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Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
#25re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:24pm
BEST: Kristy Cates by a longshot.
WORST: Idina at the Tonys and when I saw her live.
#26re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:27pm
best: unlike so many, i think sho's is the best. the riffs she adds are inhuman, and she just brings such POWER to the song.
worst: idina at the end of her run- saw her 12/30/04, and she was gasping so much, i thought she might take off act two. still gave me shivers, but she wore herself out so much.
#27re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:27pmLol im listeining to the SF version on my ipod right now.
"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
#29re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:28pmWat was wrong with Idina on the night of the tonys?
"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
Radioactiveduck
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/05
#30re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:29pm
I really haven't heard a DG that I didn't like.
Shoshana's early performances weren't so hot, but she jsut needed a little time to grow into the part, and now I think she's incredible. I have to agree with most of the people here and say that the worst was Idina at the Tony's. It was just unfortunate.
#31re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:30pm
Aww, Darcey, I was going to put you as my choice for best because of your first post. 
#32re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:30pm
I was there live. So they came out, and Idina looked....not all there. When she started singing she was very off-key. She was gasping for air.
I know that they lifted her higher than usual. Maybe she was nervous about that and about the awards.
It happens.
#33re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:31pmI think there's something wrong with the monitors on stage at Radio City. Almost EVERYONE sounded AWFUL both this year and last year. It's really hard to be good if you can't hear what you are doing. Tonya Pinkins sounded AWFUL in her number, too, and I can't imagine she was that bad in the actual show.
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apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#34re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:32pmcalvin, in reality, me singing drunk i hope would not be that bad!
#35re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:33pm
Hanna - it was worse live for both of them.
#36re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:37pmI'm sure it sounded awful in Radio City, too. I just meant that Idina sounded amazing when I saw Wicked in the Gershwin and she was GREAT on David Letterman, or whatever evening show she performed live on. I just think the onstage monitors in Radio City must not be adjusted properly for performers to have a clue what they are doing.
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#37re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:38pm
Yeah, she is my favorite.
I think she was very worn down and nervous.
#38re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:43pm
So much LOVE for Kristy Cates. It just sounds so...freeeeeeeeeee and swooshy prettyyy and yet, very "defying" at the same time.
Worst? I don't know. Probably mine that I know of.
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#39re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:46pmI liked Jenna doing DF gravity yes...but her real staring moment is Wizard and I!
"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
#40re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:55pmok, if they took her higher than usual, and she was nomiated for such a huge award, AND performing for america, who wouldn't sound alittle nervous? i didn't think she sounded HORRIBLE
#41re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:57pmI thought she was just a littled cross eyed a wheezy...not bad.
"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
#42re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:57pmI'm on a Ana high, so I'd say hers is best...but Idina is fantastic on the OBC.
#43re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:59pmWell, I was blown away by her in the show, but at the Tony's I thought "ewww . . . most of America must be saying to themselves 'this is the best Broadway female performer for this year?'"
". . . POP . . ."
withoutlove78
Featured Actor Joined: 7/13/05
#44re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:04pmi agree. i was there on jan 2 as well. blew me away.
#45re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:07pmMimiImFurst as Carol Channing is my new personal Fav
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#46re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:15pm
BEST - EDEN ESPINOSA
WORST - IDINA AT THE TONYS
#47re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:17pm
CALLED IT!!!
Tiny-toon voted for Eden!
Alright...pay up guys. You know I called that one.
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#48re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:18pmI knew that was coming from you all along, Tiny Toon. (A.K.A. one out of the very few BKYLN lovers on the board)
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#49re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:18pmTelepathically?
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DefyingPopular
Featured Actor Joined: 4/10/05
#50re: Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst?
Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:18pm
Best - Shoshana in general - but if i had to pinpoint a performance... April 3rd.
Worst - Idina @ the Tony's.. oy.
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