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Memorable lines from Wicked
Joined: 12/31/69
#25re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 7:55pmI cant wait for Dirty Rotton Scoundrals and Spamalot to open. This will probably make one of THEM the "hottest show on broadway" and leave Wicked to TKTS....and then to hell, where it belongs. (Wicked opened and took audiences away from Hairspray....Hairspray opened and took audiences away from The Producers")...only a couple weeks left. BWAHAAAJAJAJ
Benzy92
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#26re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 8:00pm
Wicked still is the hottest show even without Idina.. it is still selling out and doing over 1.2 million every week, even in the dead of winter. Idina and Kristin didnt draw that many people to Wicked, "So much happened before dorthy dropped in" did and the wizard of oz factor.
Spamalot will take a little away from Wicked, but it is too completely different types of people for the shows.. Wicked = teens, Spamalot = adults even though I have my Spamalot tickets and am sooo excited.
Also, Wicked has a 15 million advance, maybe even 20 million.. you cant get a ticket for a long time, nonetheless two. It wont be up at TKTS for years.
brandonm
Featured Actor Joined: 5/26/04
#27re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 8:12pm
my fav. line is
Glinda: It seems the artichoke is steamed
"Let the little girl go, and that poor little dog? Dodo." That's my favorite line in the whole show (Wicked). My next favorite line is "Oh! It seems the artichoke is steamed."
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#28re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 8:12pmI opened this thread because I do like Wicked I just thought I would voice my opinion that it is getting to be a little much. Anywhoo, unfortunately, as much as it pains me to say this, outside of the theatre community not many people know Idina Menzel or Kristin Chenoweth. They get the tickets because it is a hot show. They couldn't care less who Idina or Kristin are.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#29re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 8:13pm
a few favorite lines:
W:people believe all sorts of things that aren't true...we call it history
E:so you lied to them
W: only verbally
F: I've been thinking-
E: yes, i've heard
F: there is no pretending here, i'm extremely self centered and deeply shallow
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#30re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 8:22pmI was talking to one of my friends from school and she was raving on and on about how good Wicked was and how awsome Elphaba was etc and when I asked her if she liked some of Idina's other works like RENT too (since Idina was in it) and she just gave me this puzzled look and said "Who's Idina and whats RENT? I'm talking about Wicked." Apparentaly she had heard all the songs off a burnt CD but never bothered to find out who played the characters.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
#31re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 8:23pm
hey elphaba4... it's actually this:
Nessa: What's in the punch?
Boq: Lemons, and melons, and pears
Nessa: Oh my!
funnier that way
::bust a move::
#32re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 8:53pm
some of my favorite quotes:
1. What? what is it? Do I have something in my teeth? Ok, let's
get this over with: No, I'm not seasick, yes, I've always
been green, and no, I didn't chew grass as a child.
2. I don't make commotions, I am one.
3. Fiyero: I've been thinking-
Elphie" - yes, I heard
" I don't cause commotions, I am one."
#33re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:14pm
was it always nessa and boq saying the lemons and whatever oh my!? because i swear when i first saw it back in october, fiyero and glinda said that. i'm probably wrong but i remember my second time seeing it that i was confused they said it. I thought maybe it was a change.
all the lines are pretty funny, i can't really think of a specific one.
A dancer might dream to see her name in lights and mean it,
but all she really dreams is to make someone
else feel the way she did when she first saw a dancer.
And that is so beautiful-Anonymous
Up In Won
Leading Actor Joined: 9/15/04
#34re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:21pm
Nessarose: What's in this punch?
Boq:Melons,pears and berries.
Nessaros: Oh my!
I believe the line is: Lemons, and melons, and pears. So, it's like, you know, Lions, and tigers, and bears!
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#35re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:24pmkim, glinda and fiyero said it, but it was changed to boq and nessa during previews.
LetMeLeave
Featured Actor Joined: 1/16/05
#36re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:25pm
Memorable lines from Wicked --
"Ladies and gentelmen of the audience, Idina Menzel fell through a trap door"
HAHAHAHAHA. I think I just fell in 'like' with you BroadwayGuy2.
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#37re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:27pmI don't think thats funny at all. You guys are immature
LetMeLeave
Featured Actor Joined: 1/16/05
#38re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 9:30pmhow is that not funny? I LOVE Idina Menzel, she's the reason I listen to Wicked, but that was a funny line.
#39re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:07pmi thought it was i've fallen and i cant get up!
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#40re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/27/05 at 10:09pmFRANK L. BAUM IS LOOKING DOWN ON ALL OF THIS AND CRYING
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#42re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/28/05 at 12:57pm
Some of my favorite lines from Wicked:
Galinda (trying to transform Elphaba's dress into a ballgown and not succeeding, looking at her wand): Is this thing on???? I think it needs a new battery!
Glinda: You still carry that dirty old thing around? (Elphaba's broom)
Elphaba: Well we can't all come and go by a bubble.
Glinda: Well I am a public figure, so people expect me to...
Elphaba: Lie??
Glinda: BE ENCOURAGING!!!
#43re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/28/05 at 2:56pm
My favorite "Wicked" line:
DILLAMOND: Now, Miss...Glinda.
GALINDA: I's Galinda, with a "Ga".
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#44re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/28/05 at 3:27pmbenzy- I totally agree. Hairspray and Wicked are both two shows that attract families, and are good fun. I'm afraid, however excellent these two shows may be, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Spamalot will not take away too much. In the past year, Wicked has only had about 4 days of not selling out.
Em-LEE
Featured Actor Joined: 1/9/05
#45re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/28/05 at 3:31pm
First of all, I want to say hi to everyone seeing as how I'm relatively new to the board, even though I've been a lurker for several months now. So.....hi!
Secondly, Broadwayguy2,
"Ladies and gentelmen of the audience, Idina Menzel fell through a trap door."
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Seriously, thanks for brightening my crappy day.
For those of you who are reading my response to Broadwayguy and are getting uptight, no, I am not picturing Idina falling through the trap door and LMAO. I don't think anyone here is that twisted, so lighten up a little. It was a serious situation, but the same way that Jon Stewart cracks jokes about the war in Iraq, what's wrong with Broadwayguy2 cracking jokes about Idina.
Also, Benzy92, though I admit that a lot of adults will be attending Spamalot, I know that a lot of teenagers will be seeing it as well. Just because Monty Python originally premiered to an older generation does not mean that the teens of today have not discovered the hilarity and genius of the men behind Monty Python. I know many teenagers, who usually could care less about Broadway, are so excited that their wetting themselves at the thought of being able to see Monty Python on stage.
#46re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/28/05 at 3:33pm
Whatyouown,
"Spamalot" has sold out almost all of its preview period based on word of mouth only. It is the biggest hit since....."Wicked"! And, like "Wicked", it won't be on TKTS for a good long time. I already have tickets for March 16. A friend went to get tickets yesterday for a date in July, and the best he could do was front mezz, if that gives you any idea of how the show is doing.
Also, "DRS" is doing fine for a show that hasn't even started previews, either, and is expected by many to be this season's sleeper hit.
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#47re: Memorable lines from Wicked
Posted: 1/28/05 at 3:36pmI know it's selling out, and I think it is going to do wonderfully in the box office. However, I don't think that drs is going to take away any ticket sales from Wicked. I hope I didn't make you misunderstand what I was trying to say.
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