WICKED - IDINA'S FINAL NIGHT - POST YOUR REVIEWS HERE [4+ Reviews, 1 Pic]- Page 2

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 6:51pm

hmmm, eponine, i want to drag you to our Christopher Fitzgerald thread...

[Testing1232]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 6:53pm

I am just pissed that we didnt get to see all of the standing O's today after Idina's numbers.. ! BUT, I am glad that she at least made it, and she is okay. We have great memories of seeing her perform as Elphie a number of times. Kind of depressing going to theater this morning and finding out that she was out. Apparantely, it was on the news, but we stayed in Manhattan overnight, and didnt bother to turn on the local news in the hotel.

Well, at least we got to see "House of Flying Daggers"- great flick !!!

[seasons of love]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 6:53pm

Wow. Just read the review... I don't know why the fact that she's leaving makes me so sad, but for some reason that I can't explain, it does. I agree with luvtheEmcee, I actually do miss her.

[NYBroadwayNY]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 6:55pm

OK, BG2, I'm asking.

Why do you think pictures of tonight's curtain call of WICKED, which would be a once-in-a-lifetime event, would be a "waste of film"?

[surefinewhatever]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 6:59pm

I'm so sad that we'll never be able to see Idina as Elphaba again.. . I only had the chance to see the show once. . .it was such an amazing experience. I had crappy seats, but she still blew me away. I'm glad she's okay. Did she appear at curtain call or at the point in the show where she left off?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:02pm

every curtain call is a once in a lifetime event.....


and please.. it's idina.. highly overrarted.. and she didn't even perform.

[NYBroadwayNY]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:06pm

" every curtain call is a once in a lifetime event....."

ummm, NO, they are not.

But when it's your last one, it is.
and don't act like you wouldn't sneek a few cameras in a final performance of....ah...what's his name??

adam phlegming or sominuther? Updated On: 1/9/05 at 07:06 PM

[idinarocksmysocks!510]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:09pm

Hey idinaroxmysox2, like the name!!! lol! ha! Hey i'm worried about Dee. I'm gonna send her a big card and stuff like that!!!! I hope she gets better. I wonder if Shoshana Bean will be as good? I wonder? Nah! I mean she'll be good but Idina will always be the best to me! <|: ) elphie & *: ) glinda

[NightLaughs]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:15pm

Can we please spare the negativity for one thread? Thanks. Why people post their negative thoughts on a performer throughout threads like this baffles me. Seems like a waste of time....

I'm sad that Idina is leaving as well, more so than I thought I would be. People leave productions all the time but she had an enormous effect on so many fans. And more directly on me. I wish her good luck in the future and hope so see her to return to the stage sometime again. Yay Idina.

[jjdude2000]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:17pm

I was there... It was crazy! The second she came out, everyone was on their feet, and they( she and J.M) just stood there for about 5 minutes while ppl were screaming, and cheering!! and then they said those last few lines, and when it came time for JLT's line, she said, "Fellow Ozians, I LOVE IDINA MENZEL!!!!" , which started everybody again. anyway idina was crying, JLT was crying, everybody was crying. anyway, then the speeches were really touching.... im so sad that she's leaving!!! I feel really bad taht she didnt get to perform, but Shoshana was great...she'll be fabulous when she takes over, but i'll miss idina! Also, Jennifer couldn't get the flower on after popular, and was literally on top of her trying to clip it in. it was hysterical!!! cause then it kept falling off and shoshana was just like, what the hell, and threw it in her bag. anyway im really glad i was there, and like i said, I'm going to miss Idina a lot! I hope she has a good time filming RENT!

[VoiceofReason]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:21pm

This is from a Live-Journal Site:

"everyone comes out to take their bows as usual. shoshana and jlt get HUGE applause. show stops, jlt gives a little speech about joey, how if someone had told her 15 years ago, when she was teasing and spraying her hair and listening to NKOTB, that she would one day get to make out with joey mcintyre, she would have told them they were crazy. says that joey is hilarious and sexy and talented, "and he has a really great...smile." they give joey flowers, he makes some incoherant speech that is nonetheless endearing and during which he screams "SH*T!" and then immediately apologizes. they give him flowers.

jlt introduces joe mantello. he says something about how they are saying goodbye to someone "we all love", audience goes nuts, joe says, "Idina Menzel!" and the round door at the back of the stage opens and idina walks out again, audience goes nuts. joe gives a fairly long speech, during which he says that idina has given a legendary performance as elphaba and that such performances "never really end." i noticed some cast members wiping their eyes at this point. mentions her winning the tony, says "with apologies to winnie and steven, you can come back to oz anytime you want." audience goes nuts. they offer idina flowers, which she can't hold because she's in pain. she steps forward to the edge of the stage, audience goes nuts yet again, she is crying, she says, "i can't talk, i just want to say thank you and that this has been the best year of my life." more hugs on stage, the music comes up and the curtain goes down.

the end :)

ETA: joe said a lot more than what i've posted here - i'm sure someone else will remember better than me!"

[seasons of love]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:26pm

*tear* thanks for the reviews! i know that there was a thread a long time ago about the appeal of idina menzel, and why we love her so much, and i think that i can say that she's just unique. there's just something about her that really makes you care...

