Wicked Readies for London...
#0Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 12:52pmOn an English Message (WOS) someone reports that Producers of WICKED have been spotted at The Apollo Victoria and are about to announce an opening for Apollo Victoria for May 2006. Lets hope its true.
#1re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 12:56pm
Starring who...any guesses?
Laura Michelle Kelly is supposedly the front runner for Elphaba, if rumor is true.
Doubt Chenoweth will repeat. Maybe Menzel?
Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#2re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 12:59pmIf Laura Michelle Kelly does i'll be forced to boycott the show forever! She doesn't do a bad job as Mary but i don't rate her that highly and she can't do that role justice! Glinda.. maybe but not Elphaba! I would like to see Joanna Riding as Glinda although she may be a little old now (she don't look it though).
#3re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:01pmThey could always do Joanna Riding and Maria Friedman, who are of compatible age. WICKED spans about twenty years (at least the book does) -- the two leads don't have to be 25, they just have to be more or less the same age.
Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#4re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:04pm
Friedman as Glinda?
Riding as Elphaba?
not sure if that would work... i'd pay to hear riding sing the phone book and she'd rule as Glinda! Maria Friedman could play Morrible and i think i'll throw Ruthie in for Elphaba... she's got the personality and the different singing style would be interesting!
#5re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:05pmOkay, it's nice that more people are going to get to see Wicked, but I mean, COME ON. There are 3 productions going on in the US already. A bit of an overkill.
#6re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:08pm
Yeah in the US. This in the UK...
There will also be productions in Germany, Japan, Australia, Mexico...that's what happens when you have a hit musical.
Updated On: 7/4/05 at 01:08 PM
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#7re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:24pm
But let's be grateful it came to the good old U.S.A. first, eh?
#8re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:25pmThe problem this show is going to run into is finding enough leads...those aren't easy shoes to fill.
#9re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:30pmOh come on Pinguin. All these countries have their own musical theatre stars who have headlined in their productions of CHICAGO, PHANTOM, LES MIZ, etc. There is plenty of talent out there!
#11re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:32pmChenoweth is "booked" solid through 2006. I think she's unlikely unless she did a six week run or something incredibly brief.
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#12re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:33pmMaybe Nathan Lane will open as Elphaba.
#13re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:37pmI'll be in London from January to around late april or early may! I don't think I'll get a chance to see it though! unless I stay longer, which..by then I'll have put myself in debt for the rest of my life so...:)
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#14re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 2:10pmJust to sound completely stupid, will there ever be a London Cast Recording?
#15re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 2:12pm
Maybe, maybe not. The last few London productions of Broadway shows == MILLIE, THE PRODUCERS, etc. didn't get London cast recordings.
Updated On: 7/4/05 at 02:12 PM
#16re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 3:33pmI doubt it will get a London cast recording since the US cast recording is really current. But I could be wrong.
#17re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 3:41pmThere would probably be a pretty huge market for a London Cast Recording, even in the U.S, a much bigger market than there would would have been for say Millie...
#18re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 3:52pm
Please keep Ruthie Henshall out of it. Personally, I am not a fan of her voice, and think her elphie would sound old. They'd probably have to change the key for her, as well.
Why not revive Linzi Hately's career by putting her as Elphaba. either her or Frances Ruffelle.
As for a recording - if they add new music, or make some changes, most likely there will be a recording. If it remains the same as B'way, it probably won't get recorded.
#19re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 3:59pmFrances? Please god no. How about Rachel Barrell as Nessa?
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#20re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 5:27pmThat's what I was thinking - Frances Ruffelle could make her "comeback"...
Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#21re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 5:36pmFrancess Rufelle and Linzi Hately wouldn't be top of my list if i were casting... they wouldn't even be on it!
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#22re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 6:05pmMillie was in London? Must have been a brief run cause I never heard about that.
Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#23re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 6:26pmAbout 8 months... Amanda Holden played Millie!
#24re: Wicked Readies for London...
Posted: 7/4/05 at 6:45pmShe was . . . okay. I really wasn't impressed by the production.
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