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  • 1:47 is that even kate?

  • i don't know where all these comments are coming from she sounds just like all the elphabas

    i really liked it~

  • personally i thought this was awesome. I think she would make a really good elphaba, i dont think her voice is like any others to have done the role so it would be kind of cool to her all the songs differently

  • When she Screamed its me she sounded exactly like Marcie Dodd. There honestly wasn't a difference.

  • IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT SHE IS GOING TO REPLACE TEAL WICKS IN WICKED!!!!!!!!! IM FREAKING OUT!!!!!!!!!!

  • @EntertainmentAddams It was not "announced", it has been speculated.

  • @EntertainmentAddams Are you sure, if so that would be so cool, i hate teal wicks

  • @wickedismylife22 don’t hate teal. she is amazing

  • @coreyavefl2009 good thing that teal is getting replaced by jackie.

  • @wickedismylife22 Jackie is replacing Teal. Teal leaves September 25th. Same with Katie Rose Clarke. please Teal uses her heart and soul in her singing and acting. i saw her twice in Ny, and put a huge smile on peoples faces with her performance.

  • @EntertainmentAddams no, i heard Jackie Burns is coming to Broadway

  • LOVE Wicked, LOVE Katie Shindle! This NEEDS to happen. But she has to be the Mad Hatter for a little while longer in Wonderland first. :)

  • @SecondBananaAddams Too bad it closed! (Wonderland, not Wicked! XD)

  • Somebody needs to start a petition to get this girl into the Gershwin! She is f'ing amazing! And she would look great in green.

  • who plays elphaba on bway currenty

  • @tooty644 mandy gonzalez just finished and Teal Wicks is taking over

  • She sounds like a younger-sounding Mandy Gonzalez on this song.

  • She wont be playing this role for a while because shes playing the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland on Broadway from March 21st 2011 (Previews) and it officially opens on April 17th 2011

  • @cocowizard1 sad. Nikki Snelson was supposed to play that role!! Well... not supposed. But she played it in the FL previews.

  • She sounds like Eden Espinosa here.

  • kate shindle kicks ass, but the dude singing glinda's part is pretty cool as well lol

  • this is absolutely beautiful!!!! You're really talented

  • she's not an elphie for me :/ i wanna love her, but i can't. put sutton in wicked now :)

  • @XxstellabellaxX listen to her as Vivian in Legally Blonde shes amazing

  • I am not sure that she would necessarily kill her voice. I think she could be one of the few that's voice doesn't die. She is a high belter, but it would really be all about technique.

  • .......can she....play this role on broadway right now please? god i HOPE she replaces mandy after she leaves, but her voice will be shattered afterwards tht the sad part.... I havent heard of one actress who has played this role and has not had their voice change in some way :(

  • Whoa! I loved that! As a performance, but not as Elphaba. She makes it sound too easy (almost like Shoshana) and in my opinion, this song (the big showstopper, act one closing number and so on) is supposed to sound "difficult", as if she were breaking free from her old patterns. Plus, her voice is too dark (almost like Kerry Ellis, kill me youtubers =\ ), which doesn't fit a 17/18-ish year old girl who's going to college.

    But delicious to hear, her voice is so unique!

  • @FernandoLopes0691 I don't know what part of this performance strikes you as dark. Are you mistaking vibrato for a dark quality? She's very bright!  LOVE Kate.

  • @broadwaybrent367 There are a lot of parts, but specially her "pull me down" sequences, "I hope you're happy in the end" and from the "if I'm flying solo" to the end - paying attention to her "defying". Sometimes it sounds like tries to "cover" the sound, but in general, her timbre is not young sounding enough for me. I love her in other roles. =)

  • @FernandoLopes0691 About vibrato, I can hear a clear difference when she uses it in phrases like "defying" (somewhat dark) and "high" (w/ vibrato, but pretty bright). As I said, I love her voice, love this performance, I just don't think it's suitable in the musical context. Just a personal opinion, but I'd surely pay to see her do this role. :P

  • @FernandoLopes0691 I guess it's just a matter of opinions. Haha. I guess I've just never seen her vocals as dark. And I guess I'm looking at the big picture.. cause she's overall bright, IMO.

