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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 18, 2022 15:48:15 GMT
Lucie notoriously hates touring so I highly doubt it, especially as she’s been struggling with attendance as it is, as said above.
Nikki Bentley perhaps if she feels ready to return?
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 18, 2022 17:09:27 GMT
They didn't even get her to do a second contract in town, they certainly arent going to be shipping her off on tour which is arguably a harder go than just doing it in London
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Post by aingidh on Nov 18, 2022 18:51:32 GMT
I hope Nikki Bentley returns. She knows what it's like to tour this show and seems to be doing much better now. I think maybe Laura Harrison as standby?
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Post by deej4life on Nov 18, 2022 19:31:34 GMT
Nikki Bentley as tour lead would be fantastic. She was incredibly popular as standby and has expressed a lot of interest in returning as Elphaba.
I could definitely see Laura Harrison as her standby. Laura has a 'belty' quality to her voice which would match Nikki very well!
(And again, please give whoever is lead Elphaba a show or two off each week).
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Post by shady23 on Nov 18, 2022 19:45:50 GMT
I am a big fan of Nikki but there is a HUGE difference from being a standby and being on now and again to going on eight times a week. She had to drop out from London and has not been on stage regularly since then.
It would be a huge ask of her to do this.
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Post by deej4life on Nov 18, 2022 20:10:52 GMT
Nikki did confirm online that she left London due to private family reasons that were impacting her mental health.
She was an incredibly strong standby on tour and I think if given the opportunity she would smash it as tour lead!
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Post by kyvai on Nov 18, 2022 20:47:07 GMT
You know who I’d love to see play Elphaba, Samantha Barks. If she ever moves on from Frozen. She’d be phenomenal.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 18, 2022 20:50:46 GMT
Get Kerry Ellis back. You know you want it.
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Post by h86 on Nov 18, 2022 21:00:51 GMT
You know who I’d love to see play Elphaba, Samantha Barks. If she ever moves on from Frozen. She’d be phenomenal. Ah yes would love this but can’t see her doing a UK tour. Staying with the Disney theme Courtney Stapleton comes to mind as a future Elphaba for me as well. |
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Post by cezbear on Nov 18, 2022 21:37:15 GMT
It's a no vote from me to Kerry or Samantha, please and thank you.
And before anyone suggests CHF, that's a please no.
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 18, 2022 22:16:25 GMT
I agree Samantha would be a brilliant Elphaba and looking at her stellar attendance record at Frozen, I’m sure she’d handle the role 8 times a week just fine. I feel like it’s not the sort of thing that would be on her radar right now though (she’s done the Les Mis movie, originated a role on Broadway, originated one in London in a huge musical, I feel like she can do “bigger” things than just being the latest Elphaba). Maybe she could do it for the 20th anniversary or something to make it feel more of an event.
I think Courtney Stapleton was fantastic in Beauty and the Beast but I’m not sure if I see her as an Elphaba, I thought her understudy Grace Swaby-Moore had more of an “Elphaba voice”.
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Post by deej4life on Nov 18, 2022 22:21:11 GMT
Do we think our lead Elphaba will be "recycled" or will they surprise us with a new face like they did with Amy Ross?
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Post by hadeswasking on Nov 18, 2022 22:58:01 GMT
Courtney Stapleton is a wonderful idea. I would love that!!
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Post by sb on Nov 19, 2022 9:06:14 GMT
Do we think our lead Elphaba will be "recycled" or will they surprise us with a new face like they did with Amy Ross? Who knows these days? Where as once it was a guarantee an Elphaba would be a recycle, in recent years they seem to have switched up the casting with new faces in all productions playing Elphaba, and now returns from approx. 13 years ago! It could be anyone, all bets are open. |
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Post by Scswp on Nov 19, 2022 15:52:52 GMT
Get Kerry Ellis back. You know you want it. I know the above is a joke; the days of Ellis being in Wicked are well in the past now. As much I like Ellis (and she made the singing seem effortless years ago when I saw her as Elphaba), I doubt she could sing the role as written now. Her voice still has range, but it has declined somewhat and the timbre has become much more nasal, I think. I loved her in Anything Goes, but this singing was much less ‘full throttle’ than the demands of Wicked. In her younger days, her power was phenomenal. |
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Post by theoracle on Nov 19, 2022 17:14:01 GMT
Hiba Elchikhe and Emma Kingston would be lovely Elphabas. Although I’m not sure if they’d be considered too old now…
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Post by shady23 on Nov 19, 2022 18:07:30 GMT
I can't imagine Kerry would want to do it. She has school aged boys.
I think we will see someone new.
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Nov 19, 2022 18:08:16 GMT
Emma Kingston would tear the roof off - or a former Heathers lead like Christina Bennington or Ailsa Davidson possible. Or maybe Christine Allado given Michael McCabe produced The Prince of Egypt.
As they’d probably not need a ‘name’ to tour with, it’d also be nice to see new talent get a chance to make a splash.
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 19, 2022 19:34:49 GMT
Hiba Elchikhe and Emma Kingston would be lovely Elphabas. Although I’m not sure if they’d be considered too old now… Seeing as both were playing high schoolers not long ago, I don’t think they’d be too old to play Elphaba for a while yet. |
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 19, 2022 23:35:05 GMT
There was a lot of enthusiasm around Ailsa in her Heathers run so that's a possibility - but whilst Christina could probably sing it, her Heathers and (especially) BOOH performances show that shes not really an actress
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Post by hadeswasking on Nov 20, 2022 0:44:34 GMT
I loved Christina later on in that Heathers run. She's still one of my favourite Veronica's and I feel like she could be a decent Elpheba.
Ailsa's heathers performance I've only seen from the proshot and I was very disappointed. Apparently it was very different from her usual on-stage performance so willing to give her the benefit of the doubt.
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Post by Oleanna on Nov 20, 2022 0:52:41 GMT
I’d love to see Lizzie Bea as Elphaba!
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Post by AliceFearnFan2212 on Nov 20, 2022 0:59:38 GMT
They didn't even get her to do a second contract in town, they certainly arent going to be shipping her off on tour which is arguably a harder go than just doing it in London I don’t think her attendance had anything to do with a second contract to be honest. I think from the start of her contract they had the idea that lucie and Helen would only do a year as they wanted to bring Alexia back and get the first black Glinda for next year which they’ve done. Diversity etc |
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 20, 2022 11:11:38 GMT
There was such a fanfare with Lucie joining the show after 11 years of trying that I don't believe they would let her go after a year personally.
And I think we are kidding ourselves if her attendance hasn't contributed to not doing a second contract
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Post by maggiem on Nov 21, 2022 12:40:04 GMT
I would love to see Wicked in Manchester, but I'm not booking 2 years ahead, thank you very much!
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