Michelle Federer!- Page 2

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 8:30pm

WWofE is actually my favorite number from the show, closly followed by No One Mourns. no not DG.

[timote316]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 8:33pm

When I saw it, WWotE was my favorite number to see. However, because it wasn't on the CD, I am more exposed to the other songs.

Wow, a Wicked thread that hasn't generated Wicked bashing. I'm amazed lol

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 8:40pm

As long as the posts stay civilized, mature, and not of the "OMG IDINA + KRISTEN R THE BEST AND I LOOOOOOVE 2 DEFY GRAVITIE!!!!!!!" variety, I think this thread will be free from flames.

:)

BTW - I've only listened to a few songs on the OBCR. Does Chris Fitzgerald only do his bit in Dancing Through Life? That's his only part?! That's another waste of talent.

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 9:10pm

Chris Fitzgerald has another part on the CD, if you listen carefully (It does give stuff away)
Michelle was GREAT when I saw her.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 9:19pm

Which song in Chris Fitzgerald in? (Is it the song where he talks about why all of the characters are mad at Elphie? Was that even sung? Gosh, this show is so fuzzy now...)

[zoran912]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 9:19pm

This is the first show that I have known to cut songs for a recording. RENT had songs that spoiled things. AIDA did as well. ITW? Yep. Why should Wicked cut a song, especially such a great song. If they had to cut something, cut "Something Bad."

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 9:23pm

The reasons they cut certain things is that it completely ruins the ending where everyone in the audience goes "*gasp*".

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 9:53pm

If they had to cut something, cut "Something Bad."

I so totally second that, and I'll raise you a "Wonderful" and "Sentimental Man".

[timote316]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 10:38pm

Well, Wonderful doesnt give away too much, its a character song for the Wizard (plus, any extra songs Joel Gray can sing is fine with me). Sentimental Man, tho, is just pointless.

Christopher Fitzgerald sings twice in the entire show: Dancing Through Life (on CD), and Wicked Witch of the East. Too bad, hes another one with a great voice.

To me, if you cut Boq creaking like the Man of Tin that he is at the time, WWotE doesn't give away all that much. You already know the Witch's sister dies, so the foreshadowing in the song doesnt give away anything. From other songs on the CD, you know the Witch was framed for everything, so WWotE doesnt give that away, either. Like I've said, stupid decision. Poor Michele, her shining moment wasted

[zepka102]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 11:01pm

what i'll say in defense of "sentimental man" is that i love later when the wizard sings that while elphie is casting the spell... i think it sounded great

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 9/24/04 at 11:02pm

Oh yeah, I don't think Sentimental Man or Wonderful give away too much of the plot. I'd just get rid of 'em because, with Something B-a-a-a-a-d (*cringe*), they're the 3 worst songs in the entire show. :P

Why did Joel Grey degrade himself like this??

Oh yeah, topic - Michelle is great! I don't really like the gaspy singing thing, but I guess it suits her character. (Does she normally sing like this?)

[andyf]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 12:44am

Wow, a Wicked thread that hasn't generated Wicked bashing. I'm amazed lol

oh timote, you spoke too soon, because im sure youll all hate me after this.

well first of all (nothing negative yet), where has she been?? i saw it last week and she was out, and my friend saw it a week before that and she was out, and i think in the reviews of kristy cates, it said that cristy candler was still on as nessa. so where IS michelle? (at least SHE can remember the words to WWOTE) (cristy candler forgot them when i saw it)

OK....#1, has anyone MET (well tried to meet) michelle at the stage door?? she went all diva on everyone when i saw her, and did the same thing to my friend and kind of brushed by everyone signing a few things. when she saw that she was riding in a town car, she turned to a friend and said, "i know...i thought we were in a limo too" and moaned. thats quite a bit of diva for someone whose only making her broadway debut.

