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This is Nicole going green

Listening to the clip of her doing Defying Gravity she sounds like she has a nice voice, just needs to work on it a bit. However, the gal playing Glinda sounds horrible!!

Yeah, I think she sounds alot better than people are giving her credit for.

She definitely sounds better than she did her first night, but still, without a doubt the weakest Elphaba they've had vocally. Not even in the same league as most of the others.

she definitely sounds a little nervous during the flying part, but she is a million times better than what I was expecting. i think cassie levy and lisa brescia also both sounded weak in their first performances, but turned out to be great so i'm sure nicole will improve too!

That may also be because these were shot under bright halogen lights backstage and during the show they use the lights to enhance her green, at some point even using a green spotlight directly on her face.

Everyone looks like **** under halogen lights.

And I listened to the audio and she really is not that bad at all. She seems to be actually trying too hard and once her nerves settle and she has more shows under her belt she'll be wonderful. Especially if she as great as acting the role as everyone is saying she is.

I agree that the Glinda sounds awful.

I for one, am VERY impressed with that clip of Nicole.
From what people said, I was expecting a very poor performance, she does sound nervous as people pointed out before, but like someone said, once she has more shows under her belt, and her nerves are calmed, she'll be incredible.
I'm not a huge fan of that Glinda, Alli, isn't it?
I really like Nicole, though.

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I saw Nicole last night, and was shocked. After reading all of the negative reviews on here, I expected her to be terrible, and low and behold, she was quite wonderful. Her voice was in top form last night and her acting choices were unlike any other Elphaba I've seen (which is a good thing). It is always nice for multiple-Wicked-goers such as myself to see the role in a new, fresh light, and Nicole certainly does this. I was truly impressed. I hope she has a wonderful run as Elphaba and that people go see her and enjoy her performance.

In other news, when I saw Alli Mauzey and Marcie Dodd's first performance a few months ago, I did not care for Alli's performance as Glinda. Well, she has improved tremendously in the role and was getting tons and tons of laughs. Like I said earlier about Nicole, I think Alli is doing things with Glinda that have never been done before, and it makes the character more interesting. She is great.

I also loved PJ Benjamin, Alex Brightman, Brynn O'Malley, and Jayne Houdyshell (as I always do).

Kevin Kern was horrendous as Fiyero though, and I am glad he will be leaving the production tomorrow. Make way for Aaron Tveit (who I didn't love in the role, but will certainly be an improvement).

Congrats to the current cast of Wicked. The show is in great shape.

Nicole is good, but not in this audio by any means and let me tell you why. She has been on youtube listening to people and shes riffing. Riffing isnt for everyone, but its a common mistake a singer can fall into, shes clearly an alto and needs to stop reaching for flashy high riffy notes. She needs to embrace her Ana/SJB/Julia sound and not fall into the Marcie/Sho/Eden sound. I mean who doesnt wanna riff up the score, but it is just not for her. She needs to listen to Dee

I for one love Alli, one of the best singers in the role

However, it was Nicole's THIRD SHOW. Ever! While everyone says she should be perfect by the time she hits an audience, that's just not going to happen. She already sounds good and, in time, she'll improve. You can tell a phenomenal performance is in there. She has the vocal power and she hits the notes, but nerves are a big factor in the unsureness in her voice. She'll be swell. She'll be great.

Oh love, I'm so sorry. Did the producers come out and said "Dear audience, who paid $125 a ticket. You're really out of luck. It's only this honey's first performance. She'll be great in time, but you're going to see her nervous and her vocals will not be that good. Thank you for paying full price to our sold-out show, however. We wish you better luck next time!" Yeah?

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Love, if I wanted to gamble, I'd go to Vegas.

Yes, I do think that every performance on BROADWAY should be nothing but excellent. Otherwise, I'd buy a subscription to my local community theater and, gee! I'd be sure that little Peggy Anne won't be as nervous on her fifth performance of Grease.

Please...

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Oh, love, I've seen MANY awful performers on Broadway. But the last thing I'd try to do was to justify their performance because of any excuse I could come up to.

It's not the quality of her first performance, it's just that Wickedites and other fan-based productions seem so obsessed with the show they love, that I could bring a dying ostrich to perform the role and they could justify it "Oh, it's an ostrich, and it's dying, give it a break - in two weeks it will burp those notes on key!"

Anyhow - back to Nicole Parker...

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Updated On: 1/24/09 at 02:11 PM