Wicked performance on Today Show this morning

[Chip1012]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 8:32am

Did everyone see the cast perform "One Short Day" just now? It was a woman's dream to be on Broadway so the Today show got her into Wicked for a night. And Shoshana looked amazing in green (as she always does).

[Pink]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 9:03am

Was JLT there or Megan?

[nyb418]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 9:04am

Yes, really cool performance.. the wind factor made the sound a bit odd, but it was a nice dream come true for the woman!Katie mentioned that both Shoshana and JLT had been there before, I don't recall Wicked being on the NBC Today show? Am I senile?

[meagan9848]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 9:16am

The last time Wicked was featured, Idina and Kristin were there, and it was soon after the show opened. I don't know about Jen and Sho.

Updated On: 5/19/05 at 09:16 AM

[Blue J]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 9:26am

It was Jen and Shoshana, but it mainly focused on a woman from Utah who loved-loved-loved Wicked and her dream was to be a member of the ensemble so they Today show helped her realize that dream. She got to perform in "One Short Day".

(All that and I live in Cali - haven't even seen the show yet. Haha!)
Updated On: 5/19/05 at 09:26 AM

[ashley0139]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 9:45am

Idina and Kristin didn't perform. It was Shoshana and JLT.

Posted: 5/19/05 at 9:53am

I believe Meegan was referring to when Kristin & Idina performed Popular shortly after the show opened.

[meagan9848]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 9:59am

thanks joe- sorry guys, I wasn't clear with that, i'll fix it!

[Up In Lost]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 10:15am

I dina and Kristin have performed on the Today show. They performed For Good, and it wasin the actual studio.

[Elphabuff2]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 4:29pm

Also, Jennifer appeared on the show as Glinda. I'm unsure if she performed or not, however, she was in full "bubble" costume to tell Katie that she would perform as "Galinda" in "Popular" for one performance. That is why Katie said that JLT had visited the show previously.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 4:34pm

TheRE WAs A wIKeD PeRfORmAnCE ANd I MIsSeD iT??? i'M sO HEaRtBrOKeN NoW... sHIz OuT PePLz!

[ShuQ]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 4:37pm

What? Katie played Galinda?

[ashley0139]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 4:38pm

no. It was JLT as Glinda.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 4:38pm

No...JLT did

So upset I missed it!

[Hoof]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 4:44pm

You all can see today's performance on msnbc. Hope is not lost.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 4:45pm

when, HOOF, when?

[zepka102]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 4:49pm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7632606/


there ya go

[Hoof]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 4:50pm

Well, for today's performance of "One Short Day" you can just go to msnbc's website.

I'm not computer savvy, but I think this is the link. It was part of the "Live For Today" section.

I hope it works.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7632606/

[Hoof]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 4:53pm

Sigh. Beat me to it. Now, for the good news. . .

I got the link right! Woot!

Take that computer literacy!

[Flight0017]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 5:03pm

Thanks for the link! I thought the whole thing was kinda cute

[MissNY]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 5:03pm

I was there! So much fun

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 5:18pm

Awwwwwww....I missed it! Mayeb next time my brain won't be wiped out when I go to bed

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 5:37pm

That made me cry!

When Peter Pan was in town, I hooked up a good friend with Cathy Rigby. My friend, Kathy, is a huge fan of Cathy, and has wanted to meet her for years. They are the same age, height, etc. Cathy signed her picture frame containing pics of her own production of Peter Pan. She played Peter.

I LOVE to do things like that. Sure, it is exciting for me, but to see the smile on her face when she got to sit on the set and take pics...priceless.

Updated On: 5/19/05 at 05:37 PM

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 5:48pm

Aw, that was really nice. Haha.
The performance looked so much tighter than when they performed at the Thanksgiving parade. Thanks for the link!

~Steven

[442namffug]

Posted: 5/19/05 at 6:21pm

It was so good to see them perform. I love Sho and JLT!! They were awesome when I saw them live last month and sooo incredibly nice. It is, however, an akward song to perform on a small stage for TV, and it seemed like they were constantly pushing them out of the way just to focus on the woman. Obviously, it was meant to be about/for that woman but I wished they could have talked to the cast!! They should have asked Shoshana about what she's doing for some of the 5th grade kids at a school in Queens.