Anyone go? (Besides me.)
The theme of the night seemed to be "let's see how many of the cast we can send into fits of giggles onstage tonight" ... so some good fun.
I was not too happy to hear her accent waver - I guess five months on Broadway has wreaked havoc with her non-American-Elphaba voice - the first act she was far too much in lazy New York drawl which thankfully managed to depart for most of the second act (although when Nessa tells her their father has died she came out with "That's good - that's beddah" and I was just waiting for a full-blown "fuhgeddaboudit"...). I just don't think her voice works as well (speaking or singing) in American for this role as in English English (I did manage to catch her on Broadway where everything was nasally-in-the-rafters and only in her lower registers did she really open up, so the sooner she loses the accent the better, imho).
Anyway nice to have her back. I still think Kerry owns No Good Deed, even having heard Alexia Khadime sing it (who did a fine, fine job - better than either Cassidy Jansen or Ashleigh Grey, in my opinion, and also better than Idina) and she did not disappoint this evening. Lots of adrenaline in her voice, though, which I hope soothes out in the coming weeks.
Dianne was fab - pushed Kerry out for a solo bow at curtain call, and the two seem really pleased to be back onstage together.
Finally, the Kerry Fangirls (gosh, there were a lot of them and a veritable stampede for the stage door) were remarkably well-behaved this evening -- posibly due to FOH lingering nearby the first few rows for much of the first act -- so kudos to them for not destroying it for the rest of us and even adding some atmosphere ... keep it up, guys.
Kerry Ellis - Wicked - December 1 First Night Back in London
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