Guys, chill. Yes, Elphaba’s voice was struggling. It happens to everybody. This moment unfortunately just happened to get posted on the internet. Moments like that can happen to everybody. Check out the video that has audio of all the Les Mis singers messing up. Personally, I’m a trained theatre singer, and also have experience in choirs, acapella groups, etc. There are days my voice can sing practically anything easily, and then there are other days where anybody listening would be seriously concerned for my health. So far I haven’t done any noticeable permanent damage to voice (I’ve been checked out by ENTs a couple times). I’m not on the same level as Broadway performers, but the struggles are similar no matter what your level. In this particular case, I doubt Broadway singers are truly in tip top vocal condition after a year and a half off. They’ve probably still been taking voice lessons (albeit over Zoom in many cases), but that just can’t compare to the level of vocal conditioning required to sing a Broadway lead role every night 5-6 days a week. Suggesting a person can just dive back into that with no hiccups is like suggesting an NFL athlete can jump right back into the grind of training camp and the regular season with no hiccups just because they’ve been working out at home. This principle is especially true with the insane belting roles like Elphaba and Elsa.

@Becapy88

2 жыл бұрын

Well said! The voice is probably the most difficult instrument to control, not to mention Elphaba is probably one of the most challenging roles on Broadway. I think a lot of people don’t realize or forget how much endurance is required to sing/belt. You don’t just stand there, open your mouth, and sound comes out. 😂 ***UPDATE: Just watched Wicked at the Gershwin Theatre and it was pure magic!!!Literally can’t stop thinking and talking about it. Lindsay Pearce was PHENOMENAL. She killed it from beginning to end and clearly overcame any struggles shown in this rehearsal video. Perfect resonance and control throughout, no strain at all. Marvelous and beautiful. Ginna as Galinda/Glinda couldn’t be more perfect! My GAWD just insanely incredible! And the acting was SO brilliant; extremely well delivered. GO SEE WICKED if you can! This cast definitely won’t disappoint in the slightest. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be obsessed.

@ericbrotherson2003

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! You train and train…but rehearsals are hard. Any professional performer will tell you eight shows a week is hard. She seems to have all the technique in place to manage her role and she is killing it. I feel her.

@HSMfanatic17

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, I wondered what happened there. Thank you for the explanation.

@firewheels90

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for expressing empathy and integrity here. I appreciate it

@rouxdsla

2 жыл бұрын

She was awful.

They're not even like, performing performing, but it still makes me cryyyyy!!! I can't wait for the tour to come to Boston! 💚🖤🤍💗

BROOO LINDSAY SLAYED DEFYING GRAVITY. I CANTTTTTT WAIT TILL SHE DOES IT ON BROADWAY!!!!

CHILLS FROM EVERY SONG

Okay, if she is that aggressive and powerful in DG then I NEED her No Good Deed...I like an angry Elphie 💚

@islandeatssand684

Жыл бұрын

Her last NGD is on youtube check it out it’s breathtaking

So glad Ginna's still there, she's amazing! 💕💚

i can totally relate to the blond guy reaction behind Lindsay Pearce while singing the last part of Defying Gravity

How have I never come across this video? So awesome, and I'm so glad there was footage of this rehearsal. I love how you can see the excitement in the body language of everyone for this rehearsal.

Wicked is my all-time favourite musical, I've seen it five times so far, more than any other musical. So watching this and hearing these songs again was so special. Welcome back WICKED

Welcome back. This made my heart bumping with joy.

It's soooo good to see you! welcome back! this video made me cry my heart out!

JUst got back from seeing the national tour in Sacramento. *LOVED* the new addition of a short fanfare in place of the cast yelling "CONGRATULOTIONS!" during "Thank Goodness"

I can feel their emotions and excitement through the screen ❤️

Chills all around!!! So incredible to hear the sounds of this amazing show again!!!

