posted 05-12-2007 12:21 PM            

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Originally posted by elphie to be:
they've already cast kristen and inda as their original parts.

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posted 05-15-2007 12:36 AM               

Anne for Elphaba

posted 05-16-2007 03:43 PM               

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Originally posted by greenwitch:
ok ok, today whilst fudging thru youtube i came across a "movie" trailer of wicked with both idina and kristin as the stars!!! apparently in 2008, which i assume would be opening in america!!??? i got sooo excited for a mo... then realised its probably a hoax!!!! its a shame as i really could watch it every day!!! wicked really has changed my life!!!!! who can say if its for the better!!xx

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posted 05-29-2007 06:06 AM               

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Originally posted by ponfar99:
I don't think singing ability is huge issue. If they can make Madonna sound good enough for Evita, certainly Reese can be made to sound like a soprano even if she's not. Besides, I think a movie musical doesn't have to have to same quality of singing as a stage musical. Mainstream audiences would be turned off if the singing to too operatic or "stagey".

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What do you mean by operatic or "stagey"? Do you mean good?

People would be not turned off by "stagey" singing as you say. I mean, phantom of the opera is it is the highest-grossing entertainment event of all time. Obviously people werent turned off there.

posted 05-29-2007 11:26 PM            

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Originally posted by akbaca420:
I don't know if anyone has sure information on the movie, if anyone does, let me know!
On another note...if they aren't going to choose the broadway cast, I think they should pick:

Glinda- Reese Witherspoon
Elphaba- Emmy Rossum
Nessa Rose- Camilla Belle
Boq- Patrick Wilson
Madam Morrible- Imelda Staunton
Wizard- Simon Callow

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You are my HERO for casting Emmy and Patrick. Although I think Patrick Wilson could actually pull off Fiyero.

And, there is no way Christina can be G(a)linda. Ever. Ever ever ever.

posted 06-01-2007 07:06 AM            

It's a smash on Broadway. A smash on tour. A smash in a Chicago sitdown. And this fall it will take London's West End by storm. Is it too soon to talk about a film version of the musical, Wicked?

"Actually, we haven't talked about it at all," composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz told Playbill.com. "My assumption has been that because [Wicked producer] Universal is a motion picture company that eventually they are going to get around to wanting to talk about a movie, since they have the right of first refusal on it. But at this point it's still kind of early in the game for us. We're just starting to launch some of the foreign productions and it remains to be seen the extent to which this will translate outside of he United States. We're going to learn that over next couple of years."

Rabid fans of the musical, based on the Gregory Maguire novel, which tells the backstory of the witches of "The Wizard of Oz," are likely already making up their speculative lists of who should play Elphaba and Galinda (aka Glinda) in any future movie version.

The novel "Wicked" has a sequel by Maguire, "Son of a Witch." Will Schwartz take a stab at a musical sequel?

"Everybody asks me that," he said, patiently. "Of course, that's not the reason I do things. I did like the sequel. And I've actually suggested to Gregory Maguire that he make that the second part of a trilogy. He said to me, and I believed him, that that had never entered his mind, but it seemed clear to me when I read it there was a third part yet to come, which I will look forward to but don't expect to be musicalizing."

Schwartz, 58, called Wicked "sort of a nice bookend" to his career, which began in 1971 with Godspell. "I've been associated with two shows that became phenomena in my lifetime," he said. "They were my first [Godspell in 1971] and, at this point, my last [Wicked in 2003]. There's a nice, neat arc to that."

Will he never write another musical?

"You never know what you're gonna do," he said. "My big project now is that I've taken on an opera commission [Opera Santa Barbara's Séance on a Wet Afternoon in 2009]. That's certainly going to occupy the bulk of my attention for the next several years. When I come up for air from that, we'll see where we are. Listen, I wasn't looking for a stage musical to do when a friend mentioned that she was reading an interesting book and it was called "Wicked." It was the idea itself that seemed irresistible to me, and particularly appropriate for me. You never know when another idea like that is going to come along, and when the medium it's going to demand is a stage show."

When Schwartz sought the theatrical rights to the novel "Wicked," he learned Universal Pictures had them sewn up. "I was lucky because it was Universal, and it was Marc Platt who was running Universal," Schwartz said. "…He had an affinity for musical theatre and therefore was not deaf to my entreaties that what this needed to be was not a movie, but musical theatre. Eventually I was able to persuade him to go that route. It's been quite a ride."

Having the idea to turn the book into a musical, and being able to see it succeed as a phenomenon is something he is "dazzled" by, Schwartz explained. "Obviously when you touch a chord like that, it's very gratifying for a writer," he said.

For more information, visit www.wickedthemusical.com.

posted 06-01-2007 07:06 AM            

It's a smash on Broadway. A smash on tour. A smash in a Chicago sitdown. And this fall it will take London's West End by storm. Is it too soon to talk about a film version of the musical, Wicked?

