Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#1
Posted: 2/23/10 at 12:24pm
Click Here to Read Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23
Updated On: 2/23/10 at 12:24 PM
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#2
Posted: 2/23/10 at 12:29pm
Finally!
Updated On: 2/23/10 at 12:29 PM
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#2
Posted: 2/23/10 at 12:30pm
Good for her!
Updated On: 2/23/10 at 12:30 PM
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#4
Posted: 2/23/10 at 12:42pm
Worst kept secret ever. About time they finally announced it.
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#5
Posted: 2/23/10 at 12:43pmWhere is Mina3? She insisted a country singer would be the next Elphaba.
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#7
Posted: 2/23/10 at 12:43pmThe only reason I'm planning on going back.
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#8
Posted: 2/23/10 at 1:16pmYes, where is good old Mina3 who insisted repeatedly her "very reliable source" told her it would be Jennifer Nettles?
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#9
Posted: 2/23/10 at 1:18pmI said this like five years ago.... glad it's happening. She will be great!
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#10
Posted: 2/23/10 at 1:46pmGood for her. I hoped she would have moved on to something with a bit more substance than Wicked, but at least they've stopped recycling cast members.
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#11
Posted: 2/23/10 at 2:18pmAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT!?!?!??! I've been waiting for this to happen FOREVER !!!!!! I gotta get a ticket just to see her!!! OMG....like her "Defying Gravity" is going to be AAAAMMAAAZZING!!!! Her vocals were awesome in Dance of The Vampires !!!!
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#12
Posted: 2/23/10 at 2:23pmI can't wait to see her video blogs. I wonder if Andy Karl will appear in one of them since he is "OZ BLOG!!" -ing with Broadway.com
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#13
Posted: 2/23/10 at 2:37pm
I can't even imagine what Jennifer Nettles would be like in the role of Elphaba.
Love her but she is country as hell!
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#14
Posted: 2/23/10 at 2:46pmMy friend who works in the wigs dept said he's excited mostly about this new casting because finally the leads will be back into height order. Glinda just a hair shorter than Elphaba and Fiyero just a hair taller than Elphaba. Mandy will rock.
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#15
Posted: 2/23/10 at 3:15pmActually, this is quite early for a press release, Wicked usually waits until 2 weeks prior (as the case with Stephanie/Annaleigh, Nicole/Alli and Dee) but still happy it's finally "official!"
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#16
Posted: 2/23/10 at 3:18pm
Mandy singing the Wizard and I:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonzW6Qa1lc
Stand-by Joined: 5/3/09
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#17
Posted: 2/23/10 at 3:22pm
I'm right here. First of all, I never, ever said a name. I did agree with another poster who said it would be a country singer, and it looks like my information was wrong. I didn't get it (nor did I say I got it) from a "very reliable source," I saw tangible written proof with my own eyes. I had information that turned out to be wrong, and I'm not going to beat myself up about it. Feel free to vilify me all you want - I honestly couldn't care less. I wasn't trying to mess with anyone, and I've certainly learned my lesson about talking casting before there's an official announcement.
Anyone else need to take a shot at me?
Now that all that nonsense is (hopefully) out of the way, best of luck to Mandy. I'm sure she'll be great and hopefully I'll have a chance to see her in the role.
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#18
Posted: 2/23/10 at 3:32pmYES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally !
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#19
Posted: 3/2/10 at 4:26pm
:) 3 more weeks!
Mandy Gonzalez - Defying Gravity
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#20
Posted: 3/2/10 at 4:32pmWhen do the blogs start?
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#21
Posted: 3/2/10 at 4:49pmShe sounds incredible in those clips! I hope she sings this score healthily without it tearing apart her voice. She has such a wonderful voice, I don't want anything to happen to it!
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#22
Posted: 3/2/10 at 4:52pmYay! Congrats to her! I saw her in Inthe Heights and she was just absolutely amazing. Hopefully I can see her before her contract is up!
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#23
Posted: 3/2/10 at 6:03pmThis is so exciting! I bought my tickets for the end of April a couple months ago and have been hoping that they would have cast someone new before i see it (nothing against Dee I just wanted a change)! I'm glad its Mandy! I saw her in In the Heights and she blew me away! I am definitely looking forward to this even more now! :)
Mandy Gonzalez Joins WICKED as Elphaba March 23#24
Posted: 3/2/10 at 11:14pmI just love mina3's response! Also happy about Mandy and hope I get to see her in the durn thing.
Videos
















