Who is your favorite Elphaba?

[rmusic11322]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#1

Posted: 2/20/11 at 3:37pm

So many women have played her. Who is your favorite and why?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#2

Posted: 2/20/11 at 3:38pm

Bruce Vilanch.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#2

Posted: 2/20/11 at 3:59pm

GET READY TO RUMMMMMBLLLLLE!

". . . POP . . ."

[ljay889]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#3

Posted: 2/20/11 at 4:26pm

Ashlee Simpson.

[uncageg]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#4

Posted: 2/20/11 at 4:42pm

Idina. I also enjoyed the understudy I saw in 2009 on the national tour. Her acting and vocals were great and her Defying Gravity blew the roof off of the Buell Theater.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

[binau]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#5

Posted: 2/20/11 at 4:47pm

I've only seen Jemma Rix..

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[Kalimba]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#6

Posted: 2/20/11 at 4:50pm

Honey, threads like this are so 2004.

[bwaylvsong]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#7

Posted: 2/20/11 at 4:51pm

I've only seen (live) Julia Murney, but she was absolutely phenomenal.

[TheatreFan4]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#8

Posted: 2/20/11 at 4:52pm

I've only seen Kerry Ellis live, but Glea Michelphaba.

[SNAFU]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#9

Posted: 2/20/11 at 5:03pm

For me, Ana Gasteyer. Thought she acted the best Elphaba. Se was able to act while singing also and used the belt to a minimum.

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Updated On: 2/20/11 at 05:03 PM

[best12bars]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#10

Posted: 2/20/11 at 5:16pm

Moms Mabley. Shecky Green ran her a close second, though.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[Teacup]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#11

Posted: 2/20/11 at 5:16pm

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

[steven22]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#12

Posted: 2/20/11 at 5:25pm

I've seen Idina Menzel, Eden Espinosa, Ana Gasteyer, and Stephanie Torns. Loved all of them. Glindas I've seen (Megan Hilty, Kate Reinders, Katie Rose Clark)...I liked all of them except for Kate Reinders. Terrible.

[wicked1492]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#13

Posted: 2/20/11 at 5:29pm

Jackie Burns.

"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times

[TheatreDiva90016]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#14

Posted: 2/20/11 at 5:47pm

Jackie Mason

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[Elphaba3]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#15

Posted: 2/20/11 at 6:34pm

Willemijn Verkaik.

Updated On: 2/21/11 at 06:34 PM

[IdinaBellFoster]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#16

Posted: 2/20/11 at 6:50pm

Well honestly, most Elphaba replacements are just some variation of what Idina Menzel did, acting wise and vocally.

But Julie Murney and Ana Gasteyer were both fantastic. Murney especially blew me away during her Broadway run with Kassebaum in 2007.

"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

[Jordan Catalano]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#17

Posted: 2/20/11 at 6:51pm

Is this from Wicked?

[BrodyFosse123]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#18

Posted: 2/20/11 at 7:05pm

Though I've seen numerous actresses tackle the role both on Broadway and on tour, my favorite without question is Anne Hathaway in Baz Luhrmann's 2009 film adaptation. Too bad Sandra Bullock took the Oscar. At least Hathaway got a nomination.

[IAMmyownMUSICAL]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#19

Posted: 2/20/11 at 7:07pm

Julia Murney....woman is phenomenal in everything, and she was especially good as Elphie. Such a wonderful interpretation. So detailed.

Now all I see are cute boys with short haircuts in a maze of their own...

[PB ENT.]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#20

Posted: 2/20/11 at 7:09pm

Can't resist! Elmer Fudd (his Devying Gwavity was one for the books)

Seriously...Julia Murney rocked this role with an added deminsion of feeling and honesty, not to mention nailing the vocals.

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[best12bars]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#21

Posted: 2/20/11 at 7:21pm

Margaret Hamilton.

The one EVERYBODY'S basing it on.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[Mildred Plotka]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#22

Posted: 2/20/11 at 7:24pm

Orfeh.

"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"

[KylieS]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#23

Posted: 2/20/11 at 10:19pm

Even though like 2/3 of the people in this thread are making fun, I'm still surprised nobody in the other 1/3 has mentioned Mandy Gonzalez.

[ADayOnBroadway]

Who is your favorite Elphaba?#24

Posted: 2/20/11 at 10:57pm

The original is still the best, Idina Menzel was by far the greatest Elphaba that I have seen in Wicked no one can beat it.