Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
TheatreKid3
Broadway Star Joined: 3/25/12
#1Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/7/12 at 1:03pm
Can we please have her come to New York after the Holland production closes in January? She is incredible!
According to her Wikipedia page, there are rumors that she may indeed be coming to New York.
Listen for yourselves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsNm6HSWthM
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#2Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/7/12 at 2:05pm
"According to her Wikipedia page, there are rumors that she may indeed be coming to New York."
Well that seems like a reliable source.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/7/12 at 2:31pm
Equity is not fond of taking away jobs that an American can have.
(But I agree with beautywickedlover -- it's a RUMOR.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#3Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/7/12 at 5:48pmSaw her on youtube, she is wonderful!
PositivelyEmerald
Stand-by Joined: 7/24/11
#4Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/7/12 at 6:00pmIt would be incredible if she were to come to NYC. She can speak English, and we've heard her singing the songs in English as well.
#5Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/7/12 at 6:15pmSie klingt sehr wunderbar aus!! Ich finde die Wicked lyrisch auf Deutsch nicht ganz komisch!!! Sie sind besser als die lyrisch des Rebecca!!!
#6Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/7/12 at 11:07pmShe is a fantastic Elphaba. Her "No Good Deed" is incredibly dark and haunting (which the song should be) and keeps the riffs to a minimum but still pulls out some shocking new things that makes her voice just blast through the roof.
"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."
TheatreKid3
Broadway Star Joined: 3/25/12
#7Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/8/12 at 2:15amDidn't AEA make an exception for Kerry Ellis?
elphaba.scares.me
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/04
#8Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/8/12 at 2:39pm
I believe the Kerry Ellis exception was related to Idina Menzel opening the show in the West End.
I'm still surprised that they let Elena Roger come over with all the Americans who could play Eva. They make exceptions for box-office stars, but I would count Ricky Martin in that category, rather than Roger. Although I did like her acting very much.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#9Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/8/12 at 4:07pmActually, it is quite simple to bring over a foreign actor. The Equity exchange program. No, it doesn't have to be direct - ie, a Broadway Wicked actor for a London Wicked actor. But the union keeps a tally, so to speak.. an American job for a foreign job. A foreign-born actor with a green card, such as Caroline O'Connor, can work here as well.
TheatreKid3
Broadway Star Joined: 3/25/12
#10Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in WICKED
Posted: 12/9/12 at 2:30pm^ that's very interesting if that is indeed how it works. Seems so trivial, lol.
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