Who was the best AIDA?

[renthead333]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 8:26pm

who do u think the best aida was on broadway???


and why did aida leave broadway? sorry if thats a dumb question... Updated On: 4/26/06 at 08:26 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 8:34pm

Heatherrrrr.

It closed because ticket sales were low. They weren't low, but they were low in Disney terms.

ETA -- Heather's the best, Saycon was my favorite; I don't know why I feel I have to draw a distinction, though.

Updated On: 4/26/06 at 08:34 PM

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 8:36pm

Man, oh, man I hope Heather comes back to Broadway soon.

[AlmostFamous]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 8:58pm

I never saw Heather but I feel she annunciates (sp?) too much on the OBCR.

Personally I liked Deborah Cox and Saycon Senghbloh.

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:02pm

Heather's my fav.

[TabooWickedFan]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:03pm

heather. she was just absolutely amazing, no words can describe.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:04pm

Heather, no contest. She neeeeeeds to come back to Broadway.

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:13pm

Actually, my favorite was Simone.

[Sparklesss]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:19pm

i know it's not on broadway...but i saw the tour like 4-5 years ago and whoever played Aida then was AMAZING!

[brad3]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:24pm

Deborah Cox

[OOTI2004]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:40pm

I'm sure other Aidas were good, but to me Heather Headley is the Aida. I would love to see her back on Broadway, or even better in the movie version of Aida with the rest of the original cast.

[mominator]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:41pm

Saycon

[DG]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:41pm

Sparkless - given the time frame, you probably saw Simone.

[dirty rotten guy]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:44pm

Heather, no question. The entire original cast was drop-dead amazing!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:46pm

As far as I'm concerned the only Aida there will ever be is Leontyne Price. That was an Aida in a real AIDA.

[StartaFire]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:48pm

most definitely heather

[Amber_C2003]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:48pm

I saw both Simone and Heather...while Simone wasn't bad, I never felt like she had the umph (for lack of a better term) that Aida needed...

Heather, was then and still is, Aida to me. She so completely encompassed everything about Aida to me. (And a shoutout to the rest of the OBC, who also were beyond amazing in their roles)

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:48pm

Heather was definitely the best one I saw. I think I saw 5 or 6 of them.

[senortenor]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:49pm

Dollypop, too funny! (True for Verdi's Aida!)

Heather was the best. I saw her when it was in previews in Chicago. Adam's understudy was in the day I saw it. I think he was actually more fit for the role than Adam.

Heather does need to get back to where she belongs. She won a Tony afterall! Knock it off with the R&B records!

[pushdabutton]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:52pm

Absolutely Heather Headley!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:54pm

I saw the Broadway AIDA while it was still in previews. I walked out because it was a travesy of Verdi's masterpiece.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:01pm

PAULETTE IVORY

She was on the National Tour with Jermey Kushnier's Radames. They knocked the show outta the park, great chemestry, fantastic performances.

[nelliecollins]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:08pm

Heather Headley. Amazing.
That whole OBC was incredible. Not one of my favorite shows, but I went back to see it several times just because they were all so amazing.

[renthead333]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:10pm

i saw paulette ivory on tour.. what ever happened to her?

[renthead333]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:10pm

paulette was VERY talented! Updated On: 4/26/06 at 10:10 PM