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The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
#50re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 7/19/07 at 2:11amI would like to see Lea Salonga as Elphaba after her Asian tour of Cinderella.
overthemoonboy
Understudy Joined: 3/13/07
#51re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 8/26/07 at 3:59am
>>>Thread-jack for a moment...
Is it true that Carol Channing has never missed a show of HELLO, DOLLY?<<<
Although I don't know about her record, my neighbor saw her in the show the day she was up for some award or something and she did the show instead of appearing at the ceremony. I can ask and double check just what the circumstance was.
desiree armfeldt
Broadway Star Joined: 1/8/07
#52re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 8/27/07 at 11:05amI think once Lea Michele does leave, however, the rest will follow suit.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#53re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 4:53pmI can't believe I am bumping this up, but there are some hints on her Facebook page (she accepts fans) that she is somehow going to be involved with Wicked. Any news on this?
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#54re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 5:16pmmillie_dillmount, what are these so-called "hints"?
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.
#55re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 5:41pmSome advance reviews of GLEE seem to be quite positive, so she may not have the time come the fall.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#56re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 5:45pm
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#57re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 5:56pmDoes she have the voice or stage presence for the role?
#58re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:07pm
Some of the "hints" on facebook were:
- Lea Michele dance dance dance, wicked, dance, get ready, dance some more.
- Lea Michele is ready to defy gravity :)
Those are really the only things that she mentioned Wicked in recently....
Spring Awakening 7.3.07!!, Wicked/ Rent 7.5.07!!, Legally Blonde 7.6.07!! The Color Purple 7.7.07!!, Gypsy 8.19.08!!, In the Heights/Wicked 8.20.08!!, The Little Mermaid 8.21.08!! Legally Blonde Tour 11.9.08!! Shrek 7.7.09!!, Blithe Spririt 7.8.09!!, 9 to 5 7.9.09!!, Next to Normal 7.10.09!!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#59re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:13pm
Those sound like hints to me. Ugh. She might be able to pull it off...but I think she'd be unhappy with the make up. I know she'd get pretty fussy about her hair during SA and how damaged it was getting.
Do I want to see it? Um....no.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#60re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:14pmUm, those are pretty obvious to me, unless she's just doing some sort of concert or something. But it seems strange to go from moving to LA to pursue television, get a TV show, and then go back to being a replacement on Broadway? I know, a job is a job, but still.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#61re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:25pm
Does she have the voice or stage presence for the role?
Like anyone would care.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#62re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:03pmI have been thinking about it and i think that it might have to do with her show "Glee" maybe she is doing a song from Wicked, most likely Defying Gravity in it, and thats what she is talking about.... just guessing though!
Spring Awakening 7.3.07!!, Wicked/ Rent 7.5.07!!, Legally Blonde 7.6.07!! The Color Purple 7.7.07!!, Gypsy 8.19.08!!, In the Heights/Wicked 8.20.08!!, The Little Mermaid 8.21.08!! Legally Blonde Tour 11.9.08!! Shrek 7.7.09!!, Blithe Spririt 7.8.09!!, 9 to 5 7.9.09!!, Next to Normal 7.10.09!!
jennafan
Broadway Star Joined: 6/15/06
#63re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:06pmNo offence, but does anyone know how Lea Michele landed a role in "Glee." I know she came out to L.A. for a couple of weeks to do Les Miserables at the Hollywood Bowl and a couple of concerts. Did she just have 'luck' and audition for something out here and get the role right away?
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#64re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:13pmHer agent could have gotten her auditions in New York *wink wink*
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#65re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 9:23pm
She got the role on GLEE by auditioning like everyone else,
from the promos it seems the part was right up her alley.
Actors go back and forth from both coasts.
They are actors and that's where the work mostly is.
They have I believe, filmed episodes and are filming more, so it is likely she will have time to fit in a stint in WICKED, but if she is bloging about dancing, it may be a WICKED inspired number on GLEE.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#66re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/15/09 at 9:45pmWhat ever happened to that Alyssa Fox girl?
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#67re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/16/09 at 7:05pmI don't think she has the acting chops for "Wicked." And that's saying a lot.
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
#68re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/16/09 at 7:17pmKinda on topic---I just watched the pilot for Glee and it was just ok. It had it moments, but alot of it was just boring. Not sure how long this will last, so she may have a chance to be in Wicked.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#69re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/16/09 at 7:23pmIt got a really positive review in "Entertainment Weekly," so if the rest of the reviews are kind, and it even keeps a third of American Idol's audience, I think it will get picked up easily.
#70re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/16/09 at 7:31pmIt's only true if this thread gets deleted.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#71re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/16/09 at 7:39pm
It's only true if this thread gets deleted.
So true.
#72re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/16/09 at 9:14pm
I love that anybody would say an actress who has played Wendla isn't capable of the acting portion of Elphaba. It's not like there's a lot of subtle nuance or subtext to ANYTHING in Wicked. Puh-leeze.
Say what you will about Spring Awakening, but it is an incredibly challenging show to act. Granted, that's partially because of how sloppy the book can be, but I digress.
#73re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 5/17/09 at 12:56amOkay sorry to say this but her photo on her facebook is beautiful! I'm gay I think she looks amazing! I wouldn't mind her doing Elphaba just because I don't care about the show.
Genius lasts longer than beauty.
#74re: The Lea Michele- Wicked Rumor
Posted: 11/14/09 at 6:40pm
Lea Michele should play Elphaba already!
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