IM SO HAPPY😊 I've been so excited for Wicked! I know this is Ginna, but I met Kristin Chenoweth this summer and she's SO sweet! I auditioned and got into her broadway bootcamp and it was AMAZING.

i saw gina with hannah c in 2019 and omg they were both amazing i’m SO EXCITED FOR WICKED TO OPENNN

I really wish shows were redoing different cast recordings from time to time because all of them sound amazing!!! I wish I could listen to them in a proper quality 💜 also 2:20??? I WAS NOT PREPARED WOW

@catherineelouise1599

Жыл бұрын

I can't stop watching that last bit

"There's No Place Like Oz" That's clever writing....

So happy! I am over joyed with the return of WICKED!

I have my tickets already for November. So excited. Welcome back!

She's yelling more than belting

Already have tickets for Tuesday and Wednesday in NYC!! Cannot wait to see this on Broadway again!

WICKED IS ALWAYS AMAZING👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Just saw the show for the first time yesterday! It was amazing!!!!

I saw ginna back in 2019! She’s awesome

@Jakeybakey5

2 жыл бұрын

me too, such an incredible Glinda

I'm counting the day until I see it..again..in Charlotte NC. But this time I'm thrilled to bring along my niece.

why am i crying oh my gosh im so happy for yall

I am OBSESSED with Ginna’s voice🤩

This is so amazing!! The leading ladies are both soooo talented, and I’m BEYOND happy that GC got to continue her run as Glinda!! She and Mary Kate Morrissey (her Elphie on the tour) are easily my fave pair as of right now, but Lindsay is doing such an amazing job!! So excited they’re reopening Tuesday! Edit: so I saw the current national tour cast about a month ago, and i think there is a three-way tie of my fave pairs between Talia Suskauer and Allison Bailey (who I saw live!), Lindsay and GC, and MK and GC. I'm really indecisive XD

@oliviastorm1960

2 жыл бұрын

Talia and Allison and are favorites EVER they are so amazing and I love those girls

@introverted_artie

2 жыл бұрын

I think Ginna and Alli are the funniest GA-lindas, while I really like Eden as Elpheba.

I saw Wicked on Broadway last month, seeing this video is so profound. Broadway is Back 💚

I got goosebumps at "The Wizard and I" and at the end of this video!!!!!

Will be at the Gershwin on Tuesday! Can’t wait! 💚💚💚

It’s the Gerber Baby! :-)

Oh I can't wait til November to hopefully come see the show🙏🙏🙏

WOW. JUST WOW. I've already bought my tickets.

I want to see this show !!!!

Woohooooo !!!!!!! Wicked is up and running!!! Yeaaaaaaay!!

im sobbing omg

the joy.

Just in the "for what it's worth" column, Dee Roscioli is my fav "Elphie" of all time. Having said that, how great is it that this show continues on!!!

@singerAR0406

2 жыл бұрын

I flew to Chicago especially to see Dee. I adore her

That’s some amazing belt 😳😃💕

I'm not crying, you're crying.

wish I could have been in the room for that!

Can't wait to come back to the Apollo or Gershwin theatre soon.

Welcome back, ladies. Defy gravity for us 🥲

Hooray

Lindsay Pearce has come a long come way since Glee project hahahaha but srsly there something with her high notes???

@arigoodfriend1762

2 жыл бұрын

just saw her on broadway she sang phenomenally and very healthy singing

They sound fabs

BROADWAY HAS MISSED YOU!

The Glinda is awesome

I’m sure Lindsay will ease into Elphaba a little more, hoping her vocal chords r ok..

@islandeatssand684

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s exactly what I was thinking. I appreciate the passion she put into it but it sounded like she was struggling which is weird since I’m pretty sure she’s a classically trained (probably full-lyric) soprano. Could’ve been since this was just rehearsal though

@antonygoon9694

2 жыл бұрын

@@islandeatssand684 Not only that, but she was clearly very emotional singing this for the first time in a rehearsal room after over a year. Her vocals from march 2020 already show she’s capable of executing it well.

