New WICKED cast — Page 2

jenna is a wonderful nessarose.

also, i wonder if saycon will continue to be standby? i guess i don't see why she wouldn't

As I said on the other thread,

I am pleased to see the new cast changes. Eden is fantastic and Derrick, while not the best Fiyero, is certainly a huge markup from Jared Botz who I was dreading would take over. Carol Kane does a great job too. Still, I will miss Shoshana, David, and Michelle (no announcement yet of her replacement? strange) and I hope they move on to better things. Rue, well...she did okay.

"ah ok. so, after michelle leaves, the only original cast member will be Asmeret, right?"

Sean McCourt too, I thought?

With the amount of talented people in NYC, I am appalled that Derrick Williams is the best new Fiyero they could find. I saw him on tour and he was dreadful. Garbled the song lyrics and CAN NOT ACT. He had none of Norbert's humor or charm. He swings in and shouts "Let the green girl go!" like he's Moses demanding that Pharaoh release the Israelites. Can somebody please tell him he's in a musical comedy? He's an energy sucker and brought every scene he was in to a grinding halt and poor Stephanie Block had to keep saving his sorry ass. Appalling. I know there are talented musical performers on these very boards, and I have no doubt any one of you guys would make a MUCH better Fiyero than Derrick Williams. And for those of you who think I am being harsh, please tell me what I missed and "he's a hottie" is not enough. I will admit he's a nice dancer, but that means he belongs in the chorus, not in the male lead.

I agree about Derrick. Man, the guy made me cringe when he started to sing. He won me over by the end (which says a lot - he started out pretty shady), but I guess I just cannot see what other people see. I don't know if I'd go so far as to say he was dreadful, but he definitely did not fill the role and I have no idea how he can be going to Broadway. He's almost as much of an upset as Britney Spears taking over...which says A LOT.

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Jenna should be doing Nessarose on Broadway. She was terrifc. Better than the original (Michelle) IMO.

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I saw Jenna as Elphaba, and I wanted to DIE. I want Saycon to take over the role. A woman of color would be amazing and fresh for either Elphaba or Glinda, and would draw a much larger attraction to the show, not like the nonsense doesn't have enough unnecessary attention already. I saw Ana in Chicago, that was the best Elphaba I've seen (and yes I did see OBC), that was my third time seeing the show, and I felt like I had seen in for the first time when I saw it with Ana.

Eden is AMAZING! I saw her in SF and she is a star, no! she is not going to be a star SHE IS A STAR

Sebastian? Really? With his new haircut, I think he'd look GREAT as Fiyero. Not to mention I love his voice. I really hope this is true!

Not a huge fan of Eden, but hey, if this is true, I'll catch the tour instead of the Broadway cast.

Updated On: 11/28/05 at 08:44 PM

i just was hoping much more that ana would take over rather than the screamer they chose.

To answer that question about Sho vs Eden, its really just personal opinion. They are both very good IMHO.

Derrick!? i'm happy for him, but i seriously think they could cast it much better.