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#26

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 12:15pm

Well, the part screams Sam Shepard to me.

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#27

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 12:23pm

Now THATS an interesting take on it!

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

#28

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 12:25pm

Laurie Metcalf as Elphaba and Kathy Baker as Galinda?

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#29

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 12:31pm

I do hope that nobody is writing to make fun of Ms. Kathy Baker who in my opinion is one the most talented actresses to ever grace the screen.
But I would love to see Laurie Metcalf on stage. She is absolutely hilarious.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#30

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 12:34pm

I thought that it was already a foregone conclusion that Mindy Cohn would be stepping into the part. Sheesh!

#31

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 12:37pm

Matt,

I was just following up on the Sam Shepherd vision of WICKED.

Ms. Metcalf and Ms. Baker are both BRILLIANT actresses who deserve all the accolades they get.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#32

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 12:55pm

what about jennifer cody or amy spanger

#33

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 2:38pm

I must admit that I do not recognize those last two....what about Kristen Scott Thomas and Emma Thompson in a Merchant Ivory spin?

#34

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 2:42pm

I would like a Merchant Ivory spin on that. They could get Maggie Smith to be Madame Morrible and Hugh Grant as Fiyero.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#35

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 2:42pm

My vote is for Megan Mullally!!!! She would be adorable!

(Or Fantasia)

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#36

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 2:44pm

Ms. Mullally (although incredibly talented)about 15 years too old for that role. She would get crucified by the critics for doing it. She should stick to more mature roles. I'm dying for her to take on Vera Charles in Mame.

#37

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 2:45pm

And Streisand was TOO OLD FOR YENTL.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#38

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 2:47pm

OMG...thank you for that one. I always felt that way. I have to admit it's a guilty pleasure of mine to watch or listen to.

#39

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 2:49pm

ugh - someone always comes along and thinks we are actually serious...OY....

#40

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 2:49pm

I know, I love it too. But I'm a gay jew so it's in my blood.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#41

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 2:56pm

Ok...so I didn't get that you guys are joking. There are so many Wicked fans (i'm one, but not as serious as some of these kids), and they always bring up MM. I forgot that there are some out there with a sense of humor about the whole thing.

#42

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 4:02pm

yeah i assume DefyingGravity2 is right. Wouldnt the understudy go in for it?? I think the show is too much of a startrain right now, though. They need a big name as Glinda for the first few months after Kristin is gone, or the show might go under. At Least Idina and Joel will still be there. And Norbert.

#43

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 4:05pm

jennifer cody is hunter fosters wife and she has been on broadway in a few thing and amy spanger was in kiss me kate and tic tic boom and urime town

i think they would be goo in the role of glinda

#44

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 4:12pm

are you into Music theater too? Are you in college?

#45

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 4:17pm

according to Laura Bell Bundy's website she is the next Glinda

#46

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 4:30pm

Laura Bell Bundy was awesome when I saw Wicked. I wasn't mad that I didn't get to see Kristin Chenowith once the show started. Glinda doesn't have to be a star, Elphaba should be awesome though. Laura Bell Bundy makes for a perfect counter to Elphaba.

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#47

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 4:32pm

we should all remember that Melissa Bell Chait is the first understudy, the only reason LBB has been on so much is that Melissa has been recovering from a stroke.

Had Melissa been healthy, she would have played Glinda the vast majority of times KC was off.

So when consdiering if LBB will take over, remember that MBC is main understudy, and by all accounts vastly better than LBB.

#48

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 4:39pm

when did mbc have a stroke? is she doing better?

#49

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 4:42pm

6 months ago- shes been back only a few weeks, and after being back 2 weeks, she went on with 20 minutes notice, after not playing the role for 7 months, as Glinda.

what an amazing woman to come back from a stroke and do that. And by all accounts she was amazing.

#50

re: Who will be the next Glinda?

Posted: 5/27/04 at 4:48pm

jgph,

actually...that's not really correct information. although the lovely melissa bell chait is indeed the understudy for the role of Galinda, the equally lovely Laura Bell Bundy is the standby for the role. That means if Ms. Chenoweth is out, Ms. Bundy goes on. Only when neither Ms. Chenoweth nor Ms. Bundy can appear does Ms. Chait perform. That's how it goes with a standby.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

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