Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#0Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 2:49ammight as well throw her name in the ring seeing as everybody under the sun is being suggested for this role.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#1re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 3:28amWell, she did Dolly..... why not Elphaba?
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Updated On: 12/4/04 at 03:28 AM
#2re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 4:56am
I don't know about Ms Diller as Elphaba but I adore my two Phyllis Diller comedy CDs. They sound a little old fashioned at first but after a few minutes the time melts away and she has me in fits of laughter.
Some day it might be fun to hear her cackle as Elphaba, or maybe she could play the aged Glinda in the further tales of OZ.
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NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#3re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 8:53am
Glebb -- I think you may have hit on something there... I would pay to see that! 
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luvWICKED416
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/04
#4re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 9:01amSure... why not Phyllis. They don't seem to have anyone else, so bring her on, I'm ready...
Al Dente
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#5re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 9:05amWell, with the names being tossed around as "final choices" (as far as the genius sleuths on this board are concerned), Diller, in all honesty, seems the least ridiculous choice.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 9:10amDiller was a fine Dolly--really, she was. However, when I last spoke to her, she said that she was getting too old to do major roles on stage. I think she's in her 80's.
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Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#7re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 9:16amif she did it it would bring her to a whole new generation of theatre goers.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 10:22amOne of my favorite childhood movies was "Mad Monster Party". Phyllis Diller is hilarious.
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kjklo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#9re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 10:44am
Let's hear it for Phyllis!
She truly was hilarious and very underrated. She was also good as Texas Guinan in the film Splendour in the Grass (Hello Suckers!).
She's 87 now and has been officially retired for a couple of years.
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#10re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 10:45amI think Debbie Reynolds would make a good Elphaba.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#11re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 12:41pmNo, Phyllis can't be retired. I saw her when she did a guest spot in that dreadful Off-Bwy show PETE~N~KEELEY. It wasn't all that long ago. That's when I got a chance to speak to her.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
kjklo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#12re: Phyllis Diller as Elphaba
Posted: 12/4/04 at 1:39pmDollypop, you're right. I just checked, and her "official" retirement, which she announced in 2002, was from doing stand-up. So I guess she really is available for Elphaba after all.
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