@vandanakumra1353

2 жыл бұрын

Saw the dress rehearsal today - her voice was amazing - best in the show!

@simplystreeptacular

2 жыл бұрын

I'm no singer but I have a lot of friends who are (most of them went on to teach voice) and from what they've told me it's just like an athlete - when you're restricted from training/rehearsing for long periods of time, it takes a bit for your muscles to get back into shape. Lindsay is obviously rusty but she'll blow it off in rehearsal. I'm sure she'll be fine by the time she's back onstage.

@sylviatsai8637

2 жыл бұрын

Thinking the same. Was very strained

Oooh! Get it Miss Gravity Defyer!

Literal tears

You’ve definitely made good.

AAHHHHHHHHHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSSHSHSH CANT WAIT

man, i wish i could afford going to see broadway shows

❤❤❤❤❤❤

Crying

That poor Elphaba sounds like she gonna blow her voice out one day

@arigoodfriend1762

2 жыл бұрын

just saw her on broadway she sang phenomenally and very healthy singing

@danielxdaniel2743

2 жыл бұрын

She doesn’t really sound like that. I think something was just going on to her voice that day

❤❤❤❤❤

TONIGHT IS OPENING NIGHT

Ginna is perfection!

💚✨✨✨✨✨✨

Oooooo. Elphaba is yelling. It's only the first rehearsal, though. Glenda, on the other hand, is obviously classically trained.

@arigoodfriend1762

2 жыл бұрын

just saw her on broadway she sang phenomenally and very healthy singing

💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤

3 things; 1st and foremost, welcome back we missed you. 2nd, think in Defying Gravity, or at least the part you showed, Wizard should be changed to Covid, Because lastly, with the fierceness in which Lindsay sang it in the clip, her dress as Elphaba, Covid or anyone would be running scared. Goosebumps!!!!!

Aww aww aww aww aww aww aww aww

Vocal damage for the Elphaba?

@kelliparks2127

2 жыл бұрын

No kidding

@CountryCowboy008

2 жыл бұрын

Idina: can relate

HI GC I LOVE YOU

@tessaokeefe9866

2 жыл бұрын

HI NYSSA

@nyssastuder8405

2 жыл бұрын

@@tessaokeefe9866 OMG HI TESSA

Defying Gravity gave me chills for all the wrong reason. Elphaba is straining so much, and by the end of the song, she’s already shouting.

@arigoodfriend1762

2 жыл бұрын

just saw her on broadway she sang phenomenally and very healthy singing

its happening!!! but sadly she is leaving the role in 2 weeks, right as her voice settled 😭

petition for mitch grassi to be the next elphaba?!?!?!?

This was hard to watch. I feel bad that they put Lindsay Pearce on the spot by filming this moment. She's struggling with those high notes and the show hadn't even begun. Her opening night songs were painful to hear, because of the pressure she was putting on her voice. I know, I know... "The voice is a muscle that you have to keep training", but you'd think after that long of a vocal rest, it'd be in a better shape.

@arigoodfriend1762

2 жыл бұрын

just saw her on broadway she sang phenomenally and very healthy singing

I am a puddle

Who's Elphaba?

@BKNYSteph

2 жыл бұрын

She’s not that great whoever she is.

@RaraNewJersey

2 жыл бұрын

@@BKNYSteph That's honestly your opinion and only yours because everyone else thinks she's amazing so🙄🙄 Ugh!! The toxic amount in this comment🤢🤢🤮🤮

@aidanlam5336

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaraNewJersey Nothing against her in the show as Elohim, but you’re lying to yourself if you think she performed smoothly in this esp in DG. Everyone has off days but it’s a lie to say it was an amazing performance

@RaraNewJersey

2 жыл бұрын

Aidan Lam I didn't say she did smoothly? Lol? But I think it was good because it is my opinion and for you to tell me that my opinion is wrong is ignorant. You can't change my mind because its my opinion but I would LOVE for you to go out on a stage in front of millions and do these songs she does and then have people judge you. Would feel pretty crappy, huh? So with that said, thank you, you're dismissed

@RaraNewJersey

2 жыл бұрын

Aidan Lam And its Elphaba, who the heck is Elohim!?

