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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2018 19:30:55 GMT
Well, now it seems she apparently has the "Cardiff lurgy". Just a guess. Baptie and Chapman have done all performances in Cardiff I think and I don't know what's up with Helen. There's no way to tell as she doesn't really tweet as much as the others.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 5, 2018 15:48:07 GMT
I doubt very much that Nikki was scheduled to do this... the contract will have been with the production/PR company so as long as they had an Elphaba singing at the event I don’t believe the organisers would have cared if it was Nikki/Amy or 5th cover midwife. It was the Manchester Christmas lights switch on. It was billed as “The witches (plural) of Wicked”. No names, no pack drill. And no second witch by the sounds of it?
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Post by shady23 on Nov 5, 2018 18:18:13 GMT
A Glinda was probably planned to go too but with Helen away, Charli covering and Grace and Amy needed in the Ensemble and as emergency standby cover they would have needed to go with just the one Witch.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 6, 2018 13:25:56 GMT
It was a singular and uncredited Nikki Bentley doing the Manc lights show. It’s not in this video but the presenter, reading from a clipboard, announced her as “The Elphaba from Wicked”.
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Post by martello736 on Nov 6, 2018 19:27:27 GMT
It was a singular and uncredited Nikki Bentley doing the Manc lights show. It’s not in this video but the presenter, reading from a clipboard, announced her as “The Elphaba from Wicked”. You’d have thought somebody would have asked her her name when she arrived. “Nikki Bentley, aka Elphaba from Wicked” would have been far politer than just “the Elphaba”. I wonder how much they had to cut as a result of them only having a singular witch, possibly they were planning to do For Good as well?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 6, 2018 19:33:23 GMT
The two presenters looked a bit dim. Probably local radio. Couldn’t do anything that wasn’t written on the clipboard.
Didn’t bother me, I was still there waiting for Nikki to come off stage with an electric Dutch Oven in my mitts. I think it’s safe to say she was overwhelmed with it. She was certainly speechless!
See you at Stage Door in December My Queeeeeeeen!
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Post by shady23 on Nov 6, 2018 19:58:21 GMT
It was a singular and uncredited Nikki Bentley doing the Manc lights show. It’s not in this video but the presenter, reading from a clipboard, announced her as “The Elphaba from Wicked”. You’d have thought somebody would have asked her her name when she arrived. “Nikki Bentley, aka Elphaba from Wicked” would have been far politer than just “the Elphaba”. I wonder how much they had to cut as a result of them only having a singular witch, possibly they were planning to do For Good as well? I don't think it's unpolite to do it that way. She was performing as Elphaba, she was not performing as Nikki Bentley.
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Post by martello736 on Nov 6, 2018 20:43:50 GMT
The two presenters looked a bit dim. Probably local radio. Couldn’t do anything that wasn’t written on the clipboard. Didn’t bother me, I was still there waiting for Nikki to come off stage with an electric Dutch Oven in my mitts. I think it’s safe to say she was overwhelmed with it. She was certainly speechless! See you at Stage Door in December My Queeeeeeeen! Satire usually involves taking an exaggerated position on something but there are probably actually several Wicked fans who are now looking up to you as their spiritual leader and planning to emulate your grand feat You’d have thought somebody would have asked her her name when she arrived. “Nikki Bentley, aka Elphaba from Wicked” would have been far politer than just “the Elphaba”. I wonder how much they had to cut as a result of them only having a singular witch, possibly they were planning to do For Good as well? I don't think it's unpolite to do it that way. She was performing as Elphaba, she was not performing as Nikki Bentley. True, but I imagine anybody who googled the show afterwards would have thought they'd just watched Amy Ross. I remember when Jodie Steele did the Christmas lights switch on in Liverpool last year, Alice got a flood of tweets saying how good she was.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 21:30:22 GMT
At least they acknowledged the character name. I remember that article about Ariana "getting her dream role as the witch in Wicked". Which one? There are various witches in this story.
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Post by martello736 on Nov 7, 2018 11:46:29 GMT
At least they acknowledged the character name. I remember that article about Ariana "getting her dream role as the witch in Wicked". Which one? There are various witches in this story. Presumably whichever one has the poorest diction and can’t sustain notes for long periods of time
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Post by danb on Nov 7, 2018 12:01:13 GMT
Cor! That Bentley Elphaba is good isn’t she?
