Tonights WICKED Blooper

[KarenWalker]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 1:33am

during Popular just as Kristin was about to do the whole hair flipping thing, the mirror fell off the bed and she said to Idina, "Oh, can you pick that up, please?" and then did a demonstration of how to bend over to pick something up properly. They started giggling a little bit and Idina went to sit on the bed again, she crossed her legs all lady like and Kristin was like, "Now sit. Very nice!" After that Kristin completely lost it and asked, "What do I do now?" To which Idina replied, "I don't know!" They totally lost it as Kristin tried to find herself, which took some time, so she kept playing around by saying, "Elphie, I had yesterday off and I forgot what to do!" It was highly amusing and the audience was totally cracking up.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 1:40am

Next week on Carol and Friends, Mrs. Zwiggins slips on a banana peel and Tim and Harvey can't keep a straight face. The audience pees it's pants.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 1:40am

Out of control!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 1/14/04 at 1:42am

Wow! From what I've been hearing, it seems these gals have a terrible time staying focused and in character... Not a good sign, so early on in the run...

Love,
Joshie

[MusicalComedyMan]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 1:51am

Everyday there is another example of complete unprofessionalism, and from a mediocre show.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 1:54am

Oh dear...

[WhatDoINeedWithLove?]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 2:00am

you would loose focus too sometimes...let it go! they are human

[MusicalComedyMan]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 2:03am

One thousand people paid $100 to see a show. Not to see people goof off on stage. They are paid THOUSANDS of dollars a week to do a job. Broadway is supposed to be the top theatre in the country and probably the world, it NEEDS to be held to a higher standard then community theatre.

[RobbO]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 4:16am

cyndi lauper said it best: girls just wanna have fun!

[RobbO]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 4:17am

that's all they really want...

[etoile]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 4:21am

What part about NOT being a high school production don't some people understand? How difficult is it to stay focused for three fricken' hours? It's your job. A job where hundreds are lined up behind you ready and willing to do, and do well. It's your profession. Show some pride. Or leave it to someone who will.

This making of excuses for something inexcusable is in itself inexcusable. There should be consequences for bad behavior. To ignore it is to condone it.

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 4:25am

Bingo (as usual) Suleen.
Don't forget the closeups of Harvey grimacing in pain as he holds his laughter in!

[NYCbabe3789]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 6:56am

Hmm...Kristin seems to be enjoying herself doesn't she? :) Not to bash Kristin...but she has gotten a reputation, at least with me, for spontaneously adding lines when she feels like it, and breaking character for laughs. Don't the producers do anything about it?

[Cadriel]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 7:02am

I don't see what's so devastatingly wrong about playing up a blooper in a comic scene. It's supposed to be FUNNY. Would you rather Kristin just threw all sense of comic timing out the window, broke the comic reality, and made the scene become tedious?

-Wayne

[jakebloke]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 7:29am

I think if the producers had a problem with it, they would put a stop to it. Kristin does it all the time. I saw it the day after Thanksgiving, and there was some sound glitch...also during Popular I believe....it was a little popping sound and Kristin said...."Ooops, must have been all that Turkey" Something to that effect. The audience LOVED it. I personally think that it adds to the live experience. You realise that you;re not just watching people go through the motions....which I have seen in several shows. Plus is something goes wrong, which happens frequently in live theater....MOST people are going to enjoy a little comedy....

[actorboy]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 7:44am

You people need to lighten up. Really.

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 8:11am

"There should be consequences for bad behavior. To ignore it is to condone it...."


Ta-DAAA! Ladies and gentlemen! We have our first story in the WICKED fan-fic sweepstakes!

"DISCIPLINING KRISTIN & IDINA!" (Mature content)
("Mistress Carole! Please be gentle!")

Updated On: 1/14/04 at 08:11 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 8:33am

The template was set long ago. Because they had Kristin, the creators built up the part of Glinda, upsetting the balance of the story so badly that the show makes very little dramatic sense.

The message Kristin was semi-consciously given was: "You and your skills are more important to us than anything else so we are going to do our best to make your character as much a star as Elphaba." And her part IS a real audience pleaser.

