Technical Wicked question

I don't know if thats a new thing with JLT, but I know that didn't happen with Cheno. I think it was a mistake

"At the beginning of Wicked on Saturday night it appeared the Glinda's bubble did not function properly in that the device did not make it to the stage level. Is that a part of the comedy wherein she seems to expect the bubble to make it all the way down and it doesn't? Or is it supposed to and she is stage savvy and just continued on after at least appearing surprised that she got "stuck" in midair?"

Isn't there a part where she has to motion it to come down to her, because it doesnt come down enough? Is that whats being referred to?

Does anyone know exactly HOW Idina flies during "Defying Gravity"??? I didn't think it was wires like in "Peter Pan" or whatever... it looks more like she stands on something that just raises her up.... any one know for sure?

It's a bit more complicated than that. It's a very "special" hydrolic cherry picker made for her. Has a big long arm that reaches forward more than up.

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Indina? You've got to be kidding me. Do you really think that is her name?
I don't see why it is SO hard for everyone to be able to spell the words Idina and Kristin.
For your sake, I hope you were just typing fast and didn't catch that.

am I over reacting? I don't think so.

Updated On: 8/10/04 at 05:01 AM

"She is supposed to leave, but is threatened with "Is true that you were her friend" - so to defend her reputation, she motions to go back down. (As opposed to just because she "isn't down far enough.") "


Ohhhh yeah. I knew there was a part like that, I forgot the context :)

"When I was backstage with Idina in March, she and Joby (her dresser) both explained the flying thing the same way."


Whoa. That sounds terrifying. And to be performing the hardest song in the entire show (imo) on that tiny thing...woww.

A friend of mine sent me a video he took of the ending of that song (how bad of him!) when he saw the show and you can see that it's a platform she's standing on. However, it's hard to believe that they would put Idina in such peril as to make her balance on a platform that small with nothing keeping her planted there...

In the original preview runs of AIDA in Chicago, the "star-cross'd lovers" in the tomb were raised up and out of sight, versus the Broadway version where the black screens enveloped them in the center; the reason being that the contraption in Chicago broke and Pascal and Headley fell out of it onto the stage--luckily, Pascal, being the hero that he is, broke her fall.

You think people would learn: SAFETY FIRST. It's immaculate watching her raise up so high, but it makes me so nervous to think that she could fall...

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Galinda/Glinda does have a safety feature- there is a clip attached to her dress that she wears while doing scenes with the bubble. One of the Ozians or monkeys (whoever is in that particular scene) clips her in and out of it when the bubble is on the ground. You can see them do it throughout the show, and on occassion, you can see it if they don't cover it back up with the flap on her dress. You can also hear the click from the clip.

I really think they should have had her actually fly on the broom, more like "Peter Pan" style. Because the way she flies now looks like shes just standing in mid-air... and the holds the broom in her hand and waves it around, not even like shes riding it...and isnt that supposed the be the whole point of her being a witch? Flying ON a broom?

Phantom487- if she did that eh's need a harness which wraps around your waist, i highly doubt she would be able to sing like that with something essentiall compressing her diaphragm (sp?) for a good deal of time (it takes a bit of time to get hooked up into a harness so she would either have to wear in from dancing through life onward or have a double do one short day while she put it on) ergo i think just standing on a platform is a reasonable comprimise

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well i learn something new every day, thanks for the clarification

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