Megan hilty is blowing up!
Megan hilty is blowing up!
massofmen
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#1Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 9:44amI mean wow! who would have thought this? from a 9-5 bomb to a lead role on SMASH and now a leading voice on a new disney animated series? Praise to her manager. thats pretty amazing stuff..
#2Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 9:53amlet us just hope both shows are successful for her.
#2Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 11:34amI think doing Wicked in L.A. for an extended period of time really helped her visibility among film/ tv professionals, many of whom, no doubt, saw her in Wicked.
hyperbole_and_a_half
Leading Actor Joined: 3/21/11
#3Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 11:54amDid anybody see her as Glinda in LA? Hands down the best, funniest, most dynamic Glinda that I have ever, ever seen, and that includes the times I saw her play it on Broadway. By the time she got to LA, her Glinda made a full, convincing arc from shallow sorority-type to a commanding and tragic Eva Peron. She dominated the show so strongly that Elphaba just receded into the background--and she was up against some mighty Elphabas too! Normally, I would consider stealing the show like that to be uncouth, but it was such an arresting night of theatre that all was forgiven. I returned to see her three times with different companions and I'm not even a fan of Wicked. I'll bet all these career opportunities are the result of impressing some important audience members in LA.
#4Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 11:58amI've only managed to watch a couple clips of her on youtube as Galinda, but she really was spectacular in the role. I also was a fan of hers in 9 to 5 so I'm happy to hear LA has welcomed her.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#5Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 11:59am
Even though 9 to 5 didn't do as well as many had hoped/expected, I don't think Hilty's talent has ever been in question. And I think AdamGreer is correct--she's been a popular Glinda for years, rising from standby to the second replacement on Broadway to a long, acclaimed run in LA, where she and her husband Steve Kazee have made their home for years.
I'm glad that good things are happening for her.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Updated On: 8/17/11 at 11:59 AM
#7Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 12:13pmI love her. A lot of people said that her L.A. Galinda was too over-the-top but I thought that her characterization made the transition in act two more striking. She is a wonderful performer. Also, a little fanboy note, she is so nice and warm to people at the stagedoor in my experience. I'm so glad she is getting recognition.
#8Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 1:09pmAC12748---she's been a popular Glinda thanks to her Los Angeles run, but was never very popular as Elphaba seeing as how she never played the role.
#9Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 1:12pmThanks for catching that. I've corrected my post.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#10Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 2:15pmAnd another of Megan's tv appearances is on tonight at 8 pm on ABC Family's Melissa and Joey when Joey's ex-wife Tiffy Pop returns :)
#11Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 3:06pmMy goodness! Should we call an ambulance?
....but the world goes 'round
#12Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 4:17pm
Who's Up?
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Updated On: 8/17/11 at 04:17 PM
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#13Megan hilty is blowing up!
Posted: 8/17/11 at 5:05pm
I won't be the first to say it but Megan Hilty is one big whore!