So she gets to do whatever she wants. And the majority of people DO enjoy it because they feel they are seeing something special and they feel as if they are in on a private joke. They don't distinguish between Broadway, the Carol Burnett Show, or Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz breaking up EVERY SINGLE WEEK on Saturday Night Live.

And that's fine, for what it is. I'm just kind of surprised how artless Kristin's comments seem. They completely take the character out of the moment and time and make references to things like Thanksgiving and having a day off. No wonder Idina freezes. How do you come back from a reference to Kristin having a day off and not something clever that the character would say, IN CHARACTER? That's a skill that some actors have, apparently not Kristin.

I'd be pissed, but I'm still pissed I wasted 100 dollars plus huge service charges to see that show anyway.

Updated On: 1/14/04 at 08:33 AM

[Auggie27]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 9:05am

I think Namo says it all. This show is already challenging tonally, going from scenes that are near farce-like to ephiphany defining emotional ballads designed to pull on the heart strings. If the carefully worked-out segues are blurred by the ladies, repeatedly, the show's lightning shifts of tone are blurred, too; whatever sense the story is making goes out the window. It begins to feel like a sketch, not a play, because the audience cannot suspend disbelief. Some of you love re-finding that disbelief; many others need the show's emotional arc to be fully dramatized to experience the full WICKED. I feel for those people; to my mind, they deserve to see the show that has been paintstakingly crafted.

We've all been through this debate -- last week, we had the same posts. Already we're getting "actors are people, too!," to me the lamest of excuses for what is happening at WICKED. For my hundred smackers, they can develop their people skills after the show. When trodding the stage of the Gershwin, they should just do what they're paid to do.

Updated On: 1/14/04 at 09:05 AM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 9:05am

Of course you can almost hear Donna and Tonya whispering:
"Keep it up, silly girls. Keep it up!"

I was a part of the dreadful Shear Madness for a couple of years and in that show, if you were one of the unfortunate ones to see it, there was a kiss between the hairdresser and the cop that was made to look spontaneous, but it happened every night. The two actors "tried not to laugh" but in the end, broke up the whole cast and audience. To this day people tell me they saw the show "the night the gay guy kissed the cop and everyone broke up." Little did they know it happened the same way every night! And I always say "Oh, yea, I remember that performance! It was sooooo funny!"

Anyhoo, I am glad they found some humor in Maguire's dark book. I was hoping this show would not be too much of a downer.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 10:54am

This shows a disrespect to the author of the play. While I'm no fan of Winnie Holzman, she does have the right to see her work performed as written. If Chenoweth was singing La Boheme, would she drift off into her own made up lyrics?

[TheBalladeer]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 10:58am

I think Auggie and Namo are totally blowing this out of proportion. If you cannot deal with ad-libs and things of sort, that's fine. But Namo, you have already made clear that you don't like Wicked, so I think it is uneccessary for you to harp on the topic, and completely bash the show and its performance every chance you get. It's gets old and boring fast. Auggie, lighten up willya? Just bear in mind, that if you do plan to see Wicked, don't buy an $100 dollar ticket. Go to tkts.


Cheers,
The Balladeer

Updated On: 1/14/04 at 10:58 AM

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 11:08am

TheBalladeer is my hero!!!!! =D

HEAVEN FORBID an actress has FUN on stage and starts to laugh!!! horror of horrors, how can people THINK of having fun when they are on a Broadway stage!?! jeez!!

[robbiej]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 11:16am

I have stated before that I love a good f*ck up. But, at some point, you have to wonder when is the integrity of a show (even a sloppy one, liked WICKED) put at risk because the actors either 1) want more laughs or 2) lose their focus consistantly.

If one wants more laughs, find them in the book and the lyrics or staging. If they're not to be found there, they have no place in the show. Remember, no matter who gets the great reviews, the show is the MOST important thing, even if it's crap.

And to say 'people lose focus' is a bit disingenuous. Would like a surgeon to lose focus whilst operating on you? Yes, I know theatre is not life-and-death (except for Sutton Foster), but the point is, someone is hired to do a job, they should do it professionally and with integrity.

I, myself, would have probably laughed if I were in the audience. But to hear that this is becoming de rigeur for the lovely and talented ladies of WICKED is a bit distressing.

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 1/14/04 at 11:30am

I gotta agree with robbirej
. If you're gonna goof and have fun onstage, don't break character.