Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#1Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:01pmI know she isn't the most popular person on here but many people including me think she is talented. Why hasn't she been on Broadway since Wicked? Its not like she isn't marketable.
#2Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:07pmI don't know why, but I am definitely not complaining!
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#2Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:11pm
Shouldn't you be asking, "Why hasn't Idina done anything since See What I Wanna See? "
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Me: "Would you like that with all the colors of the wind?"
Updated On: 5/21/11 at 04:11 PM
#3Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:16pmShe has a pretty lucrative career as a concert and recording artist. Also, her husband and child are based in LA, so I would assume that she wouldn't want to commit to a new Broadway show that would take her away from her family for six months to a year unless she really believed in it.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
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Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#4Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:17pmIf you weren't trying so hard to be a smart ass, you would have read what I wrote and would have known I was referring to Broadway.
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#5Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:21pmAC126748 hit the nail on the head. She is a mom now, her family doesn't live in New York, and she does a lot of concert appearances instead. Those are the three most obvious reasons anyway.
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#6Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:23pmYea thats true. Is Taye still on Private Practice? If so she can't go to New York till he is done.
#7Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:26pm
Then maybe the answer to your question is, she wanted to give Off-Broadway a chance.
Stephen: "Could you grab me a coffee?"
Me: "Would you like that with all the colors of the wind?"
Updated On: 5/21/11 at 04:26 PM
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#8Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:27pm
SteelPierFan - you need to know that there is more to theatre than Broadway.
You seem to start threads with naive and/or provocative questions that will encourage smart-ass responses.
I suspect a sock puppet.
I now fully expect a new thread called "What is a sock puppet?"
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#9Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:27pm
No I was actually given a good answer.
Jon, I'm sorry you find the stuff i wanna know naive but people don't have to be smart asses when given the opportunity.
Updated On: 5/21/11 at 04:27 PM
#11Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:36pm
She's done MANY things since WICKED:
She starred in SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE.
She appeared on the TV series PRIVATE PRACTICE.
She starred in the feature film adaptation of RENT.
She had a role in the movie musical ENCHANTED.
She appeared on numerous episodes of GLEE.
Who is willing to bet that her paychecks from ENCHANTED surpassed her income from all her years doing WICKED combined?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#12Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:39pmBut Idina isn't really a big person outside of Broadway so she probably didn't get a big paycheck. She also actually hasn't done much though.
#13Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:43pm
But Idina isn't really a big person outside of Broadway so she probably didn't get a big paycheck. She also actually hasn't done much though.
Even if she didn't get a large salary in comparison to what bigger named actors get, it was STILL probably more than she was getting paid for Wicked.
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Actor2
Featured Actor Joined: 1/12/08
#14Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:45pm
I think that Steel Pier Fan understands that there is more to theatre than Broadway.
Look, it was a simple question. It got answered. It's a valid question. Cheno's done a couple of Broadway gigs since then, so why not Idina? Answer: Husband, TV and concert gigs, and kid. Geez...everything has to turn into a power play.
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#15Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 4:46pmActually her residuals alone for Enchanted are probably more than she got for her entire run of Wicked, and that keeps paying.
#16Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 5:23pm
"But Idina isn't really a big person outside of Broadway so she probably didn't get a big paycheck. She also actually hasn't done much though."
Even if she didn't get a large salary in comparison to what bigger named actors get, it was STILL probably more than she was getting paid for Wicked.
Idina Menzel appeared in a film where she had more than five lines. That means that she has made a LOT of money, probably much higher than her starring Broadway contract gave her over the course of the entire run.
It has nothing to do with not "being a big person outside of Broadway." It's a simple fact that film/TV is able to pay their actors a MUCH HIGHER salary than any stage production could ever offer. Plus, the amount of TIME it took to do ENCHANTED (probably less than one month combined after learning the part, filming, and any publicity appearances) was significantly less than the YEARS she committed to WICKED.
These are the reasons why you often see Hollywood stars praise Broadway performers. Julia Roberts said it best.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#17Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 5:30pm
"if so she can't go to New York till he is done"
No offense, but this is not 1901!
Many show biz couples spend time apart when work calls, and the kid(s) travel with them.
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#18Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 5:35pmNo I don't mean Idina isn't allowed or anything. I meant they seem like they wouldn't want to be away from their child or each other. Not controlling but healthy.
#19Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 6:16pmCapn, what did Julia Roberts say? I'm just curious.
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#20Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 11:27pmDon't forget the West End Concert of Chess. Amazing.
#21Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 11:31pm
I was amazed at how poor her voice sounded and her lack of acting in that concert.
When my goodbye post was removed: “but I had a great dramatic finish!!!!”
Updated On: 5/21/11 at 11:31 PM
#22Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 11:33pm
She was also in ASK THE DUST with Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek.
She has a TV pilot in the works with ABC which sounds like a musicalized Gilmore Girls, and there are rumors she will return in GLEE in Season 3.
She wants to find the right show, she almost committed to LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, and those who saw it know she made the right choice.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#23Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 11:41pm
Oh, I didn't know the buzz for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE was bad. Sad. I thought Lapine/Finn would succeed.
When my goodbye post was removed: “but I had a great dramatic finish!!!!”
#24Why hasn't Idina done anything since Wicked?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 11:51pm
'I was amazed at how poor her voice sounded and her lack of acting in that concert.'
Loved it.
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