WICKED CD IDEA

#1

WICKED CD IDEA

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:52pm

a friend and i were chatting about "Wicked" and we had a great idea for a CD - what if they made a CD with all the different actresses who played Elphie and Glinda singing their solos and also the diva classic from the movie.

FOR INSTANCE:
1. The Wizard and I - Stephanie Block
2. What is this Feeling? - Megan Hilty, Shoshana Bean
3. Popular - Jennifer Laura Thompson
4. I'm Not that Girl - Stephanie
5. Defying Gravity - Idina Menzel
6. Thank Goodness - Chenowith
7. As Long as You're Mine - Ana Gasteyer
8. No Good Deed - Eden Espinosa
9. For Good - KAte Reinders, Eden Espinosa
10. Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Idina

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#2

re: WICKED CD IDEA

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:54pm

this idea has already been discussed. it's called the green and pink albulm.

#3

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Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:56pm

What about Jenna Leigh Green. She was amazing as Elphie.

#4

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Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:56pm

It was discussed on a playbill.com article as well. And I don't think "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" should be included in a Wicked album if Wicked tries to deconstruct the story of the Wizard of Oz.

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#5

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 12:06am

I doubt it would ever be made. And if it was, it probably wouldn't sell many copies. What about the other people who will play the roles in the future? It wouldn't be fair to them if they make a CD with the first few of each role.

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 12:12am

this will never happen, but shoshana's got my vote for wizard and I

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#7

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 12:13am

the playbill article, and the discussion afterwards on these boards was about two different albulms that would perhaps be made in a couple years. the green albulm would feature different elphabas singing choice tunes of her while the pink albulm would feature different glindas singing her songs.

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re: WICKED CD IDEA

Posted: 11/30/05 at 12:18am

considering other shows have highlights albums i dont know why this wouldn't sell as much as those, it's a good idea. i wouldn't be suprised because they made me stop selling on ebay, so i hope that means they want to sell it themselves.

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#9

re: WICKED CD IDEA

Posted: 11/30/05 at 12:43am

i wouldn't give stephanie more than idina...just my personal opinion...hehe...why isn't saycon included? not that i'm a huge fan of hers, but still...

-vincent

#10

re: WICKED CD IDEA

Posted: 11/30/05 at 12:44am

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Idina"

WTF?

#11

re: WICKED CD IDEA

Posted: 11/30/05 at 12:54am

" 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Idina'
WTF?"

My thoughts exactly BsoBw2

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#12

re: WICKED CD IDEA

Posted: 11/30/05 at 12:57am

"What about Jenna Leigh Green"

How about NO!

#13

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 1:18am

I would love to see this happen, but they'd never be able to do it without making everyone mad. How do you choose Stepahnie over Eden over Idina etc? Everyone would have a different opinion on who should sing what. If they did the two seperate albums and just chose a few songs and let everyone sing them (like each Elphie does Wizard & I, Defying Gravity, and No Good Deed) maybe it would work. Also, I wouldn't include Idina or Kristin because they already recorded everything on the OCR.

I would buy whatever they put out, but how many people really would?

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:04am

I vote for Jenna singing I'm Not that Girl. Definitely the best I heard. She brings her innocence and fargility to that song, and shines...and best of all she changed that stupid end note.

Akiva

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:55am

who's "Chenowith"?

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 5:36am

Didn't I recently hear that Shosh was taking extra breaths during "The Wizard & I" since she seemed strained to hold the note?
Oh Marquise, She's some lady that was on the 700 Club on TV selling albums. LOL!

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 3:39pm

Have you ever heard Jenna Leigh Green sing in Wicked? She was amazing, better than Shosh in a few songs. I do agree that Shoshana's "No Good Deed" is awesome.

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:07pm

I'd have to vote for Eden's rendition of THE WIZARD AND I, Idina's DG, Shoshana's NGD, and Stephanie's IM NOT THAT GIRL.

Cheno's THANK GOODNESS, J.La's POPULAR, Megan Hilty's NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED

And maybe they could find a way to have all of them sing a part in FOR GOOD or WHAT IS THIS FEELING.

#19

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:12pm

Chenowith? Who's she? New girl on the block, must be she.

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#20

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:20pm

That sounds like a good idea, it could be really fun. Hopefully they will make it, they made a CD of different phantoms.

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#21

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:34pm

Born2cthelightsofbway - Don't they have one?

#22

re: WICKED CD IDEA

Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:39pm

...and they should wait a while to release this CD if at all.

#23

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:47pm

I really want them to release a Chicago cast recording. I think that Ana Gasteyer's performance should be preserved on a recording. I also thought the cast was quite excellent. It's not totally unheard of. Les Miz has like a billion recordings. Kiss of the Spiderwoman has 2. Even the revival of Wonderful Town has 2 recordings. We'll see...

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re: WICKED CD IDEA

Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:52pm

What about the other people who will play the roles in the future? It wouldn't be fair to them if they make a CD with the first few of each role.

That's like saying recording the original cast album of a show is unfair to those who have yet to play the roles.

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#25

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Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:52pm

I think that it is a good idea, but honestly, if you are going to make something like this, you need to have more of the cast involved. I know that those are the main roles, but it does not mean that the rest of them are not important. I think that it is a GREAT idea! i will buy whatever ends up coming out! :)