Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

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Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 11:46am

Just wondering if there are any pictures of her as Elphaba; I'm very curious to see how she looks in the green.

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re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 11:50am

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Updated On: 3/10/06 at 11:50 AM

#3

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:18pm

She looks too old.

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re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:20pm

She looks great!

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#5

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:23pm

Why do Elphabas keep looking older? Angela Lansbury will play the role next :S

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re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:27pm

LOL Blaxx!

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#7

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:28pm

She doesn't look too old. I think she looks fine.

#8

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:31pm

I think she looks absolutely gorgeous! I hope she's still in it when it gets to Tempe...I'd give my left leg for it!

Cheers,

C.

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#9

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:33pm

For real?! Or are you guys wearing your mega-wicked-fan-goggles?
It honestly looks like whoever was playing Madame Morrible had to take over the role last minute.

I know, Julia Murney is amazingly talented, goddess, etc.
But she wouldn't ever fool me as a young student (maybe green makes people look older)

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#10

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:34pm

Yeah, because Stephanie looked like she was just yanked out of her mother's womb.

And Shoshana has looked the youngest of them all...

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#11

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:34pm

The characters age from probably 17 to 40. All that matters is that Glinda and Elphaba look approximately the same age - otherwise it doesn't really matter if you cast them with 25 year olds or 35 year olds. Murney and Kendra look about the same age to me, so I don't see a problem.

#12

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:40pm

I suppose...

The thing with other Elphabas is that they had a younger look to them, than Julia Murney seems to here (even if they were just as old), but, oh well, she's doing it, and I'm sure she was cast for something...

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#13

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:40pm

Get over yourself.

Who cares if she looks like a toad with one leg. It's JULIA MURNEY!

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#14

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:47pm

Exactly BSo. Don't complain about getting to see Julia! She's amazing.

#15

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:50pm

Honey, Cheno and Menzel didn't look all that young on Broadway either. Almost everybody who's played these roles have been in their 30s.

Updated On: 3/10/06 at 12:50 PM

#16

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:57pm

Give me a break.

The character is supposed to age from school days to much older. The transition from Act 1 to Act 2 isn't over night you know. In Act 2, Elphaba is supposed to be pretty much the same age she was in the film, since that is the time that that part of the story takes place, and you can't tell me Julia looks too old for that. You could argue that actresses like Shoshana Bean look too young for this transition.

Besides, she doesn't look that old ANYWAY. She looks and sounds terrific, regardless.

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Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

#17

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:58pm

Cheno definitely didn't look that young. Neither did Norbert.

#18

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 12:59pm

I think she looks the most like Margaret Hamilton, the original wicked witch, which is nice for people who have never seen the show before. She looks somewhat like her but there is enough difference to dissociate them from one another. Just something I noticed and enjoyed...

#19

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 1:03pm

I have no "wicked colored glasses"

She looks great. And as others have said the character is not supposed to be a teenager.

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#20

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 1:08pm

She does sound great - more importantly it sounds like she is one of the better "acted" Elphabas. Sounds like the total package to me - I'd love to see her do the role.

#21

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 1:10pm

I don't think anything would get me to go back, short of Angela Lansbury and Elaine Stritch taking over.

But I have heard the same MB, she sounds excellent, and is very strong in the acting department.

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#22

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 1:20pm

I think the irony here is that people complain about Idina looking too old for Rent, yet nobody complained about her looking too old for Wicked. Idina and Julia are fairly close in age, and I really don't think Julia looks that old. At all. I think she's beautiful, and she looks great in green.

Anyone who's complaining about her needs to stop, and realize that getting to see her is an opportunity you should know you're really lucky to have. Get over yourselves.

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Updated On: 3/10/06 at 01:20 PM

#23

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 1:28pm

I can't wait to see her in May. I actually prefer a less youthful Elphaba...and honestly, aside from Eden and Shoshana, all the actresses to play the role have been in their late 20s-early 30s. I see absolutely NO problem with Julia playing the role. She's actually the only reason I'm going to see it.

#24

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 1:49pm

Strange...she looks exactly like my second grade teacher!

#25

re: Pictures of Julia Murney as Elphaba?

Posted: 3/10/06 at 1:51pm

I think that the sharpness of her features makes her look perfect as Elphaba. I like it when the Elphabas come across as more fierce-- she is the Wicked Witch of the West, after all.