Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure - Cast / Creative Team Announced! — Page 4

i do not know what part Tad will be taking, i was only told that he is leaving RoA in the fall.

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The critics and reviewers are going to rip this apart just based on the casting... and rightfully so...

A female mad hatter is actually what did it in for me. That just bothers me... shame... it had potential (you know, except for the music... just the concept).

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Who cares if the Mad Hatter is played by a legume? It's Frank Wildhorn and will suck if a man, woman, or a head of lettuce plays the Mad Hatter.

" or a head of lettuce plays the Mad Hatter."



..it looks like it's working for them.

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For those who care, a mini-promo commercial-like-thing has been posted to the website.

The song is still "Finding Wonderland," but sung by Brandi Burkhardt (I am almost positive, unless Janet Dacal sounds like her!), as opposed to the clip on the Music/Media page, which is Lauren Kennedy (reportedly). The latter has horrible quality, so I suppose it could be the same, seeing as Kennedy and Burkhardt sound pretty similar as it is.

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Haha, you win blaxx. But I cared, I'm sure Frank Wildhorn? cared :P.

You both were clearly interested just by viewing this thread...

Not even "Jekyll & HYDE"?

Wildhorn is noted for all four of his musicals flopping, including what I think is considered the longest running flop in Broadway history - Jekyll & HYDE (just shy of a 4-year run). I'm still convinced people don't like him because despite the financial loses, they still run & run (save for The Civil War, the only one that closed pretty much immediately).

Most people claim his scores are bad (usually, IMO thanks to bad lyrics, which .. shockingly he doesn't do (save for the occasional one), or something wrong with the book. Whatever he's doing - he's doing right, he's got tons of albums sold, and his shows (most particularly Jekyll & HYDE) are constantly being produced around the globe.

The only bad thing he's done to get hate (which stems back to 10 years ago), and I do agree this was entirely wrong, that can be justified is his attempt to save tons of money with DRACULA, the musical and especially with the recording. But that's in the past, I'm sure there's plenty of hate threads on Wildhorn.

THis is about his new show, WONDERLAND, which may very possibly be seeing the light of day on Broadway within the next years.

On the plus side... the costumes might not suck! Everything else probably will, but at least they will look kinda cool doing it!

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On the plus side... the costumes might not suck!

Was JUST about to say that, zoraksferal. At least the costumes will be beautiful.

^^ Well, someone was bound to eventually. Bravo on having the courage to admit it :)

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Ah sorry Sueleen, I was in no way trying to come off as a racist. I was simply suggesting that by the parts of the script I have knowledge of, it called for someone who looked exactly like Alice Liddell - fairy tale or not, I would have assumed they'd try to stick to the general public opinion of the character for once. And I've heard the plot has been tweaked, and of all people, Jack Murphy is now doing it. as if the lyrics weren't enough...

Not to mention I really really wanted to see Lauren Kennedy (or Brandi for that matter) do it, as opposed to an "unknown" (not that Brandi nor Kennedy are necessarily big names to begin with - but not new to Wildhorn fans) -- I think everyone knows Frank needs to do so much to try to garner a hit, I don't see how casting an unknown has helped him. But I'm done ranting - I'm more than willing to give her a chance, just excited to see the show get off it's feet!