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Jan. 10th, 2004 10:35 amWHY AM I NOT LIVING IN NYC!?!? GAAAAAAAH!!!
Taye Diggs has joined the company of WICKED and will perform through Sunday, January 18. Mr. Diggs will play the role of Fiyero, filling in for actor Norbert Leo Butz, who is on a medical leave-of-absence.
Mr. Diggs was first seen on the New York stage as Benny the landlord in the Tony Award-winning musical Rent and most recently appeared on Broadway playing Billy Flynn in Chicago. Off-Broadway, he starred in and received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for The Wild Party at Manhattan Theatre Club. Mr. Diggs made his feature film debut starring opposite Angela Bassett in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. His other film roles have included Chicago, Malibu's Most Wanted, Basic, Brown Sugar, Equilibrium, The Best Man, The Way of the Gun, House on Haunted Hill, The Wood and Go. He recently completed production on Drum in South Africa.
He'll get to sing to his wife, Idina Menzel, in the prettiest love song 'As Long as You're Mine'...............awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
GOD I wish I could see that. I heard that Norbert is out because he had back surgery?? Does he need some physical therapy? call meeeee!
I must see THIS show!
a nice review from Time:
"WICKED works because it has something Broadway musicals, so addicted to facetiousness and camp, have largely given up on: a story that adults can take seriously. Adapted by Winnie Holzman from the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical reimagines a children's tale in grown-up psychopolitical terms a lot more successfully than, say Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine did for 'Into The Woods'. As the Wizard (Joel Grey) puts it, "The best way to bring folks together is to give them a really good enemy." Imagine: a family musical that might make the Bush Administration squirm. Which isn't to say WICKED, under Joe Mantello's assured direction, lacks funs. The show gets laughs by playing off famous bits from the movie. It also provides a showcase for two fabulous Broadway stars. Kristin Chenoweth, the Kewpie doll who won a Tony for 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,' is a perfect delight as Glinda. In the tougher role of Elphaba, Idina Menzel is possibly even better, a mix of vulnerability and feminist passion, with a rock voice to raise the roof. With an awful lot of plot to establish, the show drags in spots. But IF EVERY MUSICAL HAD A BRAIN, A HEART AND THE COURAGE OF WICKED, BROADWAY REALLY WOULD BE A MAGICAL PLACE."
- Richard Zoglin, Time Magazine
I just finished reading the book by Gregory Maguire and love most of the soundtrack. Unfortunately the liner notes don't have a synopsis of what's going on during and in between the songs so I have no clue what's going on. There's a lot of differences as far as I can see...like Nessarose, Elpheba's sister (the one who meets an untimely end by Dorothy's house landing on her) is supposed to have no arms, which I suppose would be hard to stage. So her character becomes a wheelchair bound invalid. nice.
Miss Becky has read the book already so we need to get together for a discussion. All in all I really enjoyed the book. Now I have 'Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister' and 'Mirror Mirror' to work on. I'm a fairy tale geek...what can I say? well, more like the mythology/folklore/fairy tale genre. I've always loved Greek mythology and cultural folk tales that tell a story about the characters and also gives you a glimpse of how that particular culture viewed things. It's all very fascinating to me.
STAGE & FILM STAR
TAYE DIGGS
JOINS THE "WICKED" COMPANY
FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT.
TAYE DIGGS
JOINS THE "WICKED" COMPANY
FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT.
Taye Diggs has joined the company of WICKED and will perform through Sunday, January 18. Mr. Diggs will play the role of Fiyero, filling in for actor Norbert Leo Butz, who is on a medical leave-of-absence.
Mr. Diggs was first seen on the New York stage as Benny the landlord in the Tony Award-winning musical Rent and most recently appeared on Broadway playing Billy Flynn in Chicago. Off-Broadway, he starred in and received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for The Wild Party at Manhattan Theatre Club. Mr. Diggs made his feature film debut starring opposite Angela Bassett in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. His other film roles have included Chicago, Malibu's Most Wanted, Basic, Brown Sugar, Equilibrium, The Best Man, The Way of the Gun, House on Haunted Hill, The Wood and Go. He recently completed production on Drum in South Africa.
He'll get to sing to his wife, Idina Menzel, in the prettiest love song 'As Long as You're Mine'...............awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
GOD I wish I could see that. I heard that Norbert is out because he had back surgery?? Does he need some physical therapy? call meeeee!
I must see THIS show!
a nice review from Time:
"WICKED works because it has something Broadway musicals, so addicted to facetiousness and camp, have largely given up on: a story that adults can take seriously. Adapted by Winnie Holzman from the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical reimagines a children's tale in grown-up psychopolitical terms a lot more successfully than, say Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine did for 'Into The Woods'. As the Wizard (Joel Grey) puts it, "The best way to bring folks together is to give them a really good enemy." Imagine: a family musical that might make the Bush Administration squirm. Which isn't to say WICKED, under Joe Mantello's assured direction, lacks funs. The show gets laughs by playing off famous bits from the movie. It also provides a showcase for two fabulous Broadway stars. Kristin Chenoweth, the Kewpie doll who won a Tony for 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,' is a perfect delight as Glinda. In the tougher role of Elphaba, Idina Menzel is possibly even better, a mix of vulnerability and feminist passion, with a rock voice to raise the roof. With an awful lot of plot to establish, the show drags in spots. But IF EVERY MUSICAL HAD A BRAIN, A HEART AND THE COURAGE OF WICKED, BROADWAY REALLY WOULD BE A MAGICAL PLACE."
- Richard Zoglin, Time Magazine
I just finished reading the book by Gregory Maguire and love most of the soundtrack. Unfortunately the liner notes don't have a synopsis of what's going on during and in between the songs so I have no clue what's going on. There's a lot of differences as far as I can see...like Nessarose, Elpheba's sister (the one who meets an untimely end by Dorothy's house landing on her) is supposed to have no arms, which I suppose would be hard to stage. So her character becomes a wheelchair bound invalid. nice.
Miss Becky has read the book already so we need to get together for a discussion. All in all I really enjoyed the book. Now I have 'Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister' and 'Mirror Mirror' to work on. I'm a fairy tale geek...what can I say? well, more like the mythology/folklore/fairy tale genre. I've always loved Greek mythology and cultural folk tales that tell a story about the characters and also gives you a glimpse of how that particular culture viewed things. It's all very fascinating to me.
