Michelle Federer as Elphaba?

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 2:15pm

Everytime I have seen Wicked I always think was a great, strong, pure voice she has and I was wondering if anyone thinks she could do Elphaba. I don't even know myself, because I don't know what her range is, but I was just curious what everyones opinion is.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 2:17pm

I don't think she could sing it, to be honest.

[MojaniD]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 2:17pm

Personally I think everyone and their mother could play the role of Elphaba.

[DefyingEDCT]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 2:22pm

Not everyone can play Elphaba, thats a HORRIBLE statement.
Updated On: 7/25/05 at 02:22 PM

[MojaniD]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 2:23pm

Not bad, just sarcastic.

[Derek]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 2:26pm

o ok, cuz i was gonna say. i think its one of the hardest female roles to play. i think she could have maybe played in earlier on, but i think her voice is not as good as it used to be from doing the show this long.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 2:27pm

Michelle is great as Nessa. I don't know if she could pull off Elphaba, but I think at this point, people will look at her strictly as Nessa.

Michelle, you're a wonderful woman! Find a better role!

[TabooPhan1]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:57pm

She does have a beautiful voice, but I don't know if Elphaba is the way to go on that one... I don't think it's really quite powerful enough.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 4:00pm

Michelle is a Nessa.

Elphaba - NO!

[bella cantato]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 4:54pm

Nessa's voice, I don't think it's really belty enough... however... she is fab and def needs a better role than Nessa! I'd like to see her do comedy bc I've heard she was good at that...

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 5:02pm

Nessa is belty. She belts out most of Wicked Witch and she does it so purely . . she loves the role she has extended many times. She's there until January, my best friend knows her well so she gave him a tour and said she extended.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 6:00pm

She kinda has the idina-gasping-air-between-each-half-of-a-phrase thing going for her

"Finally for this one night **GASP** i'm about to have a fun night **GASP** with this munchkin boy **GASP** Galinda found for me **GASP**"....etc...etc

her voice is very pretty, but as others have said I'm not sure if it's strong enough...or if she has those crazy E's or whatever they are you need to belt...

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 6:23pm

Her voice is too pretty for Elphaba, I think. She'd probably do well with a role that requires her to sing in her legit voice; she understudied in A Man of No Importance, after all.

[zoran912]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 6:29pm

I'd love to see her do something in her legit voice. That would be glorious.

[Derek]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 6:53pm

I do think she would act it great tho

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 6:56pm

She has a beautiful voice and is very talented and I agree, she needs to find a better role then Nessa that really shows off her voice from what it is. As some have said, Nessa's a hard role to shine through no matter how good your voice is. But I don't really see Michelle as Elphaba, I agree, her voice isn't really belty enough in my opinion. Still a very talented individual nonetheless.

[meagan9848]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 8:38pm

I almost started a Michelle as...thread yesterday, but I didn't.

I want to see her play Christine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 9:05pm

i think its relatively hard to judge someone's ability to pull off a tank of a role with three very difficult songs to do 8 times a week based entirely off 2 songs that total out to about 2 minutes all together. Not a knock to her but it would be sorta like saying rue mclanahan could make an amazing mama rose based off her 2 songs as morrible.

[Derech2]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 9:14pm

I like her voice well enough, but I cannot see her pulling off Elphaba. Can never know for sure though.

And to say that anyone can play Elphaba is the most idiotic statement I've heard all year.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 10:34pm

As for the gasping, that's what you get when you smoke!

Shame on Idina and Michelle. Don't smoke kids!

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 10:38pm

OMG THAT'S WHY!!!
I totally never thought of that!!! makes incredibly perfect sense!

[Glindafan]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 10:38pm

You have got to be kidding - - Idina and Michelle SMOKE? With their livelihoods depending on their voices? That's too idiotic to believe.

[DefyingEDCT]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 10:40pm

IDINA AND MICHELLE SMOKE?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU FN SERIOUS?~~~~~~~~!!

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 10:40pm

I knew Michelle did..I've seen pictures of her somewhere..and I've heard Idina did..

A LOT of bway stars do...they are stupid as hell for it though

[Radioactiveduck]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 11:03pm

I think dee's gaspy-ness is due to...

a) Stephen doesn't believe in rests for elphie to breathe
b) She's just gaspy.