Mandy leaving AIDA ...
MaryPoppins
Chorus Member Joined: 1/28/04
#0Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/2/04 at 12:46amWhen did MANDY leave Aida? I thought she was still with the show ...
Sunfish
Broadway Star Joined: 6/11/03
#1re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/2/04 at 1:41amFirst Sat. in Jan. was her last appearance...4th? ...don't have a calendar handy.
MaryPoppins
Chorus Member Joined: 1/28/04
#2re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/2/04 at 8:30amI wonder why she left so soon ... it doesn't seem like she was with the show very long at all.
#3re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/2/04 at 9:39amA friend of mine saw Aida when Mandy was in it and he said, she wasn't very good in the role of Amneris.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#4re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/2/04 at 9:42am
I didn't enjoy her vocal stylings, really.
Sunfish
Broadway Star Joined: 6/11/03
#5re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/2/04 at 2:05pmI thought she was wonderful. She probably had a six month contract. Long running shows like this seem to have revolving door casts. I talked briefly with her on her last night and she said there was something coming up.
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Posted: 2/2/04 at 4:53pmMandy was HILARIOUS, but that was all. During the more serious parts of the show she still seemed a bit ditzy to me. And I didn't like her singing. Don't get me wrong, she has a good voice, I just wasn't crazy over her technique.
NativeNewYorker
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#7re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/3/04 at 10:52pm
I absolutely love that girl...I've felt a kinship with her ever since Bryant Park this summer when Will Chase came up behind me and went, "I just got so confused...I thought you were Mandy, but Mandy's up there performing!" Radames mistook me for Amneris...made my day :)
I loved how she portrayed Amneris, but Felicia Finley was still the best I've seen, in my opinion. (I also saw Darcie Roberts.)
I've heard good things about Lisa, but in the pictures I've seen of her, she just looks kinda old to be Amneris...
MaryPoppins
Chorus Member Joined: 1/28/04
#8re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/3/04 at 10:58pmStrangely enough with Lisa ... I don't think she's that old, I just think she has a very mature bone structure.
NativeNewYorker
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#9re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/3/04 at 11:19pm
I think it's just the make-up...look at this picture...(of course, nobody would look too good having to stand next to that cutie on the left :))
#10re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/4/04 at 8:24amooh, you posted my favortie AIDA pic!! =) I wasn't sure that was Lisa but she does look kinda old, but then again, look at the makeup =) Michelle looks beautiful!!!!!
#11re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/4/04 at 9:55amMandy was there for long enough in the role. I'd honestly say her vocals were the best aspect of her performance. Her dull acting made me in no way miss her when she was off stage, she moved very clumsily during "My Strongest Suit," and personally I didn't find her funny at all. She seemed in over her head with how to deliver punch lines and/or have any sense of comedic timing. Anyone see her u/s Lori Ann Strunk??...now SHE should be the new Amneris.
sassypanz
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/05
#12re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:17pmI love lisas wig. I actually had a backstage tour and I got to TOUCH that exact wig!! It was one of my favorite moments!
#13re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:18pmhuh? This thread is so random. Not only did Mandy leave the show a very long time ago, but it erm... *closed* last September.
#14re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:21pmhaha talk about an oldy coming back...
#15re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:25pm
#16re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:26pmemcee, will you be ok? i know that seeing that thread was difficult for you...
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#17re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:27pmOnce again, I didnt notice this was an OLD thread until I got till the end. I really need to become more observant...
andyf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#18re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:29pm
Mandy was the reason I sat through Michelle T.
I really liked her Amneris and I really like her technique, though it's really different and understandably not for everyone.
Anyway, she left 1.04.04.
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Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:34pm
Zepka, can your ego come and give me a hug? This is a very difficult time for me, and your ego was my Valentine, so I think it should comfort me.
1.04.04 - WHAT IS THIS THREAD?! It's like DEATH TO EMCEE!!
Okay, I'll be rational.
#20re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:52pmwow....REALLY old thread...i dunno if i was even born when it was written...nope...im lookin at the date, and i was just a fetus!
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
#21re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:52pm*cries silently in corner*
#22re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 7:53pm

NNY!! You're killing me with that pic! Why!? Why!? hahaha
now this one is much better, haha....
Updated On: 2/16/05 at 07:53 PM
#23re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 8:53pm
my ego is on its way emcee... atleast as soon as i walk away from the mirror
jwei... you were THAT old?!?!
#24re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Mandy leaving AIDA ...
Posted: 2/16/05 at 9:05pm
Tell it to hurry up!
Great pic, luvWICKED.
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