[missy2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:28pm

my friends and i were there too. It was an amazing show. Shoshana did a TERRIFIC job (the audience loved her) and as someone else said, the flower thing in Popular was hysterical. She was jumping on top of her on the bed.
And when Fiyero knocks on the door ...and out comes (from the side of the stage...not under) adorable Idina in her red sweat suit and red sneakers...it was mayhem.
There were definitely some first timers who, i think, may have been confuzified. :)
It was a once in a life time experience. I was at Kristen's last day too...both were very emotional.

[Swiftynifty15]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:32pm

Was Idina Green?

[missy2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:37pm

no. not green....

[Maya2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:37pm

NYBroadwayNY-

Don't engage bg2. It's like getting into a "no I'm not," "yes you are," "no I'm not," "yes you are" argument with your annoying little brother.

[Maya2]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:38pm

I'm disappointed that she didn't get a proper sendoff, but I'm glad the audience was so receptive to Shoshana. I don't know what it is, exactly, that made Idina such a magnet for so many people, but it was a lovely run. Updated On: 1/9/05 at 07:38 PM

[LoudIrishGirl]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:39pm

I wish I could have been there...*tear*...and now I can't wait to go see Shoshana do it!

[jjdude2000]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:42pm

No, unfortunately

[nostrngattachd]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:42pm

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050110/482/nyjs10101100009

heres a picture of her

[starsinger]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:51pm

idina did make an appearence after the melting scene. she was beautiful. will post more later

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 7:52pm

thanks for the link to the picture! do you know if there are any more? if so, please post the links! thanks!

[marvelousmenzel2882]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 8:00pm

i just want to thank all the people who posted their stories and reactions to idina's last performance. I know that to some this was not such a big deal, but to those of us who have experienced her grace and beauty in person, this was huge! thanks for making us a part of the excitement even though we couldn't be there! P.S. I LOVE the pic! just shows how beautiful she is and how great of a relationship her and jlt have!

[BarBaby13]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 8:04pm

I've been studying and following musical theater for the past almost 10 years now and when I heard about Wicked I didn't think too much about seeing other than it's a new show, why not. Around the same time it came out, if I remember correctly, Broadway was searching for it's next big hit, it hadn't seen one in some time and some of the old faithfuls were on their way out. Then I started to hear the buz, bought the soundtrack and got hooked. The lyrics, the voices, so amazing. Then I decided to read the book. Again I was captivated and I was determined to see the show, but that was going to be difficult as it had been announced that Idina was leaving and tickets were sold out until about February. Well unfortunately Kristen left, and I continued reading, determined to read the book before I saw the show. Last week I was in the city for acting classes and a job I had gotten as a make-up model. Tuesday night I decided to walk to 51st and 7th and take a stab at getting just one ticket. Not realizing the show was at 7 not 8 I had missed the lottery, so I stood patiently on the cancelation line. It was difficult, patience is not a virtue I am good at. People around me told me that about 20 cancelation tickets were already handed out. As time passed people in front of me began walking off line, and my hopes grew. I learned that the 3 people in front on me were only waiting for one ticket, one already had a ticket and the other wasn't staying for the show, so that one girl and I decided we would go up together when they called 2 tickets, if they called 2 tickets. I overheard a house manager talking about how since this was a special wee (ie: Idina's last week) they probably have help prime orchestra seats in case Producers wanted to stop by last minute to see one of her final performances. The lobby had been filling up and they had started letting ticket holders into the theater. My stomach was in knots and I was sweating bullets, perhaps because I still had my coat on. At about 2 minutes to 7 the blinds on the ticket window open, very Oz-like, and the first guy in line who had been waiting for about 3 hours got tickets and I was about 4 people behind him. Then I realized that I had left my credit card home and didn't have a lot of cash on me, but I had forgotten about the cash I had been paid for the make-up gig. When I counted my cash I had $101, exactly. I made way to the front and bought my ticket, the best $100 cash I've ever spent! Walking into the theater I was shaking. I don't exactly know why, if it was the way I hyped myself out about the show for months, or the excitement of the day, my job, etc. or the waiting in line an not knowing if I was actually going to get to see it. The usher directed me and my ticket to the 6th row. I sat 6th row center orchestra, normally seats I wouldn't have purchased but in this case, truly wonderful! I had monkeys flying overhead, the time dragon clock, I could make out ever expression on Idina's face, she was amazing! I was in awe the entire time, just looking at everything, like a child, dazzled. The entire experience was just so moving, standing ovation for the whole cast, on a Tuesday night. After her curtain call Idina made an announcement about Americares raising money for the tsunami, and when she asked if Jennifer wanted to say something, she said "I like cheese" and then Idina broke out into an Ashley Simpson like jig with "I like chocolate, I like cheese." I assumed it was an inside joke. I walked back to Penn Station, listening to my soundtrack, in a daze and bought a hot dog with my very last dollar. I haven't stopped talking about how I got to see Idina in her last week since Tuesday night. I saw on the news last night about the accident and I was shocked and so saddened. As an actor I know how special any performance and curtain call can be especially your last for a run of a show. I'm very glad she got to take her "bow" tonight, although I don't know if she did much bowing. Truly, truly and amazing experience. Thank you Idina and the cast for that.

**Side note: I was a huge New Kids fan and couldn't beleive I was seeing my very first pre-teen crush, Joey McIntire on the stage in front of me.
Also I can't believe after all of this time and "research" I've done online about the show the the Fiyero/Elphaba secret in the end was never once spoiled for me.

Sorry to have joined to board with such a long post.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 8:04pm

Thanks for the reviews. Bravo to Idina for being there! And to Shoshana.