WICKED Performs Saturday, June 12 On TODAY SHOW (NBC)

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 12:00pm

Does anyone know which number(s) will be performed?

I'd like to see Bell Bundy and Espinosa perform, instead of Menzel and Chenoweth, who have performed on TV many times already.

Since Bell Bundy is the replacement, it'd be nice to see her.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 12:04pm

When AIDA had this gig it was just before Simone took over the role, and Heather suggested she be allowed to perform - so she was flown in from the tour to appear. It will be interesting to see if that's what happens with WICKED.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 12:12pm

I totally think they're going to fly in the tour Elphaba for this. And, might I add, I've heard nothing but great things about Sandy Duncan in the role.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 12:20pm

I found Namo!

[MusicPos2]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 1:06pm

That assumes that they've officially decided on a new Glinda by 6/12, anyway. I can't wait to see it. Hopefully, Idina will sing more like she does on stage than she did at the Tonys.

[Ilive4nyc]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 1:25pm

What time will they be on? Does anyone know that?

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 1:28pm

Usually between 8 and 9 am.

[Ilive4nyc]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 1:43pm

Thanks!

[Becky]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 1:48pm

Since Bell Bundy is the replacement

I don't know how accurate this is, but I saw this morning on another mailing list:

"Laura Bell Bundy is NOT replacing Kristin as Glinda. (Someone asked her LAST NIGHT at the stage door, and her answer was NO.) She was asked, but she & the producers could not reach an agreement regarding her contract."

[sabrelady]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 1:49pm

WELL Namo Sany had NOTHING good to say about u! course what else would u expect from a one eyed, two note has-been eh?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 1:51pm

wow - that statement comes perilously close to crossing a line for me. But I've never been overly fond of having no boundaries. I know, I'm a prude I guess.

[magruder]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 1:58pm

Oh hell, I'll say it. Sabre's comments above may be the most vile remarks about a performer I've ever read, particularly for Duncan, who is a lovely woman, and supremely talented.

[BroadwayKelly]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 2:01pm

Prude? No. Classy? Yes. It takes class to be respectful of all. Sandy Duncan is fabulous! I saw her when I was a little girl in Peter Pan on Broadway and have been a fan ever since.

Shame on you.

Updated On: 6/10/04 at 02:01 PM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 2:28pm

Ah, it was reported a while back on the Bell Bundy website that she was the new Galinda, but it was taken off her Site.

New replacement, hmmm...

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 3:12pm

uh oh... Bindy going diva????


I would like to see espinoza simply because I want to see her Elphaba.. it would be interesting to see Melissa as Galinda as well.......

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 5:09pm

will kristin and idina be performing or will it be their understudies?

[magruder]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 6:08pm

Wicked will not be performing. It will be cast members from Caroline, or Change on Saturday.

[NYCbabe3789]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 6:12pm

I thought I heard somewhere that Idina and Norbert would be performing...

And for the record, LBB is currently NOT going to be the new Glinda. Negotiations with the producers were unable to be made.

[Toon]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 6:17pm

Magruder I am assuming you are being sarcastic because wicked is listed on the today show's official site as performing saturday. and NYCbabe, the news about Laura not taking over was already posted in this thread. See earlier post.

[magruder]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 6:20pm

Heard there's been a change of plans and that Wicked will not be performing this Saturday and that Caroline, or Change is filling in. I am not being sarcastic in the least.

[Songsstresss]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 7:18pm

Wow, really? Where did you hear that?

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 7:23pm

through the grapevine, perhaps.
-d.b.j-

[tennis85]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 8:42pm

Well, someone please let me know. I don't wanna wake up for nothin.....

[magruder]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 8:49pm

It's Anika Noni Rose and the kids doing "I Hate the Bus," and "Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw" from Caroline, or Change. Mark my words.

[tennis85]

Posted: 6/10/04 at 8:51pm

That's what I thought...