Can I add her to my histogram/bar chart/Venn diagram of belting having seen four and a half minutes of her performance on you tube?
“Wellllllll when I saw Nikki Bentley....” 🤭😬
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 7, 2018 12:11:26 GMT
Yes she sounds incredible. I seriously do not mind who’s on when I’m next at the show because they’re both sensational, how lucky we are to have them!
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Post by shady23 on Nov 7, 2018 16:22:44 GMT
Less of the "both".
Amy Webb is pretty amazing too!
The tour have really spoilt us for Elphabi.
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Post by macksennett on Nov 10, 2018 18:35:35 GMT
Amy Webb and Charli Baptie were on this afternoon. Amy does indeed have a phenomenal voice. Amy Ross and Helen Woolf seem to have missed a lot of shows in Cardiff. Hope they’re ok.
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 10, 2018 19:01:49 GMT
Amy Webb and Charli Baptie were on this afternoon. Amy does indeed have a phenomenal voice. Amy Ross and Helen Woolf seem to have missed a lot of shows in Cardiff. Hope they’re ok. Amy seems to miss quite a bit at all the venues, I assume she’s quite prone to colds/illness. I don’t think Helen’s done a single performance in Cardiff yet.
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Post by shady23 on Nov 11, 2018 10:38:30 GMT
Helen is hoping to be back very soon. Charli has done an amazing job covering and Amy G in covering Charli's track while she does so.
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 11, 2018 10:43:30 GMT
I hope Helen is back soon because I missed her last time and I really want to see her with all the positive feedback I've heard from London and the tour. I wasn't too impressed with Charli to be honest, I found her Glinda a bit dull compared to the other actresses I've seen, to me she didn't really bring any unique spark to the role. But then obviously I'd go in with an open mind if she was on and I'm sure she will have improved a lot since way back in February.
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Post by romeo94 on Nov 14, 2018 20:25:44 GMT
Are Helen and Amy back yet?
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Post by shady23 on Nov 14, 2018 21:46:29 GMT
Amy is Helen is not.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 21:48:44 GMT
Helen must have it bad. She somehow survived the Sunderland lurgy when everyone else dropped like flies, but it looks like she’s struggling in Cardiff.
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Post by welsh_tenor on Nov 14, 2018 22:38:44 GMT
I saw the show last night and Charli jokes that Helen should be back by next week!
4 times I’ve seen Charli in Cardiff and she’s pretty great. I really love her acting choices, her Popular is hilarious and she’s got a beautiful soprano!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 22:55:24 GMT
The only cover I've actually seen for this tour is Yates as Fiyero. I guess it goes to show how consistent and strong this cast is that most of them rarely miss shows. I do think that Amy would do better in London as she has allergies/hay fever which get triggered badly when travelling and having to adapt to new environments all the time. At least I hope she'll transfer and take Ben and Bentley with her.
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Post by iamamazing on Nov 17, 2018 18:38:59 GMT
Helen is back tonight btw loved charlie’s Glinda best portrayal I’ve seen excited to see Helen 😊
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 20:55:25 GMT
Cast board today for some reason said Amy Webb was on as Elphaba, but it was actually Ross. Wonder what was going on there.
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Post by shady23 on Nov 17, 2018 21:14:16 GMT
Amy Webb was on last night, they just haven't updated the board.
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Post by sophizoey on Nov 17, 2018 21:22:07 GMT
Amy Ross was on for the matinee today and Amy Webb is on tonight (a friend is doing a double show day), it must be a challenge when they're pretty much all called Amy.
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 18, 2018 11:36:54 GMT
So glad that Helen’s back, very excited to see her and the show on Tuesday.
Also I think Charli should be commended for doing a fantastic job covering for almost the entire Cardiff run!
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Post by killerqueenx on Nov 19, 2018 22:39:29 GMT
Yay so glad Helen is back! Missed her going on for Glinda by a day in London, and I’m really hoping she’s on when I see the show this week! 😀
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Post by jampot on Nov 21, 2018 18:01:18 GMT
Just out of todays matinee and oddly no bed for Elphie for popular..Amy just sitting on the floor....Helen had to run off stage to grab the green bottle....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 19:09:45 GMT
I work across from the WMC on Tues/Wed and I had an adorable girl who had come up with her Mum from Wokingham to see the matinee for her Birthday! I asked her which song was her favourite and she said she couldn't pick one because they were all her favourite.
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