Liza to get WICKED...- Page 4

[aslarson05]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:10pm

As a Wicked fan, all I have to say is if she wants to do it.. go for it. I'm sure she will do a great job either way, small part or not. We'll just have to wait and see

[Gelfling]

Posted: 10/20/05 at 4:55am

I think the part is too small for her but then again, maybe she'd enjoy playing the bad guy for once... I also think she might want to do it just for fun... she's had many many big parts in the past so maybe it's not what she's after anymore.

That said, I think it's nothing more than a rumor. If it were true, the Wiked Media Machine would already spinning it on every Broadway site from Playbill to BroadwayWorld... I mean, every time I hear about that thing, the 'source' is 'another forum'!

With all the promo that Universal has been doing for the show (photo spread in Elle Girl, Wicked Day, Singing Contest), I think the Wicked machine might be slowing down a tad and I could see the added promotional value for the show, just by the number of people on this thread who admitted they'do go see it if she was in the part... Maybe they are trying to attract a more mature audience (no offense to the Wicked fans) because the shows are not completely booked from floor to ceiling 3 months in advance anymore and they're trying to prevent the decline of one of the biggest money machine on Broadway in some time.

I'm not saying it's just a money machine... but I think it's pretty obvious that Universal sees it that way. So... maybe they floated a balloon in forums to gauge audience's reactions to the news before they made a firm engagement with Liza, or maybe it really is just a rumor. Anyway, if it is, it's an interesting one for a change, better than the rumors about love/hate among the cast and other behind the scene junk publicity.

just my pocket change.

[DAME]

Posted: 10/25/05 at 12:01pm

So.. did this turn out to be bull??

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 10/25/05 at 1:25pm

I don't think we have heard officially, but it seems Liza has things scheduled that would pretty much make this impossible.

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 11/12/08 at 6:12pm

Haha, I love threads like this. But at least we have Liza back on Broadway for a little while now.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 11/12/08 at 6:23pm

When I saw this thread re-appear today after a 3 year absence, I thought for a moment she was going to be doing it...and I got very scared.

[KathyGriffinLovesYou]

Posted: 11/12/08 at 6:42pm

I refuse to ever see that damn sow again.
Saw it in Chicago and NYC and I am THROUGH.
But I still love Liza.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 11/12/08 at 6:53pm

I hope this isn't true, it would be so terribly sad.

[stagescreen]

Posted: 11/12/08 at 7:05pm

haha, This totally made me laugh out loud.

I adore Liza, always have and always will, but the words of 'tweens are not to be believed. This would make for the most bizarre stunt casting, though. And does 'Wicked' really need Liza's prestige, as it were?

ahh...you kids are funny. Happy April F-....oh, wait.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/12/08 at 11:04pm

This obviously is not true...

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 11/13/08 at 12:18am

We have word here in Chicago that Rondi Reed is going into the Broadway "Wicked" as Morrible after the first of the year.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 11/13/08 at 12:21am

Geniuses, this thread was bumped up from 2005.

It's not true.

Jeez.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/13/08 at 12:26am

Someone really thought Liza could play Roxie in 2005?