The Elphaba Shuffle- Page 2

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:44pm

Her BLESS THE LORD is scary.

[meagan9848]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:44pm

hahahahaha bobby that's phenominal.

sorry I'm dumb.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:44pm

Unfortunately yes, I've heard it. Why does she think she is Mariah Carey?

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:45pm

yeah... she can be a bit American Idol, but i have heard worse. Her attitude seems to be what lets her down... but i hope that it isn't true. When you think how many thousands of people would do anything to be a principle in a Broadway show... it just makes me a little sad that someone has the opportunity and doesn't appreciate it!

[meagan9848]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:45pm

During the riffs my dog started going nuts.

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:46pm

I'm listening to her BLESS THE LORD right now just for the heck of it. She is such a mix between a Mariah Carey wanna-be and an American Idol finalist on this song.

It's a great song though, but her need to riff every single note is irritating.

[meagan9848]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:48pm

yeah. My friend did it better at a community theatre.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:48pm

I just find it hard to enjoy Bean when I listen to past/current Broadway performers who do it so much better.

How can you enjoy Bean when held up to the likes of Gwen Verdon, Dorothy Loudon, Bernadette Peters, Carolee Carmello, etc.

I think the problem with the Bean Poles, is that they don't know any different. That's all they've heard.

I posted this Broadway quiz that was fairy easy, and there were lots of people who took it with Wicked type names, and their average score was 1/10.

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:49pm

i'm just lsitening to it actually... it's a little over powering! She has got a good range... but perhaps it needed toning down a little!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:49pm

Yeah, I think that Godspell recording is good, until Bean'o Rama starts wailing.

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:50pm

Bobby, I agree.

If we asked *some* of the Beanpoles and Wicklyns who Gwen Verdon and some of the real great triple threats are - they wouldn't know what we are talking about.

They need to expand their tastes.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:51pm

And then they call us "bitter" for not enjoying Bean's "talent".

It's funny, but the Bean love on here seems to have slowed way down.

Maybe they finally saw her in the show.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:52pm

Or if they know who Verdon is, they have the NERVE to say she couldn't sing.

Which is very untrue.

[meagan9848]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:53pm

true.

I appreciate a good belter. I love the likes of Idina and Sherie...but greenbean is just off the charts...in a not so good way.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:55pm

Heck, I'd take Idina over Bean any day.

Sherie's toenail is more talented than Red Beans and Rice. (I'm trying out new nicknames).

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:56pm

Shoshana is leaving Broadway!?

Let's up that's a TRUE rumor.

She has good singing voice, but she can't really "act" or "hold the stage"

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:57pm

Please... i am going to NYC and will hopefully be seeing wicked... and her contract isn't up when i go. Please humour me and say she isn't really that bad in the show!

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:58pm

Great points, Bobby.

I totally agree that Idina is better than Shoshana. Idina can actually act. 2 Tony Noms, one win. She is talented.

But I agree, Sherie is in a totally different league than the Bean.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:58pm

I guess you can enjoy her.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:59pm

You are soooooooooooo right.

If you are going to make Elphaba work, you need to create an ark for the character. A beginning, a middle, and and an end. BeanThereDoneThat doesn't have the skills to pull that off. Her acting was very amateur and she never did anything but perform the songs as if she were at an Idol audition.

And the night I saw her, she was off-key for parts of her performance.

[meagan9848]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 7:59pm

she's probably not bad if you haven't seen anyone else do it right.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 8:00pm

Wicked is a so so show that can be very entertaining with the right cast. The current cast, for the most part, exposes a lot of the big flaws in the show.

[meagan9848]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 8:01pm

Bobby-

BeanThereDoneThat is a winner

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 8:02pm

I'm very fond of that one too!

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 8:02pm

well i've been kicking myself since my last NYC trip. I had the chance to see it when it first opened on Broadway... gutted i didn't! I didn't know the story and didn't want to pay a load to see the wizard of oz!