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THE WIZ casting rumours
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#75re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 2:14pmAnd Mary Testa always sounds like a black lady anyways!
broadwaybelter
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/26/04
ceeejaye
Understudy Joined: 12/15/05
#77re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 7:16pm
when the cast of tarzan peformed at the Apple store in the village there was a question and answer session.
when chester greogory was asked what role did he wish he would have played on broadway and he said "THE WIZ" from the Wiz. But I do not think he will leave a highly successful show to play this role in Cali. ...maybe he would if it came to broadway?
what do you think
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#78re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 7:22pmI was told by Nikki M. James at the LITTLE FISH concert that she is slated to play Dorothy.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
TonyaFanatic
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/04
#79re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 7:30pmI love Valerie Pettiford but i am never enthused about her jazzy vocals on material. but this i am interested in. I think she's beautiful.
"Girl, this cupcake is the jumpoff"- Adriane Lenox
#80re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 7:33pmWhen I mentioned this production to Saycon Sengbloh last week when we were out for coffee, she said she has heard from several people within the industry that Nikki has gotten Dorothy as well.
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.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#81re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 7:35pm
i am SOOOO happy about tituss being cast as the LION- he's perfect for it, and has big things in his future
i hope you guys are right about nikki james... she'd be perfect too!
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#83re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 7:40pm
Nikki is fabulous!
As for Valarie, get ready to be blown away by her ....and I KNOW that Sergio will give her some fierce dancing to do!!!!
"It does what a musical is supposed to do; it takes you to another world. And it gives you a little tune to carry in your head. Something to take you away from the dreary horrors of the real world. A little something for when you're feeling blue. You know?"
#84re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 8:06pmNikki is wonderful and so is Tituss. They are great choices
#85re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 10:55pmon shoshanas official fan site it says that she is NOT joining the wiz, she wasnt going to leave the wicked tour ne way...... wut is it with people bashing people who were elphaba, or r elphaba, and still telling people how much they love the show??
Can, can I have it?
#86re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 10:56pmon shoshanas official fan site it says that she is NOT joining the wiz, she wasnt going to leave the wicked tour ne way...... wut is it with people bashing people who were elphaba, or r elphaba, and still telling people how much they love the show??
Can, can I have it?
#87re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/17/06 at 10:56pmMary Testa sounds about as black as Ethel Merman.
TonyaFanatic
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/04
#88re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/18/06 at 12:46ammary testa definitely has a soulful voice.....to me anyway.
"Girl, this cupcake is the jumpoff"- Adriane Lenox
LostLeander
Broadway Star Joined: 3/18/05
#89re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/18/06 at 12:52am
A) Pants, please learn how to speak English. It is the language of Milton, Shakespeare, and the Bible. THEN, maybe I'll be able to comprehend your posts.
B) I wouldn't mind Mary Testa in a "normal" production of the Wiz, but if the speculation about the hip-hop urban updates are true, then I'm not sure if her larger than life belt would fit in it. I like to call her the second coming of Merman, and Merman wasn't exactly a hip-hop riffer.
C) Nikki M. James sounds great on Bernarda Alba. I've heard that she's a bit of a schmatress though. But I won't judge till I see!
D) Who exactly would Valerie and David Alan play? Glinda and The Wiz?
Personally, I think I have too much bloom.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#90re: THE WIZ casting rumours (not good)
Posted: 7/24/06 at 11:42pm
Told ya so!
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"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
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