#2 for everyone who thinks that idina is gaspy (not that im disagreeing at ALL), but have any of you seen michelle perform. she gasps even when shes just talking. its kind of distracting. every line she delivers sounds so dramatic. and she completely gasps her way through WWOTE, and not just when it could be appropriate (like "if i have to.::GASP::...i have to magic spell you) but in the first part of the song, (i.e. ::GASP:: all of my life ive depended on you ::GASP:: how do you think that feels ::GASP::....)

#3 thats it. not to be a "basher", i enjoy the show, i just believe in giving credit where credits due.

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 12:49am

Michelle and Christopher need to star in their own show(s)! They have SO much talent thats being wasted!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 1:02am

Of course Michelle's a diva at the door. She's Idina's sister. It runs in the family. DUH.

Seriously, hopefully she was just, um, joking about the limo thing? (Even Kristin had a town car when I saw her in April, and Idina walked away from the crowd, down the street...no car in sight.)

As for the gasping, I can live with it because I think it's good for the overly-excitable, high-strung character, but not if that's how she normally is.

[Trisky]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 1:58am

I really couldn't appreciate Michelle until I saw her understudy go on, who was godawful in the role. It took seeing someone like that to make me see how much Michelle does with the role.

[Blair]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 10:41am

Michelle was totally a sweetheart when I met her. Though, I got the impression that she is very shy and doesn't do the stagedoor thing well. If she was a diva, I'd doubt she would take the time to answer every single fan letter that comes her way. Or answer an interview questionare for her fansite in great detail.

Posted: 9/25/04 at 10:46am

yes she is very shy. although she was the nicest person in the world to me at the stagedoor. chris was also VERY nice. and i like the gasping cause, its sorta adds to the "look at me i'm fragile and disabled thing".

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 11:09am

"If she was a diva, I'd doubt she would take the time to answer every single fan letter that comes her way."
Yes, thats true. I received a response in about a week with a really sweet letter.

[andyf]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 12:30pm

"its sorta adds to the "look at me i'm fragile and disabled thing". "

hahaha, well said. i still think its distracting (not that idinas isnt....just that michelle shoudlnt be overlooked), but that was a funny way to phrase it.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 11:07pm

I also noticed the gasping thing, I think she gasps more than Idina,(I never noticed Idina gasping when I saw it) but I still think Michelle is amazing. She was also very nice at the stage door, signing for everyone and talking a bit too. If only I could post my pictures!

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/29/04 at 3:18pm

I haven't gotten to see Wicked yet, I'm still on my neverending campaign to get tickets. I've never been to the stage door so I don't know what she's like there, but I have met her and she seemed really sweet.

[Broadway Style]

Posted: 10/29/04 at 8:29pm

"OK....#1, has anyone MET (well tried to meet) michelle at the stage door??"

Yeah she was an absolute sweetheart.I'm sorry I know it's annoying when people are like "oh she's so sweet" when she wasn't to you for whatever reason cough Idina cough. But I was sitting on a bench with one of the stage hands gossiping and having a good old time and then I see Michelle who looks totally hungover(or maybe incredibly sleep-deprived), doesn't matter she has this like bigger than vente thing of coffee and I tell her that she is by far my favorite and she just gets this huge grin on her face like I know I shouldn't be smiling but god I Love hearing this and then we talked for a little bit, she went inside and I went on to have some adventures....but it was a nice little moment.

[LilElphaba]

Posted: 11/30/04 at 4:23pm

I met her at the stage door! shes so nice, she waited for me to borrow a pen from someone and she loved my shirt (Idina fan Shirt)...as for the Dave Letterman thing, my friend has it on a tape but i dont know where you can find it

xoxo
LIL ELPHIE

[JBGolightly]

Posted: 11/30/04 at 4:28pm

I too thought that Michelle Federer was amazing. But I have to say that the person who doesn't get enough credit is Carolle Shelley. That woman rocks my world.

[Barnaby12345]

Posted: 11/30/04 at 4:32pm

I met her at the stage door also and she definitely wasn't the nicest person, but everyone is cranky once in a while. It happens.