"Actually, we haven't talked about it at all," composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz told Playbill.com. "My assumption has been that because [Wicked producer] Universal is a motion picture company that eventually they are going to get around to wanting to talk about a movie, since they have the right of first refusal on it. But at this point it's still kind of early in the game for us. We're just starting to launch some of the foreign productions and it remains to be seen the extent to which this will translate outside of he United States. We're going to learn that over next couple of years."

Rabid fans of the musical, based on the Gregory Maguire novel, which tells the backstory of the witches of "The Wizard of Oz," are likely already making up their speculative lists of who should play Elphaba and Galinda (aka Glinda) in any future movie version.

The novel "Wicked" has a sequel by Maguire, "Son of a Witch." Will Schwartz take a stab at a musical sequel?

"Everybody asks me that," he said, patiently. "Of course, that's not the reason I do things. I did like the sequel. And I've actually suggested to Gregory Maguire that he make that the second part of a trilogy. He said to me, and I believed him, that that had never entered his mind, but it seemed clear to me when I read it there was a third part yet to come, which I will look forward to but don't expect to be musicalizing."

Schwartz, 58, called Wicked "sort of a nice bookend" to his career, which began in 1971 with Godspell. "I've been associated with two shows that became phenomena in my lifetime," he said. "They were my first [Godspell in 1971] and, at this point, my last [Wicked in 2003]. There's a nice, neat arc to that."

Will he never write another musical?

"You never know what you're gonna do," he said. "My big project now is that I've taken on an opera commission [Opera Santa Barbara's Séance on a Wet Afternoon in 2009]. That's certainly going to occupy the bulk of my attention for the next several years. When I come up for air from that, we'll see where we are. Listen, I wasn't looking for a stage musical to do when a friend mentioned that she was reading an interesting book and it was called "Wicked." It was the idea itself that seemed irresistible to me, and particularly appropriate for me. You never know when another idea like that is going to come along, and when the medium it's going to demand is a stage show."

When Schwartz sought the theatrical rights to the novel "Wicked," he learned Universal Pictures had them sewn up. "I was lucky because it was Universal, and it was Marc Platt who was running Universal," Schwartz said. "…He had an affinity for musical theatre and therefore was not deaf to my entreaties that what this needed to be was not a movie, but musical theatre. Eventually I was able to persuade him to go that route. It's been quite a ride."

Having the idea to turn the book into a musical, and being able to see it succeed as a phenomenon is something he is "dazzled" by, Schwartz explained. "Obviously when you touch a chord like that, it's very gratifying for a writer," he said.

For more information, visit www.wickedthemusical.com.

posted 06-01-2007 03:29 PM               

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Originally posted by wickedmad:
Sorry about all the replys my computer went funny!

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Oh no!!! No No no no NO!!! haha
referring to christina as glinda

posted 06-11-2007 06:32 PM            

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Originally posted by pianogirl:
I don't know if anyone posted this yet, I couldn't make it through all 35 pages. I know someone mentioned 'the guy that played phantom' in the movie...that would be Gerard Butler (unbelievably yummy). He would work as Fieryo for me. Actually, he could just stand there and read the phone book, and I'd be happy.

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posted 06-13-2007 03:32 PM            

Glinda-Kristin Chenweth

Nessarose-Natalie Portman

Madame Morrible-Maggie Smith

Boq-Someone undiscovered

The wizard-Joel Grey

Dr.Dillamond-Martin Ball

posted 06-13-2007 08:39 PM               

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Originally posted by Nessarose Throppe:
I will never give up on the hope that Patrick Wilson (Raoul) could play Fiyero.
And Gerard Butler.... it doesn't even matter. They should just write him a part, no matter how small, and I'll sit there and admire and be happy.

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i didn't even think about Patrick Wilson, silly me. I think he would make a good Fiyero!

posted 06-13-2007 08:44 PM               

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Originally posted by Greenskinned:
Elphaba-Idina Menzel

Glinda-Kristin Chenweth

Nessarose-Natalie Portman

Madame Morrible-Maggie Smith

Boq-Someone undiscovered

The wizard-Joel Grey

Dr.Dillamond-Martin Ball

Thats of course if it were casted today

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posted 06-15-2007 09:57 AM               

Taye Diggs as Fiyero!!!!!! Love him, and he has had experience with the part. He filled in for Norbert when the original cast was still there.

Some of the posts for the movie cast confuse me. The worst cast would be:

Elphaba: Anne Hathaway, JLo...ugh! Idina is the only one with the pipes for that part.
Glinda: Reese...love her but no. Hilary Duff, Jessica Simpson, Xtina...What????
Fiyero: Leo DiCaprio...shoot me now...He can't sing.