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Post by h86 on Jan 20, 2023 13:18:36 GMT
Does anyone know what the person on Twitter said to Lucie? They've deleted it now. It’s was something like ‘is it an Elphaba problem or a current Elphaba problem’ |
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 20, 2023 13:44:08 GMT
I mean, I said it would be an unpopular opinion 😂
Anyway I'll be quiet now ✌️
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Post by isabel on Jan 22, 2023 13:24:21 GMT
What date is cast change ?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 22, 2023 13:49:52 GMT
What date is cast change ? The sooner the better by the sounds of it! |
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Post by topaz on Jan 22, 2023 14:09:46 GMT
The new cast’s first show is Tuesday 7th March, I believe.
I have a possibly stupid question! I saw Wicked a lot in the couple of years after it opened and paid a lot of attention to the casts I was seeing (I was a provincial teen and it was always a very exciting occasion to queue for day seats. Also a very long time to stare at the cast board for want of anything else to do). I then moved on to other passions, but went back once in January 2013 and once in March 2019, paying exactly no attention to the cast board either time. Obviously there’s every chance I saw covers, but is there any kind of online archive of past casts anywhere for interest’s sake? If so, I’m sure it’s linked somewhere in here, but the thread is very long.
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Post by filendile on Jan 22, 2023 16:00:53 GMT
The new cast’s first show is Tuesday 7th March, I believe. I have a possibly stupid question! I saw Wicked a lot in the couple of years after it opened and paid a lot of attention to the casts I was seeing (I was a provincial teen and it was always a very exciting occasion to queue for day seats. Also a very long time to stare at the cast board for want of anything else to do). I then moved on to other passions, but went back once in January 2013 and once in March 2019, paying exactly no attention to the cast board either time. Obviously there’s every chance I saw covers, but is there any kind of online archive of past casts anywhere for interest’s sake? If so, I’m sure it’s linked somewhere in here, but the thread is very long. January 2013 you would have seen Louise Dearman (Elphaba) and Gina Beck (Glinda). March 2019 would be Alice Fearn (Elphaba) and Sophie Evans (Glinda). Unless there was a cover on of course. |
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Post by topaz on Jan 22, 2023 16:07:37 GMT
The new cast’s first show is Tuesday 7th March, I believe. I have a possibly stupid question! I saw Wicked a lot in the couple of years after it opened and paid a lot of attention to the casts I was seeing (I was a provincial teen and it was always a very exciting occasion to queue for day seats. Also a very long time to stare at the cast board for want of anything else to do). I then moved on to other passions, but went back once in January 2013 and once in March 2019, paying exactly no attention to the cast board either time. Obviously there’s every chance I saw covers, but is there any kind of online archive of past casts anywhere for interest’s sake? If so, I’m sure it’s linked somewhere in here, but the thread is very long. January 2013 you would have seen Louise Dearman (Elphaba) and Gina Beck (Glinda). March 2019 would be Alice Fearn (Elphaba) and Sophie Evans (Glinda). Unless there was a cover on of course. Thank you so much! |
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Post by AliceFearnFan2212 on Jan 22, 2023 16:22:07 GMT
Witch Switch at today’s matinee performance!
Lucie went off after Popular and Nicola came on.
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Post by h86 on Jan 22, 2023 18:21:59 GMT
Witch Switch at today’s matinee performance! Lucie went off after Popular and Nicola came on. Doesn’t seem to have gone down well on Twitter. Lucie has now deleted the app. |
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Post by isabel on Jan 22, 2023 18:46:10 GMT
What’s happened on Twitter ? Did someone say something nasty to Lucie ?
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Post by AliceFearnFan2212 on Jan 22, 2023 19:39:12 GMT
Someone tweeted asking if she’s ever on
A musical director to be more precise which is just mad
Of course we’ve had our discussions here that she misses a lot of shows but there could be many reasons why
Most people are just curious but there’s a time and a place and that wasn’t it! Came across very cruel and must’ve upset her
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Post by isabel on Jan 22, 2023 19:55:45 GMT
Yes I’ve seen that tweet. I’m sure he said that to her again few days ago
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Post by longinthetooth on Jan 22, 2023 20:34:10 GMT
It seems she's taking herself off Twitter for a while.
