Mandy Gonzalez In Aida..........................

Hey everyone, I heard in another post that Mandy Gonzalez was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING as Amneris in Aida. Can anyone elaborate on her performance, I loved her in DOTV, and am sure she we WOW'ed as Amneris!!!

BYE ALL!!!!!

Phantom05

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Mandy was awesome...well worth a visit to Aida if you're in NY.

I have seen her and I think that she cant hold a candle to Felicia! Her Amneris is more demanding and witchy than Air headed the way the role was written. I think that if maybe she would scale down the commands and go to a more air head version people wouldnt give her negative reviews!

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I have yet to see Mandy. Hopefully I'll get to see her in October when I'm down for the premier of "Wicked". Frankly, my favourite Amneris of all was Idina Menzel. She was so sassy and full of attitude. "Worship Me". It was priceless. She also managed to get that "ditz" thing happening here and there. Especially for the line "True. Well that's true." You could see that she really had to think hard about it and do a lot of mental calculating to see if what Aida had said about "doing as she pleased." was right.

The first time I saw Felicia as Amneris I wasn't impressed with her acting choices. Her voice was wonderful and she brought me to tears for IKTT. To me, she came off as very baby-ish and it didn't sit well with me. However, after seeing her three more times, I've grown to love her. I'll miss seeing her when I visit the Palace from now on. Hopefully I'll get to Maine to see her as Eva Perone in Evita this sumemr.

I saw Felicia at Adam's last for the first time and while she can wail her way through the music, her acting choices leave something to be desired. Her dead pan approach to the scene leading into "My Strongest Suit" didn't get the laughter it normally does and I didn't feel the crowd warmed up to her. I remember when Idina came out from behind the wall before "I Know The Truth", the whole audience let out a huge gasp that I have yet to see with any other Amneris (Taylor, Kelli, and Felicia). I wish I could have seen Sherie, but Idina will definitely go down as my favorite.

LMFAO! Jennifer! You are now my new idol. You found the word I could not about Felicia's voice. "Wailing". Yes, Felicia wails through MSS but I thought her acting was awesome. She was really into it.

I have never seen Aida, but I have heard that Idina was an excellent Amneris.

I know! I love her rendition of it!

no Jeremy is not gay! My cuz knows him and I have met him many times! He has a gf and I think they are gettin married later this year! Just cause you no sense of style, took ballet, and are shy doesnt mean you are gay! I know! My bestfriend's fiance is and did all those things and he is not gay! Not knockin gay guys, my other bestfriend is gay! I am just tellin what I know!

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I saw Kelli in the tour of Aida and I thought she did a very good job as Amneris. She had the right amount of ditzyness and transformed wonderfully into the more adult and responsible Amneris. She had great comedic timing for her lines as well.

I saw Kelly in the tour also and she WAS AMAZING. Wow, that girl has some voice, she was a great actress too! i was VERy pleased with her performance.

I also saw Simone, and what can I say, she was brilliant.

they should actually let Kelly step in, she was REALLY awesome, aazing belt voice, funny comic timing!