Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#0Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 9:00am
#1re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 9:07amoh boy - there are gonna be a lot of sad and angry people on this site for the next few months...LOL....but I say "Go have fun, Kristin - your upcoming gigs look great for you!"
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#2re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 9:09amBye Bye, Tony.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
#3re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 9:29amWow, Kristin is booked for quite a bit after Wicked. She's definitely become very "popular"! Oh boy, that was cheesy, wasn't it?
TavishD
Swing Joined: 4/15/04
#4re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 9:43amFinally. No I can book my tickets to see it in the fall. Something about her gives me the serious creeps.
#5re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 9:47amLet's hope that before Kristin leaves, she takes every opportunity to flee from overzealous fans by running down the street! Take a lesson from Idina, Kristin -- you ain't gotta be worrying about being "pop-u-ooh-lar!"
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 10:09am
I wish her well and hope she takes another stab at a sitcom ...as a hit sitcom will keep her away from the New York stage for at least 5 seasons...
Bon Voyage, Kristy Baby!
VoiceofReason
Leading Actor Joined: 2/18/04
#7re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 10:18am
I'm Shocked...absolutely shocked. . .
Can't wait to see who the replacement is!
Wonder when Idina is going to leave....
always,
~m~
For heaven's sake, don't try to be cynical. It's perfectly easy to be cynical.
~The Importance of Being Earnest~
TheBalladeer
Broadway Star Joined: 7/27/03
#8re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 11:15am
Honestly,
I don't usually fight battles for performers....but it REALLY baffles me why people hate Kristen Chenoweth on this board for doing her job as a comedic musical theatre actress, and doing it well....It's really annoying. I think it just boils down to some sort of odd jealousy issues. Because Kristin is one of the most talented, yet down to earth and nice people I've ever met.
With that said, I wish her well, and that her career really continues to take off, and she gets all the success that she deserves. While it saddens me that her run on Wicked is going to be cut short, I am just glad that I got to see her wonderful performance.
Cheers,
The Balladeer
"Someone tell the story...Someone sing the song...."
glitzguy3
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/03
#9re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 11:18amDo they ever change and extend????
#10re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 11:19amI think it would be a hoot to have Megan Mulally in WICKED during her hiatus from W&G. As Glinda. Can you imagine?
cmleidi
Broadway Star Joined: 9/27/03
#11re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 11:22am
"but it REALLY baffles me why people hate Kristen Chenoweth on this board for doing her job as a comedic musical theatre actress, and doing it well"
I don't hate Kristin Chenoweth. I just felt her performance in WICKED was a one-note disaster so I don't think she did "her job as a comedic musical theatre actress" very well. I know little about her interactions with fans or what kind of person she is offstage. I only go by what I saw on that stage, and I was not impressed.
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#12re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 11:24amTheres alot of hate on this board. I didn't think she was all that either. But some of your comments ae petty nasty.
#13re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 11:34amWow- Kristen is gonna be really busy. She's already got the next 2 years planned out for her! I hope she comes back to Broadway soon, though. She is very "popular", and no JoizeyActor, it wasn't cheesy at all.
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#14re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 11:34am
Balladeer... Christian Chenoweth's gifts were certainly on display in Wicked. Unfortunately, they were so strong that the creators of the show tailored so much of it to her strengths that it upset the balance of the show so badly that it makes absolutely NO sense whatsover. Glinda is the antagonist in that story. But you'd never know it from the mess onstage nightly.
It's going to be funny watching all the gnashing of teeth on this board from the Wicked Addicts. They have me convinced that Christian is NOT replaceable. Might as well shut that show down on July 18!
Personally, I only found her off stage persona irritating until I read the following interview in the Toronto Star, linked from this site. NOW I absolutely can't stand her, cuz if it's one thing I can't stand, it's phoney baloneys.
"Sometimes I think I belong in another era," she says a bit wistfully. "I've never been a rock 'n' roll gal. Straight, square, sweet; that's me."