  • @FernandoLopes0691 I have to say I disagree. Still! I still think she's very bright. I don't know. I don't disagree with your opinion of her timbre not being young enough, but I still think she sounds about the same as anything other girl who's played it, and that she's not dark.

  • @davischrisb Apparently, I'm the only one who thinks her voice is mostly dark. Haha. I don't know, once she gets more power, it sounds darker (covered), but still somewhat "frontal", hence the "brightness" - which I don't see as a bright quality, but anyway. About the other girls performing it, I'm used to a lighter sounding voice (lighter in 'weight', so to speak, but strong and belt-like) for Elphaba, I can't understand the directors. What matters is that we all love her voice. :)

  • What? This is suppose to be a difficult song? I couldn't tell at all from her performance :-)

  • lol whose the guy standing is a "Glinda"?

    She makes belting sound so easy holy crap. LOVE her

  • @ravenrandom brian lowdermilik. really.  :)

  • @kerriganlowdermilk Ha ha! Now i love you guys even more. Btw. samantha brown is pure genius :)

  • @ravenrandom the show that is lol

  • I would love to see her as Elphaba on Broadway! :D I think she sounds AMAZING on this song!

  • I could actually see her go on as Elphaba Understudy then maybe work her way up and get used to the songs and everything. I think she might make a good Elphaba. I really wanna see Sutton Fotster play Elphaba in the movie!! :)

  • Any chance you could send me this pleaseee? xxx

  • @iBenjafied

    i agreee.

    shes got a goood voice.

    but its not an elphaba voice.

  • She makes it sound too easy.

  • Kate would be an amazing Elphaba

  • I think she would too.

    Her next for lead!!

  • I heard Dee Roceioli is leaving in January I believe. Kate should take over when Dee leaves

  • I'd rather not see her destroy her voice by doing that role on broadway

  • @thelivesofme1 Exactly what I was thinking.

  • @thelivesofme1 have you heard the songs she has to sing in Wonderland??? this is nothing compared to i will prevail and mad hatter!!

  • Tighten up in a few places and she would be an amazing Elphie!!!

  • omigod!!! she should totally play elphie!!!!:)

  • didn't she play vivienne in legally blonde? she has an amazing voice!

  • she did...i saw the play when she had the flu and you couldn't tell she was sick...she's great...

  • You might be thinking of Megan McGinnis

  • i love her 'tell them how i am defying gravity' at 3:44

  • get kate on bdway as elphaba NOW!!!!:) love kate shindle!!!

  • Have you heard her belt a high A (or a C6, for that matter) in person?

  • Well someone's trying to be a harsh Broadway critic....

    She's amazing, suck it up.

  • if that was aimed at me,

    I'm not trying to be hard, I think she's really good, but I just don't think she could withstand 8 shows a week, but a standby/understudy for Elphaba could suit her better.

    I think she could definitely sing a better version than this. :)

  • did you see/hear her in legally blonde?

  • i did,

    she was freaking amazing!!

    but, for me, not right for this role :)

  • she's good.... how old...? (not meant to be "perverted" just wondering)

  • Why hasn't she played this part yet? It needs to happen ASAP.

  • she is so amazing!!!! When Nicole Parker leaves she needs to replace!!!!!

  • Best Version of Defying Gravity EVER. Little to no riffs = BIG PLUS!

    Sticking to the original score = AWESOMENESS

    Yelled its me! like its written was very effective!

    i hope that the elphaba in the movie version will sing it like this.

  • she makes a great elphie. she shuld play her on bway :)

  • love herrrrrrr, she is generally amazing as vivienne in LB :)

  • Ooooo. great rendition of defying gravity. one of the best i've heard. she could truly be a great elphaba. great.

