Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?- Page 11

[Fabrizio2]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#250

Posted: 11/28/06 at 8:46pm

I think Broadwayboobs is the best Elphaba.

[broadway_show_fan]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#251

Posted: 11/28/06 at 9:18pm

I canNOT wait to see/hear Ms. Julie Reiber as Elphaba - She'll be my new fave tied with Ms. Eden Espinosa.

[ check out http://julie-reiber-online.tripod.com! ]

she's the new LA production standby!
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[pants2]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#252

Posted: 11/28/06 at 9:45pm

shoshana bean definetly, she had a very different take on the part, and was a vocal powerhouse

idinas acting was respectible to say the least but her vocals were, uh, bad

eden espinosa i respect for her range and her range and vocal strength only

but definetly shoshana is my favorite

Can, can I have it?

[AnythingCanHappen]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#253

Posted: 11/29/06 at 1:07am

Shosh reminds me of Urkel. (Urkle?)

I will never get that image out of my head.

"Don't worry, it should never be seen. It's comparable to Britney's hoo-ha." - being.jeremiah in response to the High School Musical 2 logo "You look fantastic, all you need are high heels, cake and a dream." - Amneris

[Claire2141]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#254

Posted: 11/29/06 at 7:17am

I sais Idina in a previous post but....well I think Kerry Ellis (the replacement come January) might just have trumped her.

If you're in London next year try and see her, she is fantastic and different from any others I've 'seen'.

[philcrosby]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#255

Posted: 11/29/06 at 8:17am

The original of course ...


Margaret Hamilton.

[mattnyc2]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#256

Posted: 11/29/06 at 8:21am

Ana Gasteyer.

The best acted Elphaba I've ever seen. She wasn't as "loud" as others, but her acting was so spot on that it more than made up for it. She didn't add riffs that weren't written in the score, so you could actually hear and understand the lyrics.

[Garland Grrrl]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#257

Posted: 11/29/06 at 8:56am

Definitely Karen Ziemba

Mind is Mantra.

[glimpseofstocking]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#258

Posted: 11/29/06 at 3:52pm

I'm an OBC snob, so Idina.
Julia Murney comes in as a close second. She is the only actress (other than Idina) that really made the role her own. And that voice!!

There wouldn't be lights bright enough!

[xbRadxx]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#259

Posted: 11/29/06 at 5:48pm

Eden Espinosa!

[TWSFan4Ever]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#260

Posted: 11/29/06 at 6:40pm

Idina.

[DRSisLove]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#261

Posted: 11/29/06 at 9:45pm

I said Sho a while ago, but after I saw Ana this year... I have to say Ana.

She was just... wow. Incredible.

[Unknown User]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#262

Posted: 11/29/06 at 11:05pm

My top 3 are... Kristy Cates, Ana Gasteyer and Stephanie J Block.

[PaigeByPaige]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#262

Posted: 11/30/06 at 6:02am

Kerry Ellis!

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists. - Stephen Sondheim

[Claire2141]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#263

Posted: 11/30/06 at 12:37pm

^ Yay, vote number 2, Kerry's brilliant. I was really hoping I wouldn't like her so I would stop going to see it so much.

No such luck...I like her more.

[coolphantom919]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#264

Posted: 11/30/06 at 12:40pm

Kristy Kates and Ana Gasteyer. It's a tie!!!

[emo_geek]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#265

Posted: 11/30/06 at 5:18pm

Holy crap Julie reiber will be amazing!!

"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999

[Carpet Stains]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#266

Posted: 12/1/06 at 5:17pm

Ana Gasteyer.

Her singing is amazing. She doesn't add any riffs or anything. But really, she doesn't have to. I don't really like people who over-riff. I don't understand how people say she doesn't belt. In Chicago, the three times I saw her I thought she really belted. And her "Defying Gravity" end note can't be topped. It lasts about ten seconds.

Her acting is great. She brings out the more human and darker side of Elphaba. She IS dark, but her mother and father and sister are dead, and no one has really loved her. Of course she'll be somewhat moody. But when good things do happen, she does get happy.

Her "As Long as You're Mine" is really unique. I love how she seems uncertain of the whole thing at first. And at the end, I love how after she says, "For the first time, I feel... WICKED!" she attacks Fiyero and wraps her arm around his head.

[Victoria] Weaver of Satiric Truths

[AnaGFan]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#267

Posted: 1/9/07 at 6:43pm

Ana definitely. She makes the role her own. Sho and Eden's take remind me too much of Idina. Plus Ana's voice is perfect for the role, not at all grating or over the top. Her opera training really shows.

Just saw her last performance as Elphaba last Sunday. The end note of Defying Gravity wasn't as good as the other times I saw her. But win her spoken lines, she sounded like she had a cold.

[vontusslegirl87]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#268

Posted: 1/9/07 at 7:44pm

Shoshana Bean

Amazing pipes... Amazing acting... all around the best and strongest Elphie EVER! I LOVE HER!

la la, la la! you'll be popular! just not quite as popular as ME!

[Revolutionary]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#269

Posted: 1/9/07 at 7:47pm

Another vote for Julia Murney.

[wickedfiyeroofoz]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#270

Posted: 1/9/07 at 7:53pm

I think this should be the next BWW poll :)

How can they see with sequins in their eyes?

[today4u:proofpositiv]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#271

Posted: 1/9/07 at 7:59pm

I have seen two Elphaba's in my life, aand my fav. is Stephanie J Block. The other one is Shoshana Bean, and I was really dissappointed with her, but then maybe she was having an off day.

[wheredidhegogeorge2]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#272

Posted: 1/9/07 at 8:35pm

I saw shoshana and she was absolutely amazing. From her portrayal of the character to those pipes. The girl can sing. However I have to say eden takes my top spot. The darkness of her tone gives elphaba a whole new dimension that makes me think wicked witch. So go eden!!

[WickedForever2]

re: Who's Your Favorite Elphaba?#273

Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:56am

I've seen Sho and Idina, and Idina clearly wins. I thought Sho was perfect til I saw Idina in London, and there is just no competition. Her voice, her acting, her green-ness, it was all perfect. And Sho's last performance in Toronto was... not pleasing to my ears. But I still love her, don't get me wrong!