Nicole Parker reviews here

[g4rat]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 6:14pm

I would love to hear how she was, hope she does well. Is anyone going tonight?

[andrewcomp]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 9:34pm

Apparently she's sucking hardcore

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 9:35pm

She just Defied Gravity for the first time, or is this very second.

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 9:41pm

I'm scared...

[Parks]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 9:55pm

Andrew, did you really hear that?

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:03pm

^I think he is referring to all the rehearsal gossip.

[bobert5353]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:04pm

Apparently her Defying Gravity was amazing.

[blaxx]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:06pm

Sucking hardcore - 1 vote

Amazing - 1 vote

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:08pm

I need to know!!!

[PRFRMR20]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:08pm

It's intermission over here at the Gershwin and I just wanted to post quickly about Nicole Parker. I thought she was...

Oh, wait! Act 2 is about to start, post more after!!!

[andrewcomp]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:08pm

Yeah, apparenly Marcie Dudd is amazing compared to her.

[blaxx]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:11pm

Dudder than Dudd - 1 vote

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:16pm

I really liked Marcie, just throwing that out there.

[g4rat]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:23pm

Marci is/was a pretty amazing Elphaba.

[andrewcomp]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:48pm

Hm, also just heard she was amazing from another source.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:48pm

Score board:

Amazing - 2

Good - 0

Sucks - 1

Marcie Dudd - 3

Updated On: 1/16/09 at 10:48 PM

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:51pm

Does anyone think that we will get some audio tonight?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 12:30am

I was there tonight....

She was awful. It was the most amateurish performance of this role I've ever seen.

Where to begin??

I guess I'll start with the positives. Some of her acting choices are very good. She handles the lion cub scene with Fiyero, right before I'm Not That Girl, very well. Also, very nice acting in the Wicked Witch of the East scene.

Other than that, it was all downhill.

She completely blew the last note of I'm Not That Girl. She was not even in the vicinity of the correct note. The end of No Good Deed was even worse. She stopped, tried to take a breath, keep going, then stopped again, took another breath, and sang the again, well, again. That was off key, and David Evans (the conductor) cut her off.

The rest of her singing was not what you would expect or desire from the Broadway Elphaba. She cut off a lot of notes in Defying Gravity, and the ones she did try and hold out, she had to slide up to. She screwed up the beginning of the flying. The dialogue tonight became, "Let her go! I am the one you want. It's not her. It's meeeee..."

Her imitations of Glinda's "toss, toss" weren't even close. She waves her hands around a lot. She'd be quite good if this was community theater out in Peoria.

Her voice was shot by the middle of No Good Deed. I have no idea how she will be able to do two shows tomorrow, much less keep this up for any length of time.

It's frustrating because they had some really tight shows earlier this week, when Julie was on. Julie is about 100 times better than Nicole, and the fact that she isn't the lead is very irritating. To think that they have a brilliant Elphaba that is being wasted away standing by for the sub-par Nicole Parker is incredibly annoying.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 12:40am

adamgreer, so do you think this is going to be a repeat of Kerry's first month and Nicole will be missing a lot? Because I really want to see Julie again.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 12:45am

Score board:

Amazing - 2

Good - 0

Sucks - 2

Marcie Dudd - 3


Edit..once more reviews come in I'll change the scoreboard to only firsthand sources.

Updated On: 1/17/09 at 12:45 AM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 12:46am

adamgreer, so do you think this is going to be a repeat of Kerry's first month and Nicole will be missing a lot? Because I really want to see Julie again.

Yes. Julie's last day with Wicked is February 15th, but I am certain she'll be on multiple times before she leaves. In fact, I bet she does one of the shows tomorrow. Nicole's voice was SHOT by the middle of No Good Deed.

[EbonyEyez]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 12:46am

It was that bad huh...yeessh. I for one am going to miss Marcie. I thought she was an amazing Elphaba, acting and voice wise. Maybe Nicole will improve throughout her run. Does anyone know how long she is supposed to be in the role?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 12:48am

I grew to like Marcie by the end. She definitely grew on me.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 12:51am

Is Julie confirmed to go on February 15th or is it just her last day in the company?

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 12:51am

Hasn't every Elphaba to date had a poor attendance record?