Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?- Page 10

[WordedGrace]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 2:25am

Idina owns the role! I don't care if SJB had first crack at it, she always was screaming parts of her songs, and that annoyed me beyond anything else. I love Eden and Sho but Ana Gasteyer brings a little more acting muscle to the role and that is why is 2nd

[TheaterJunkie]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 9:52am

I saw Ana Gastayer live in Chicago and she was great! But, I loved Idina in this role too!

[LeafFoaConeybear2]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:07am

MiEdNiZnEaL
( idinaMenzel.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:09am

The one, the only, the incredible, Julia K. Murney!

[actor]

Posted: 10/7/06 at 7:44pm

Favorite Elphabas:

1. Idina
2. Eden
3. Shoshana
4. Saycon
5. Kristy Cates
6. Brandi
7. Stephanie
8. Julia
9. Ana

[Horton]

Posted: 10/7/06 at 7:47pm

They are all fine I dont really care

[actor]

Posted: 10/7/06 at 7:54pm

I agree. They're all great.

[AudreyTwoTwo]

Posted: 10/7/06 at 9:24pm

Idina!

But of course, I love Idina, and I saw it like 2 months before she left.

It sucked when she couldnt do her last performance, but I am happy she went and stood there on stage at one point. :)

[actor]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 4:37pm

Who thinks that Rosario Dawson would be a good Elphaba?

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 4:39pm

Not a chance. Her work in "RENT," "Josie and the Pussycats" and "Two Gentlemen of Verona" shows no indication that she has the vocal range or power to sustain that role.

Hell, I'm a belter and there's no way that I could pull off Elphaba. It's extremely vocally challenging. Just because Rosario has a nice voice does not mean that she can properly hit the notes called for 8 shows a week.

[Ciaron McCarthy]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 4:40pm

Idina

[actor]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 5:46pm

Kitzarina-

Listen to the end of "Goodbye Love" on the Rent movie recording. When she belts out "goodbye love" full force, you can tell that she does have a powerful voice.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 5:50pm

actor, I so hate to disappoint you, but Dawson's voice was almost completely digitally enhanced for the movie of RENT. She really is not much of a singer, and those of us who saw her sing live in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA can attest to that. She could never sing Elphaba live. Ever.

That said, they could probably digitize her enough to do the movie
Updated On: 10/31/06 at 05:50 PM

[actor]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 5:55pm

I haven't seen her live, so I don't know if she really has a good voice. From the way it sounded on the movie recording of Rent, it sounded like she could. But again, I haven't seen her live so I don't know.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 5:55pm

Powerful voice or not, Elphaba has some very high notes to belt out. I just don't think that Rosario has proven that she has a high enough range to pull it off.

[cindy013]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:25pm

Stephanie J. Block, without a doubt. I was amazed and touched by her performance and will never forget it. Fabulous acting, amazing versatile voice, and she just owned the stage. Plus she's the sweetest person ever!

[Broadway Belle2]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:27pm

Darlings, Idina IS Elphaba!

And Cheno was the best Galinda.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:28pm

Eden Espinosa

[snl89]

Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:59pm

yeah.. about the whole Rosario thing.. I ADORE her, I really really do. I think she is unbelievably talented and gorgeous and a better mimi couldn't have been found for the movie. BUT- broadway... ehh, I dont know, I just think it might be a little too.. big for her. She's just too much of a screen actress... what makes her so amazing is all the LITTLE stuff she does, and the fact that she's NOT overdramatic or anything (not to say anyone in the RENT movie cast was overdramatic, because clearly I love them all to death). Especially for a part like elphaba.. she'd just kind of get lost on the stage I think. All the spark she has on screen would kind of be gone. Elphaba needs to be played by people like idina, and eden too, who just seem to feel the most at home on stage, and light up the stage as much as rosario lights up the screen :P Its just two very different mediums

oh, and as far as the singing goes, I'm.. not really sure. She has an absolutely GORGEOUS voice, but I just dont think its trained enough to belt THAT much for THAT many shows a week. She can def let it rip in a recording studio, but its totally different doing it 8 times a week in a theater. There's a reason the vast majority of broadway people have had at the VERY least SOME training to purposes of learning how to mantain their voice, and most of them have had a lot MORE than that

and have I mentioned Idina's my favorite elphaba? :P hehe

Updated On: 10/31/06 at 06:59 PM

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 11/1/06 at 9:51am

Eden =)

[avab802]

Posted: 11/1/06 at 10:00am

I've seen Idina and Shoshana. Idina, hands down. Idina showed much more vulnerability, Shoshana's acting was all "surface." I know that probably doesn't make sense to anyone but me, but that's my reasoning.

[JHartnow]

Posted: 11/1/06 at 10:25am

Elphina Menzelthropp

[Claire2141]

Posted: 11/1/06 at 11:09am

After seeing her (finally) I have to say Idina. Every time I've seen her she's been fantastic. Obviously time away from the role has meant her voice is back to brilliant and she really puts her heart into it.

Looking forward to next time I go, but also to seeing the next Elphaba.

[wickedfiyeroofoz]

Posted: 11/1/06 at 9:19pm

Idina Overall of course. But.....Jenna did the end of defying gravity the best. On the "I'm flying high DeFYing gravity", she was the only elphaba whose "FY" syllable came out clear and didn't sound forced or pinched. go jenna :) wish she'd open as elphie somewhere.

[rentfan346]

Posted: 11/28/06 at 8:39pm

Idina

But I also really love Eden and Julia