The Elphaba Curse
The Elphaba Curse
#0The Elphaba Curse
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:43pmSo, last night it happened again. Elphaba fell through the trap door and hurt herself. That's right folks, here's how it happened. Shoshana was going down the trap door at the end of No Good Deed, her dress got caught in the door and she tripped and fell through it! The show was stopped only for about 15 minutes, and then she went right back on, like a trooper!! But, isn't that interesting? It's a curse. You play Elphaba, you fall through the trap doors.
"Love is stupid and it bleeds, it satisfies my needs, I think it's wonderful..." ~Bill Finn is God!
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#1re: The Elphaba Curse
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:44pmSo she's still in the show?
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#2re: The Elphaba Curse
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:44pmyep!
"Love is stupid and it bleeds, it satisfies my needs, I think it's wonderful..." ~Bill Finn is God!
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#3re: The Elphaba Curse
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:45pmDamn.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#4re: The Elphaba Curse
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:45pmThere is no trap door at the end of No Good Deed...?
me101
Featured Actor Joined: 10/25/04
#5re: The Elphaba Curse
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:45pmWell, glad she's OK
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broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#6re: The Elphaba Curse
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:45pm
Eden didn't fall through a trap door
Neither has Stephanie, Christy, Jenna, Saycon or Ana
Updated On: 4/17/05 at 01:45 PM
#7re: The Elphaba Curse
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:46pmshe doesn't go down a trap door at the end of no good deed... i heard a different story. are you sure this is correct?
#8re: The Elphaba Curse
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:47pmStephanie got injured during a rehearsal of Defying Gravity the day before she was supposed to begin previews in Toronto.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#9re: The Elphaba Curse
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:49pmbwaystar2b- Ana hasnt even freeken gone on yet! Give them all time.
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
#10Calm down folks!
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:49pm
Wow, you folks are harsh. And, she exits through a trap door thank you very much. My boyfriend works backstage in the show.
Also, I'm just talking about the women who have "played" Elphaba. Not the understudies or the Stand-by's, just those who have their name on the Marquee (on Broadway.) I just thought it was an odd coincidence.
"Love is stupid and it bleeds, it satisfies my needs, I think it's wonderful..." ~Bill Finn is God!
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#11Calm down folks!
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:51pm
No, actually, she doesn't. She does ENTER on a trap door, but at the end of No Good Deed she simply runs offstage and the witch hunters come in. I have a friend who is in the show. What does that have to do with anything?
Maybe your boyfriend meant the melting scene? That's when she exits through a trap.
Updated On: 4/17/05 at 01:51 PM
QueenMuppet
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/29/04
#12Calm down folks!
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:51pm
Elphaba doesn't exit through a trap door after No Good Deed. She walks off.
ETA: You beat me to it. 
QM
'He really wasn't good as Fieyro. Is it just me or does he sort of come across as a pimp? Just...the hand motions I've seen him do and the attitude..not that Taye is a pimp.' - SallyBrown on Taye Diggs as Fiyero
Updated On: 4/17/05 at 01:51 PM
#13Calm down folks!
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:51pm
And, she exits through a trap door thank you very much.
And here I was thinking there was just a blackout and that she ran off-stage after the song..
DefyingPopular
Featured Actor Joined: 4/10/05
#14Calm down folks!
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:51pm
She enters through a trap door, she runs offstage at the end of No Good Deed.
Do you mean the melting scene something occured? cause that's the only time she leaves the stage via a trap door.
#15Calm down folks!
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:51pm
umm... no, but she doesn't exit through a trap door. at the BEGINNING of NGD she comes up through a trap door while holding the note for "FIYEROOOOOOO" while she is coming up, the end of that song she runs off stage... no trap door exits at all during that song
not trying to be harsh
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#17Thanks...
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:52pm
Littlewing,
It may be possible it was a different song. I'm pretty sure she does exit through a trap door though. But, anyway, my point is just that it was the second act.
Anyway, yeah, give 'em all time...Something is bound to happen to the girls playing Elphaba. It doesn't look like a physically demanding part, but there's a lot more that goes on behind the scenes...
"Love is stupid and it bleeds, it satisfies my needs, I think it's wonderful..." ~Bill Finn is God!
QueenMuppet
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/29/04
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#21Thanks...
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:53pm
Maybe they could rework it so she does go back into the stage door afterwards, so she could fall and let someone with talent go on in her part.
Yeah, I said it. What are you gonna do about it?
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#22Thanks...
Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:54pmSorry for my harshness! I'm very irritable right now. Sorry Bwaystar2b!
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
