Stephanie's final weekend! — Page 2

Today was amazing. Stephanie really gave it her all, really the whole cast did. Her "Defying Gravity" was the single most incredible thing I've ever heard, she held one note longer than the ensemble and it was intense, as was her "No Good Deed". "For Good" was the saddest thing I've ever seen--even moreso than Annaleigh's.She didn't get a speech but you could tell it was by choice as she didn't even want to bow by herself. She was beyond incredible. I'm going to miss her so much!

I am *exhausted* because I am running on about 4-5 hours sleep right now.

I will say this: Stephanie J. Block is the best Elphaba that has ever played the role, and it is likely we will never see another one like her for the entire run. She was the best I've ever seen her yesterday afternoon - her acting and her vocals. She was having the time of her life on that stage, and how fitting that her final performance was with Kendra Kassebaum, with whom she began the first national tour in March 2005.

There was no speech, but David Burnham ran off the stage to get her flowers after the company bow. She then took another company bow with the cast while holding the flowers. I was kind of upset that there was no speech...even if Stephanie told the company she didn't want them to give a speech, they should have planned one anyway. It just didn't seem right that she wasn't given a proper sendoff.

Still, her performance was top-notch. Congrats to her and looking forward to seeing 9 to 5.

thanks for the review on your 4-5 hrs of sleep from last ngith i think everyone like myself is on the same page as you. too bad no speech for her, but i was thinking what would annaleigh say to her.
nice she ended her bway run with kendra and ended annaleighs.
she sounded emotional during annaleigh curtain call, i feel those two will meet up again somehow. by the way her and sebastian have a small dog, my cousin saw it but forgot the two breeds and they thought it was great one.
was she even offered to go to chicago with annaleigh?
good to read she has plans in the near future which is 9 to 5 with megan hilty, elphie and glinda cant get enough with one another.

she was top notch the entire week., (and her entire run)
can't wait for 9 to 5.

Oh and Stephanie fans-- if you get a chance, check this out:

http://apps.facebook.com/causes/93483?m=1a240&recruiter_id=2097446

sign the petition too.

(yes, i know the petition has a few typos. every time i try to edit it, saving is a failure. i'm working on it,)

yankees- are Sho and Meg having another show? If so, I was not aware of that but I can totally see Steph doing something with Upright Cabaret while she's here. They get a lot of great people to put on shows with. That would be AWESOME!

Listen this has nothing to do with the Tony aftermath, we really don't care right now.

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B3TA07-
Actually, as you can see, many people care.
And I'm pretty sure we have free speech.

Stephanie was incredible yesterday. Her What is this Feeling? with Kendra was hilarious.

I actually can't stand SJB's vocals in Wicked. I think her sound is just too mature for the role.

Interested to see her in 9-5.

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Nah.
She's doing Funny Girl. That is...once everyone signs this:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sjbfanny/

(yes, there are some typos. I am trying to fix them but the revised one has yet to save.)

So glad to hear it was a great last show for Stephanie!

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haha luckystar - i signed that petition. What does it really do?

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Did anyone stagedoor for her.
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I stagedoored for her and it was CRAZY. I was near the end of the line and when she got there she said that she has to hurry it up since it's Father's Day and she wanted to take her dad to dinner. But she was still taking her time with everyone before me and after me. When she finally got to me I gave her my gift(Which she hugged twice and said thank you about 3 times) then I told her that I saw her 11 times as Elphaba which her reaction to that was "Holy Sh*t". We both got a good laugh outta that...LOL.

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