Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wicked?- Page 6

[raphael06]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#125

Posted: 7/6/07 at 12:17pm

I'll believe it when I see it but she is WAY too young to adequately portray this role.

I heard from a VERY *reliable* source that Idina was comming back for the umpteenth-time...

"I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not."-Sunday in the Park with George

[it'sjustshowbiz]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#126

Posted: 7/6/07 at 2:01pm

^

"But, yeah, it's Lea. The whole Stephanie/Sebastian thing didn't work out."

Would you mind sharing what happened? Is it because of 9 to 5? Or something with Sebastian?

Thanks!

[TapTapTapioca]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#127

Posted: 7/6/07 at 3:10pm

I will be seeing one of the creative team members of Wicked on Sunday and I will confirm it then.

I shave me Xanadu every morning!

[Yankeefan007]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#128

Posted: 7/6/07 at 3:13pm

I will be waiting with bated breath, I assure you.

[MungoGypsy8232]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#129

Posted: 7/6/07 at 3:14pm

thanks TapTapTapioca!

[TapTapTapioca]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#130

Posted: 7/6/07 at 3:17pm

I just googled "Lea Michele Wicked" and I found this interview with her from November of 06.

Q: What are some of your dream roles?
Michele: Oh my gosh, I have so many. I will be honest — I want to be Elphaba in Wicked. Let me be Elphaba in Wicked, and I'll be happy. [Laughs.]

http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/103763.html

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[ShbrtAlley44]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#131

Posted: 7/6/07 at 3:18pm

Does she have that strong of a voice? It doesn't sound like it from Spring Awakening. She has a pretty voice and she can belt, but can she handle that score?

[wonderfulwizard11]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#132

Posted: 7/6/07 at 3:22pm

"I also don't think it will raise ticket prices... She wasn't nominated for the Tony, few people will remember her, I think, from her stints in Ragtime, etc, and only theater people (meaning us) will truly know her, and even then, you can see just from this thread who's a fan and who's not."

Um, I don't think the producers are hiring Michele to raise ticket prices. The show's sold out into the next decade.

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

[ComaBaby01]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#133

Posted: 7/6/07 at 3:39pm

I honestly don't know where my mind was. I was probably reading something else at the same time. I didn't mean to say raise ticket prices, that's silly. I meant that it wouldn't increase the popularity. Not many average people will say, "Lea is playing Elphaba!" and rush to the box office to secure tickets. And for every average person that for some reason does do that, there will be a BWWer right by their side who will quickly talk them out of it

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[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#134

Posted: 7/6/07 at 4:05pm

I really don't want this to be true. She is to young and her role in Spring Awakening tires her out. How the hell would she do Elphaba? I don't know if she can even handle the score.

[raphael06]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#135

Posted: 7/6/07 at 4:12pm

She can belt! She does a killer ON MY OWN.

"I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not."-Sunday in the Park with George

[rockstarland2]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#136

Posted: 7/7/07 at 5:07pm

"She can belt! She does a killer ON MY OWN."

I'm curious... have any *cough* proof of this awesomeness?

[EponineThenardier]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#137

Posted: 7/7/07 at 5:33pm

I second that. PM me please...

[bwaydoc]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#138

Posted: 7/7/07 at 5:37pm

I hope this is not true. I did love Lea in Spring Awakening and I think she's very talented but I don't think she should be in this role right now. I agree with those who think she should wait a few years - her voice didn't impress me as being strong enough for a song like "Defying Gravity" or "No Good Deed."

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[musicalsFan]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#139

Posted: 7/7/07 at 5:55pm

according to Lea Michele's myspace, the rumor is NOT true
posted this morning

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=142899577

[Christina Cooper]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#140

Posted: 7/7/07 at 7:32pm

I thought I read somewhere in this thread that IDINA was coming back?? Is this true.. Or just like someone's dream?

"It's terrible to have a house fall on you, it is, but accidents will happen"

[jordangirl]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#141

Posted: 7/7/07 at 7:43pm

From the blog/myspace... "I want sooooo badly to Elphaba"

So we've now verbified Elphaba???

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[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#142

Posted: 7/7/07 at 7:43pm

I don't really get the whole "she's too young" argument. She actually is the right age for Elphaba. If the Wizardry school where Glinda and her go is the equivalent of college, then Michele is the perfect age for the role. "Popular" makes so much sense when it is performed by a teenager/young-looking actress and the whole issues with Elphaba being accepted in school takes a more realistic level if a girl of Michele's age is playing the part.
Act II doesn't take place that much longer after Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. I mean, Michele can play 24-25 years old. Also, it's not like the characters in WICKED are so profound and three-dimensional that Michele needs decades of life experience to recall so she can convincingly play the character.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

Updated On: 7/7/07 at 07:43 PM

[MerMaggieGalinda]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#143

Posted: 7/7/07 at 7:49pm

Yeah that's what I thought too. She's the perfect age for the role, but the role is constantly played by older actresses/singers that people forget how young Elphie actually is.

[goofy108]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#144

Posted: 7/7/07 at 7:59pm

she just wrote that to mislead her readers.
she knows she's got it.

[Broadway Dancer]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#145

Posted: 7/7/07 at 9:06pm

Or it was just posted here as a false lead to throw people off. I don't care to know who is replacing Julia Murney, but I'd rather not see people who really know starting rumors.

[somethingwicked]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#146

Posted: 7/7/07 at 9:17pm

As I said in the other thread that posted Michele's blog entry, I stand by the information as it came from Julia Murney herself.

Michele was asked by the producers of "Spring.." to keep the information quiet until it is officially announced. The wording in the item she posted still left the possibility of her future with "Wicked" very open, and I'm guessing this was a deliberate move on her part.

We'll see when the press release comes out.

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.

[jordangirl]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#147

Posted: 7/7/07 at 9:23pm

Yeah... Maybe she will Elphaba (her wording...not mine) after all. And then we can all see what it means to Elphaba. :P

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LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!

[WithoutATrace]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#148

Posted: 7/7/07 at 9:27pm

I just want to know the date...October 9th?

[somethingwicked]

re: Who is taking over for Julia and Kendra in October when they leave Wick#149

Posted: 7/7/07 at 9:35pm

Julia leaves October 7th. The replacement starts October 9th.

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.