Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Lilli Cooper in Wicked
ElphabaGoodman
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/10
#1Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/12/13 at 5:13pmFor those of you who didn't know, Lilli Cooper (Spring Awakening) will be joining the 2nd National Tour of Wicked tonight (ensemble, u/s Elphaba). I'm actually kind of surprised that she's doing this, but she hasn't done anything on Broadway since Spring Awakening. I'm sure she'll make a great Elphaba. Isn't she quite young, though?
#2Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/12/13 at 5:23pmOn a somewhat unrelated note, am I right in thinking she is only the 4th Elphaba to play the role in the states of African American descent? (I can think of Saycon Sengbloh, Dan'Yelle Williamson, Brandi Massey and then Lilli)
ElphabaGoodman
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/10
#2Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/12/13 at 5:24pmYes, that is correct. There's also Alexia Khadime, who did it in London.
Visceral_Fella
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
#3Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/12/13 at 5:25pmI was thinking the same thing. She is indeed. The first one in 5 years at that.
#4Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/12/13 at 5:38pm
I find it surprising that she's covering Elphaba, I didn't know she was a high belter...she has a great voice though.
I'm not surprised this is the first thing she's done since Spring Awakening. She was 16/17 at the time so she's 22/23 now, I'm guessing she wanted to take time off to go to school and she will have graduated at this point.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#5Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/13/13 at 10:19am
I love her voice. I cannot wait to hear her take on those songs.
What happened to Brandi Massey? She had one of the best "Defying Gravity" I have heard in awhile.
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#6Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/13/13 at 10:31amWow. Lilli Cooper has an amazingly unique voice...not really an Elphaba voice, but I'm certainly intrigued. Enough to get my ass to a tour stop if I knew for sure she was on..
#7Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/13/13 at 12:13pm
I'm actually kind of surprised that she's doing this, but she hasn't done anything on Broadway since Spring Awakening. I'm sure she'll make a great Elphaba. Isn't she quite young, though?
She'll be 23 this year. She left Spring Awakening to attend college full-time, and graduated last year from Vassar. That's why she's been largely absent from the stage.
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#8Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/13/13 at 2:13pmLilli! I remember way back when when there was the debate over Lea possibly doing Elphaba, and someone said Lilli was the only Spring Awakening cast member who could handle it vocally.
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Greatwhiteway3
Stand-by Joined: 7/7/09
#9Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/13/13 at 2:23pmWhat the hell is a Dan'Yelle... Did they mean Danielle but not know how to spell it?
#10Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/13/13 at 4:08pmSaycon Sengblog was the standby on broadway for years and she had incredible vocals...wish she would come back full time
DefyGravity777
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/28/08
#11Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/13/13 at 4:31pm
"What the hell is a Dan'Yelle... Did they mean Danielle but not know how to spell it?"
Her name is Dan'Yelle. There are different spellings of it. Not really that hard to figure out.
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runaways
Swing Joined: 1/14/12
#12Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 2/17/13 at 6:34pmI would love to hear her sing this score! I hope she gets the chance to go on once she's settled in.
Visceral_Fella
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
#13Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 6/22/13 at 2:26pm
She's making her debut tonight.
Her Twitter
Updated On: 6/22/13 at 02:26 PM
#14Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 6/22/13 at 4:12pmDirect link: https://twitter.com/LilliCooper/status/348470301736173568
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Visceral_Fella
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
#15Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 6/22/13 at 5:05pmThank you, I'm not very twitter savy so I didn't know how to direct link. Now I see that opening expand in a new tab provides the direct link.
Visceral_Fella
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
#16Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 6/22/13 at 9:07pm
Sorry to double post, there was a picture of Lilli in this weeks SIPS
This week's SIPs
Updated On: 6/22/13 at 09:07 PM
#17Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 6/23/13 at 12:59pmWow, she looks beautiful in green. (Not that she wasn't beautiful already.)
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#18Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 6/25/13 at 12:20pmI would have loved to see her as Elphaba! I bet she was GREAT!
ElphabaGoodman
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/10
#19Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 5/25/14 at 11:20pmLilli has joined the Melbourne, Australia company of Wicked as the new standby for Elphaba!
theCucumberSandwich
Swing Joined: 7/20/13
#20Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 5/26/14 at 12:16amThat is correct. She's temporarily joined the Australian production as Elphaba standby. She'll be performing two shows a week for the next little while.
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#21Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 5/26/14 at 12:40am
So basically until Ali Calder recovers from her collarbone injury
theCucumberSandwich
Swing Joined: 7/20/13
ElphabaGoodman
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/10
#23Lilli Cooper in Wicked
Posted: 9/8/14 at 8:47pmLilli will be joining the Broadway cast of Wicked as the Elphaba standby soon.