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Post by danb on Jan 22, 2023 22:03:15 GMT
Not sure why her job, over anyone else's should be so harshly judged; especially by people who would have no chance of doing it successfully themselves. It’s pathetic.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 23, 2023 9:01:24 GMT
If someone has to go off mid show there is obviously a very good reason for that.
There is a lot more going on than that comment. Sadly not for the first time, many Elphaba's have been trolled terribly by people who claim to be fans of the show.
Whether they do this for attention I do not know. Lucie has always made herself very accessible to her fans on social media and in real life. She is lovely and friendly at stage door. It saddens me that this is never enough for some people.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 23, 2023 10:54:24 GMT
The problem would disappear if producers were more upfront about it. I don’t mean divulging reasons for absence but where it’s apparent that a full week isn’t possible then establish what is possible and tell customers. For example xxxx will play Elphaba on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Remaining performances will be shared by yyyy and zzzz. That doesn’t mean xxxx can’t ever be unexpectedly off sick on a Wednesday night but it does set a reasonable expectation for all concerned.
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Post by sparky5000 on Jan 23, 2023 14:53:57 GMT
I haven’t followed her career too closely but I think she was pretty consistent in Waitress? I think maybe Elphaba is just too much for her voice 8 times a week. I remember Louise Dearman was off quite a bit but it was never this much. Who knows, there may be other reasons, don’t want to speculate too much. I’m not an avid Wicked follower so can’t really speak on that, but I was an avid Waitress follower during the London run, and honestly, Lucie had a lot of Waitress absences too. So I don’t think her Wicked absences can be down to solely the rigours of Elphaba. Although Jenna isn’t a cake walk either. I just think she’s generally unreliable as a performer. |
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Post by shady23 on Jan 23, 2023 16:49:51 GMT
She was never scheduled to be on at matinées for Waitress if I remember rightly and it was advertised as such.
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Post by sparky5000 on Jan 23, 2023 18:00:31 GMT
She was never scheduled to be on at matinées for Waitress if I remember rightly and it was advertised as such. I don’t remember that being the case (but not to say she wasn’t!) but just generally she was off a lot. Some of it was illness and some of it scheduled days off I think, and some of it who knows. Just a quick look at the understudies twitter account and both Sarah and Olivia played Jenna quite a lot during Lucie’s run (which was shortened by Sara joining), and also Desi when she had to emergency cover for a week! I’m not ragging on Lucie btw (and I certainly don’t think people should be calling her out directly on social media) but she just isn’t a performer I would ever bet much money on being on, lol! |
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Post by tr252 on Jan 23, 2023 18:56:44 GMT
Having said, when she is on, she’s really fantastic as Elphaba. I saw her back in August and really enjoyed her portrayal.
I’m going tomorrow night so let’s see who’s on!
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 23, 2023 20:26:55 GMT
She was never scheduled to be on at matinées for Waitress if I remember rightly and it was advertised as such. This is not true |
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Post by shady23 on Jan 23, 2023 22:10:18 GMT
Really? I am sure that was the case on tour or perhaps my memory playing tricks. Apologies if so.
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 24, 2023 0:10:47 GMT
No she did 8 shows a week as Jenna, or in theory was meant to. There was no alternate situation.
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Post by LaLuPone on Jan 24, 2023 14:43:03 GMT
Lucie was no Patti LuPone attendance-wise at Waitress but also she was nowhere near as “unreliable” as at Wicked. She did have a fair few absences and of course those 2 weeks that Desi had to cover at the end but in general her attendance was fine. As people have said, she seems to have never managed a full week of shows at Wicked.
On tour with Waitress I remember Aimée Fisher didn’t debut until Manchester which was about 2.5 months into the tour and Lucie’s second to last venue so her attendance there was very good.
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Post by danb on Jan 24, 2023 16:51:28 GMT
I definitely saw Kat McPhee and Lucie at the two matinees that I attended, so it definitely wasn’t a ‘thing’.
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