The "Idina Hands"- Page 3
The "Idina Hands"
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
fliboi78
Swing Joined: 4/13/05
#52re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 3:28pmwell the going rate from grandmas in the midwest is about...j/k. no, i am just infatuated with this musical. just like into the woods. i am just glad i am a flight attendant and am able to get around cheaply. it allows me to splurge on tickets!
#53re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:34pmYeah, I'm agreeing with people that most of the Elphabas do the hand gestures. I think on Shoshana's first official night (1/11), she was waving her arms around so much that she knocked her hat off during "Defying Gravity". LOL.
"Learn how to laugh.
Learn how to love.
Learn how to live.
That's my style."
-Follies
MissElphie
Broadway Star Joined: 4/4/05
#54re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:39pmKristy Cates waved her arms around a lot as well. Come to think of it, so did Stephanie J Block...I think it might be an Elphaba thing...
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#55re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:30pm
Idina has the biggest singing mouth?
Did NOBODY see Heather Headley in Aida?
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#56re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:35pmOr Jennifer Holliday singing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"?
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#57re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:35pmmaybe she is just a horrid actress who doesn't know anythign else to do with her hands.....
#58re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:43pmNot to go off thread, but luvtheemcee, you said Adam...hands...pants?...*twitches* yesssssss *doesn't apologize for her inner sex addict* Sorry, he's just hot...and has pretty hands. Have ye pictures, me dearie?
1. Ted Allen: Everyone has an interesting life if you ask the right questions.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
#59re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 7:14pm
Well...it's not that bad. But it's still amusing. :)
Idina Hand Action!
This is my signature.
#60re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 7:16pmandyf, I love you.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#61re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 7:35pmI LOVE Idina Menzel. I Don't understand why people on this board hate her. You guys say she's a horrible actress...but which one of us is the complete triple threat? And if she's such a bad actress, why does she have a Tony?
"Needless to say the crew is well acquainted with my ass and that's ok because they are the coolest guys ever."
- Idina Menzel
#62re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 7:40pm
And if she's such a bad actress, why does she have a Tony?
-LOOK, I love Idina for her talent and her natural...erm..."talent" but don't make a stupid comment like that.
#63re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 7:41pmYou guys are great! :-P And yes it is pretty funny but what can we say? Some people just have those little -isms that follow them everywhere.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#64re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 7:49pmI enjoy Idina for what she is, but I don't see where the "Triple Threat" comes into play. Singing? Okay. Acting? I guess. Dancing? Since when? Elphaba and Maureen are hardly dancing roles.
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
#65re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 8:05pmShe was in The Wild PArty and Hair - I dunno if she danced much though
#66re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 8:11pmUnless you count Elphaba's little dance in "Dancing Through Life". Haha.
"Learn how to laugh.
Learn how to love.
Learn how to live.
That's my style."
-Follies
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#67re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 8:12pm
You folks are complaining about the usage of hands on Broadway?? Broadway is all about the big hands and big faces and being big and showy.
And when RENT first came out (and my sister went through a temporary RENT addiction phase with her friends which she is ashamed of now), I remember always noticing "that girl with the big mouth" on the posters and the CD cases. Who knew that, almost ten years later, I'd know her by name and be talking about her on a message board?
fliboi78
Swing Joined: 4/13/05
#69re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 9:21pm
people, i am sure it is just the direction they were given. the witch is suppose to be showing and reminiscent of the original witch from oz. when she is always looking into her crystal ball. did you see those hands/arms she was making?
i can't wait until ana gasteyer gets a hold of this role. remember ana when she does celine dion on snl?????? hilarious. she will kill someone with her arms. i would hate to be glinda in that show. hehehe
LilElphaba
Broadway Star Joined: 10/20/04
#70re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 9:41pmi love how she does the same things in different shows and stuff. its just....idina. and i think its cool how she has her own little way of doing things! its cute!
I LOVE SHOSHANA BEAN.
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#71re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 9:49pm
*raises hand* I have seen both Heather and Jennifer and concur that they sing with wider mouthes than Idina
But I love all three 
#72re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 9:50pmHeather's mouth is HUUUUUUUUUUGE. Like, scary huge.
Falsettoland
Leading Actor Joined: 2/19/05
#73re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 10:19pm
Jennifer scares me in general, big mouth or not.
I think it's the giant chuckle she does in "And I am Telling You..."
"We are engaged in two wars, one on drugs and one on terror, that can never be won. I mean, one is a group of inanimate objects and the other is an emotion. We might as well fight a war on pasta, which I guess the Atkins people are actually doing."
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#74re: The 'Idina Hands'
Posted: 4/14/05 at 10:29pm
OMG!!! THE GIANT CHUCKLE!!!
That is the best part! (Not really, but you know what I mean.) My sisters and I can't help but burst into fits of hysterical laughter when we hear that part. It's a big inside joke among us.
I'm not wakin' up tomorrow morning... HA HA...
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