Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in "Wicked"

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in "Wicked"#1

Posted: 6/23/15 at 3:02pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/michele-lee-will-show-how-to-succeed-in-broadways-wicked-351880   

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

[inception]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #2

Posted: 6/24/15 at 1:33am

This almost makes it worth it to see Wicked again

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[Call_me_jorge]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #2

Posted: 6/24/15 at 1:40am

Oh no GRANNY don't go!

My father (AIDS) My sister (AIDS) My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS) The gays and the straights And the white and the spades

[Mr. Nowack]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #3

Posted: 6/24/15 at 2:41am

My mind registered that headline as Lea Michele cast as Madame Morrible and I was like W. T. F.

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[Jay94]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #4

Posted: 6/24/15 at 2:43am

I feel like Madeline Kahn would have been a shoo-in for this role if she was still with us.

[notalwaysontime]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #5

Posted: 6/24/15 at 5:15am

"My mind registered that headline as Lea Michele cast as Madame Morrible and I was like W. T. F."

 I am so happy I'm not the only one. I did the same thing and I think it shorted out my brain for half a minute.

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #6

Posted: 6/24/15 at 7:25am

I saw Lea Michele as well when I first looked at the thread. 

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[Demitri2]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #7

Posted: 6/24/15 at 8:19am

Put me down as another who thought it said Lea Michele. Maybe it's because we'd rather see her in anything other than FUNNY GIRL.

[Auggie27]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #8

Posted: 6/24/15 at 8:22am

I saw her in the original SEESAW, and again in ALLERGIST'S WIFE.  It's wonderful to know that this B'way veteran will have roles as long as she wants to perform here. 

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

[Mr Roxy]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #9

Posted: 6/24/15 at 8:22am

Lee returns to the theater she had one of her best roles in. Back than it was the Uris & the show was Seesaw. It was an entertaining show with a great Cy Coleman score & Tommy Tune dancing & Michael Bennett directing. The mind boggles as to what he could have done had he not died way to young.

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[aj88]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #10

Posted: 6/24/15 at 8:37am

While I thankfully did not think this was Lea Michele (keep her away please!), I grew up loving Knots Landing and I also love Seesaw...getting to see her live might actually get me back to see Wicked which I said I would never do unless a friend or something got cast.

[Mr Roxy]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #11

Posted: 6/24/15 at 9:08am

Wild horses could not drag me to see Wicked again.

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[CarlosAlberto]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #12

Posted: 6/24/15 at 10:49am

"Lee returns to the theater she had one of her best roles in. Back than it was the Uris & the show was Seesaw. It was an entertaining show with a great Cy Coleman score & Tommy Tune dancing & Michael Bennett directing. The mind boggles as to what he could have done had he not died way to young."

He accomplished plenty after SEESAW, Mr. Roxy.

Have you heard of A CHORUS LINE and DREAMGIRLS to name two blockbuster musical hits.

Your post reads as if Bennett passed away after SEESAW and he hadn't accomplished anything else beyond that.

 

 

[TotallyEffed]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #13

Posted: 6/24/15 at 12:29pm

I think Mr. Roxy's comment is pretty obviously not implying that.

[CarlosAlberto]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #14

Posted: 6/24/15 at 12:50pm

Not to me or else I would not have written what I did.

[Mr. Nowack]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #15

Posted: 6/24/15 at 4:33pm

I too am glad I wasn't the only one who made the error. 

Someone needs to revive SEESAW or at least do it at Encores. Such an amazing score!!

Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated

[Tag]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #16

Posted: 6/24/15 at 4:50pm

Kathy Fitzgerald is perfect in the role and steals the show.  See it while she is still there.

[lovebwy]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #17

Posted: 6/24/15 at 5:00pm

Here she is in an aborbs clip from What's My Line?

Michelle Lee and her pencil

[skies]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #18

Posted: 6/24/15 at 10:17pm

Michelle Lee also was a replacement in the first BW run of "How to $$$" and loved her as Rosemary in the movie version versus Robert Morse.

"when I’m on stage I see the abyss and have to overcome it by telling myself it’s only a play." - Helen Mirren

[Mr Roxy]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #19

Posted: 6/24/15 at 10:32pm

Enjoyed movie of How To Succeed.Would have enjoyed it more if they had not cut the score to ribbons.

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[Ranger Tom]

Michele Lee Cast As Madame Morrible in #20

Posted: 6/25/15 at 1:41am

Talented lady.  She'll do well.