Somebody PLEASE invent a time machine post haste.
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Posted: 4/15/04 at 11:41am
Who still uses the word "gal" in conversation ???
The bells are ringin', fer me and my gal!!!!
Updated On: 4/15/04 at 11:41 AM
#16re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 11:50am
<-----SAD
I wish she was at least sticking with it until September.
I do hope her future projects are successful. :)
"It's the little things; the details, that distinguish the Barbra Streisands from the Rosalyn Kinds."~Gilmore Girls~
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#17re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 12:04pmI just pray she finds a place that's more in tune with her, you know, spiritual needs. Might I suggest Branson, Missouri?
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JLfrom NYC
Swing Joined: 4/15/04
#18re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 12:14pm
Okay, I occasionally lurk here, (I was never even registered here) but I just had to respond to this post.
FindingNamo, I don't know which parts of your post were sarcastic and which were your honest opinion, but (firstly) it's KRISTIN, and not CHRISTIAN. If you're going to accuse her of being a phoney baloney, at least get her name right, because otherwise, you sound a bit foolish (again, I don't know if the mispelling was some sort of sarcasm based on the use of religion in the TORONTO article, but still.)
Second, I am sorry you and a few others did not like the show, or Kristin as Glinda. Of course, we all have our individual opinions and not all shows or all performers are for all people. And that is perfectly okay.
However, I do agree that there is a bizarre amount of nastiness on this board (not just directed at Kristin, but at others too,) and while I can understand not enjoying her performance or her singing style (and/or critiquing both,) I do NOT understand the undercuts at her character, which could not POSSIBLY be more false. (Although whether they're true or not is really not the point.) The point is...if you don't know Kristin Chenoweth -- if you have never met her, and/or had any interaction with her, then why say anything regarding what sort of person she is? Is that necessary to get your point across? Is it at all relevant to the type of performances she gives?
Not that I normally go around defending Kristin on message boards, but I just felt like responding to this particular message this morning, especially since the publicists of WICKED have finally decided to make her exit-date public. I suppose I was hoping to see more of... "congratulations on your success, good luck in the future."
It is sad that nastiness should prevail.
Updated On: 4/15/04 at 12:14 PM
#19re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 12:20pmDAMN! I was planning to ge tickets in Novemeber hopeing that I might catch the original cast before they leave. grrrrrrr.
#20the bloom is off the broom
Posted: 4/15/04 at 12:26pm
this is kristin, or as i like to be called x-glinda. paplovesmambo was generous enough to allow me to use his identity to pass along a message to you wonderful folks out there in the glow of the monitors:
take that you message board mavens! you won't have this helium voiced blonde bobble-head to kick around anymore!
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#21re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 12:26pm
Oh Boy, JLfrom NYC, You are in the big leagues on this one....god bless you my child..
Namo, you have the floor!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#22re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 12:46pm
Ahem. Thank you for having me back here today on such short notice.
Unlike many people, I enjoyed many aspects of Christian's performance in Wicked. Unfortunately, it was a performance in a role that made no sense and which upset the dramatic balance of the show being performed. Did she make me laugh? Yes. Did I enjoy "Popular?" Very much so.
Do I find her tales in the press of the upward spiritual battle she must endure in showbiz to be tedious? VERY VERY much so (this was a frequent theme during the promotion of her sitcom). I would suggest that she stop even trying to make it in the godless secular world and go directly to the smaller, but nurturing and highly profitable world of Chrisitan music and Dove awards.
America, are you still searching for the new Mrs. Gifford? I give you: Christian Lee Chenoweth.
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#23re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 12:52pm
I'm so sad to hear this news, but I also look forward to seeing someone else in the role.
Loved Chenoweth in the role. Hope she will come back to do the movie...if the movie is based on the musical and not the book.
This wouldn't affect a Tony nomination, right?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#24re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Kristin Chenoweth to leave WICKED July 18th
Posted: 4/15/04 at 1:09pmWhen are the tonys anyway??
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