking over as Morrible on Broadway when Rue leaves.
#5re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:27pm
You mean Stephanie right, radioactive duck??? I haven't seen anything officially stating that she's going to Broadway with Elphie after the tour - did I just miss it???????
Updated On: 11/16/05 at 07:27 PM
#6re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:27pmthere was also a rumor that Britney Spears was going to star in Wicked on this board...why believe that crap? i think Liza would never wanna be involved with Wicked. We are talking about Broadway's queen here.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#7re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:29pm
oooh, nice muscles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mr Muscle man - VERY NICE!
Updated On: 11/16/05 at 07:29 PM
#8re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:33pmI agree with Muscle23 but I don't think Liza necessarily dislikes, many people on this board have said that she loves the show...I don't know how reliable they are.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Born2cthelightsofbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/04
#9re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:33pm
I wasn't sure, because I had read it on her fan site, saying that her agent had told them, but; you know 
"You alone can make my song take flight, it's over now, the Music of the Night!!!!!"
DramaDork925
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/4/05
#10re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:34pm
Use the Search feature
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=871903
Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
Updated On: 11/16/05 at 07:34 PM
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#11re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:44pm
well, whoever liza is, she would be okay for me in the show!
but i really hope either stephanie or eden replace shoshana in wicked! actually, i REALLY hope for eden! :)
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#12re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:46pmLiza woould be horrible as Morrible.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#13re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:47pm
bwayondabrain, I'm really hoping you didn't mean your post the way I took it.
Are you really saying you don't know who Liza is? Because then .. I think I'd implode just a little bit.
#14re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:47pm
"well, whoever liza is, she would be okay for me in the show!"
Um, PLEASE tell me that is a joke, bwayondabrain!
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
Updated On: 11/16/05 at 07:47 PM
#15re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:53pmyes...i hope Eden gets the gig...and tnks for the support...im usually used to getting insults after i express my opinions...LOL....anyhow...when i went to see "see what i wanna see" after i woke up and walked to the lobby...i saw that Eden Espinosa was in the audience, she was very nice to me...i was the only one that recognized her though.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#16re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:59pmI was told that Liza has seen the show multiple times. And there is that slight connection to the material. I am still holding out for her to play Elphaba and Lorna to play Glinda.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
#17re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 8:00pmLOL!!!
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#18re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 8:05pm
What? Think they might be a little young? 
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
#19re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 8:06pmHas anyone met Liza? just wondering...by the way...whoever said she can't sing...she sounded great in concert less than a month ago.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#20re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 8:45pmThat was me and uh...I didn't say she can't. I just said she didn't sound so great. I still think she was great in her early years, but she isn't so wonderful now. Guess it's the age.
#21re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 9:03pm
Having asked her point blank after reading this, I can tell you the answer is "no". This will not be happening.
The End.
#22re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 9:11pmheh heh... Well, there's that.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
#23re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 9:59pm
Muscle23:"when i went to see "see what i wanna see" after i woke up"-LOL.
Liza's voice is in good shape but in my opinion her voice is not as magnificent as it used to be; however, she's a great actress. I wonder if she can pull of Fosse's choreography because she'd be more at home in the Chicago revival than in Wicked.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
kjklo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#24re: Liza in Wicked!!!???
Posted: 11/16/05 at 10:25pmLiza has had both hips replaced, and has had multiple surgeries on her knees. She can no longer dance.
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