I literally want to see this because of Lindsay

Why elphaba so mad

Elphaba sounds really heavy here but it’s probably cause it was the end of a long rehearsal. You can hear her here (below), she’s doing so much better. That mix is great. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pmdrzdRqoqmwYc4.html

@arigoodfriend1762

2 жыл бұрын

just saw her on broadway she sang phenomenally and very healthy singing

Where is Brittney Johnson?

@jackieadelle190

2 жыл бұрын

she’s a standby for Glinda, and standbys aren’t part of the ensemble bc they step into the role when an understudy is sick/unavailable, or if an actor gets hurt during the show, the standby will replace the actor mid-show and continue on with the performance. I’m assuming this was a rehearsal just for the ensemble and principle leading roles, not standbys.

What are the laundry baskets everybody has for?

@jer9grant

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's just so they can put their belongings in, rather than being directly on the floor

@estherhinds6314

2 жыл бұрын

I have been in shows where people used laundry baskets to carry their things. If you have a lot to carry around many prefer baskets over backpacks. It's also easier to access things when you're stationary like this read through

I REALLY need to stop clicking on videos of rehearsals. Nobody in these are in “show shape,” and that’s why they are in REHEARSAL. The rehearsal room should be your safe space to learn your track, work on the story elements, and make mistakes. I hate it when civilians are in the room when I’m just trying to learn my track. The last show I was in, we even had “invited guests” (donors) at our table read. I got over it because it was a paycheck gig, but it still pissed me off. I get why big shows like this allow press in, I just really wish they didn’t. And that I get more willpower to resist these peaks.

@arigoodfriend1762

2 жыл бұрын

just saw her on broadway she sang phenomenally and very healthy singing

I'm sorry, but do I hear the famous Kristin in there???????

@tessaokeefe9866

2 жыл бұрын

Nope!!!

@sadiejohnsonsings

2 жыл бұрын

No Ginna's just THAT good

@tessaokeefe9866

2 жыл бұрын

@@sadiejohnsonsings ahhhhh definitely Gc is like my favorite person ever

@RaraNewJersey

2 жыл бұрын

Nope lol its Ginna

@giannazaccagni4058

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaraNewJersey well she must be super talented!!!!!!!!! She literally made me think that it was Kristin!

Yes elphaba was struggling a little but can people just remember us performers have had such a massive break from performing. Even Broadway performers get rusty.

@arigoodfriend1762

2 жыл бұрын

just saw her on broadway she sang phenomenally and very healthy singing

No Idina thats for sure

Elphaba was not singing well. A rough sound, and many pitch problems.

Gosh, so many caucasian actors like where is the diversity??? Where are the asians 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Elfie is awfully pitchy

O__O....did they even practice during their break???? Yikes bro

Eww elphy cringe.

@arigoodfriend1762

2 жыл бұрын

just saw her on broadway she sang phenomenally and very healthy singing

That Elfaba was terrible.

@Tash2897

2 жыл бұрын

Terribly good!

@tessaokeefe9866

2 жыл бұрын

Shut uo

@taylormhilliard

2 жыл бұрын

Why is it necessary to make a comment like this?

@피치공주

2 жыл бұрын

How ironic that you don’t even know the character's name and still judging this amazing woman

@Debbie56

2 жыл бұрын

I did not mean to offend anyone. If I did I apologize. I just re acted without thinking.The spelling was auto spell. I do know how to spell her name. I stand buy my thought that this girl seemed to be struggling. Her performance was a little rough. The rest of the cast was great.

Don’t know who Elphaba is here, but yikes….

@SlmTtrl01

10 ай бұрын

It happens. Voices do that sometimes. She may have had a cold or may have just not warmed up her voice.

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