  • i love her vibrato

  • kate needs to be elphaba, i'd go see =D

    and so does sutton (even tho for some reason idk why i dont think she will ever consider the show, she's sort of an 'original cast' girl)

  • Yeah, SORT of an Original Cast girl, as she has originated five roles since 2002, scoring a nomination for every single one (well, except for Young Frankenstein but what do you expect?!) That's 4 Tony Nominations (including the one win), each for a character she created. Pretty darn impressive. Even so she doesn't seem to have the correct range for Elphaba. It's not that her voice is weak. It's a powerhouse, but it's just not the right sound for Elphie.

  • no i disagree, i think she would make a absoloultly amazing Elphaba

  • Oh and I forgot to add that Sutton hardly has the best of lucky with shows with green leads. Regardless she wouldn't be eligible for awards, so it wouldn't really affect the latest Tony curse, but still.

  • What do you mean that she wouldn't be eligible for awards?

  • If Sutton were to play Elphaba. She wouldn't be eligible for a Tony. Because they did away with the Best Replacement category. That's what I meant.

  • She's awesome! total Elphaba! The only thing is that she's waaay above what the sheet music is, and you can hear it tug on her vocal cords on the "deFYing gravity" part.

  • shes singing it in the normal key lol

  • shame on her.she has such high notes,I expected some riffs or something

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  • she should really be the next Elphaba...and then Sutton Foster!

  • Sutton doesn't do replacement roles.

  • ha...did she say that or is it just universally known?

  • Sutton did Les Miz as a replacement for Eponine... So she probably does replacement roles.

  • Actually, she didn't replace Eponine, she was the original in the revival, But I agree that in this kind of show she would take a replacement.

  • Sutton was NOT in the Les Mis revival

  • Sorry, Sutton was in fact in Les Mis as Eponine just, not in the revival with norm. She was in it in 2000.

  • sutton doens't have a weak voice,,,listen to drowsy chaperone or thoroughly modern millie or yodeling (in headvoice) in young frankenstein..what do you mean by week

  • and especially listen to her sing Astonishing from Little Women and then take back what you said.

  • I take back nothing

  • thats why your only a wanttobediva

  • I know more about broadway then you EVER WILL...and the reason i put wanttobediva instead of queen diva is because im not pretenious... and how does me not wanting to take back what i said make me a want to be? explain that sweetheart?!?!

  • yeah we'll see about that.

  • you'll see about what...you don't make any sense..and you never responded to my question. SO shut your mouth now...thanks kaybye :)

  • what this is amazing!

  • she should've gotten the part.. with no audition required....

    she's freakin amazing!!!!!!!!!!

  • She is amazing!!! She would make a great Elphaba :D

  • she would be so good as Elphaba

  • if she ever auditioned for this role, i'd freak out, cry, buy tickets, cry some more, and see the show a hundred times.

  • her lerrrrk to the western sky was orgasmic

  • i know

  • Im 99% sure thats Christian Borle playing the deep-voice sexy Glinda. And I mean that in the best of ways.

  • Nope! It's me, brian lowdermilk. lol

  • its Brian Lowdermilk singing?

  • That's The Voice!!!!!!!!! :)))))))))))

  • Shes amazing! I think shed be a good Elphaba.

  • Kate is beyond amazing, simply stunning!

  • She has the best belting voice ever! She's fabulous singing anything if it's belting!

  • me too..agh amazing

  • I'd bet 99% chance it is from a gay bar in New York called Splash. They have a broadway night once a week, and lots of people have sung there. It looks like Splash in the first photos. A liberal ex-Miss America? That's a first. Her voice has improved a lot.

  • Shindle said that she's a conservative Catholic, but she's strongly against Prop 8.

    She needs to stop being so amazing right now! :D

  • i think he'd make an immense glinda! lol x

  • Who who was Galinda?

  • sounds a bit like christian boyle

  • Yeah i thought that to...

  • christian borle :D

  • I would LOVE for Kate to be Elphaba one day, though with Nicole Parker coming in to replace Marcie in January I think Broadway Wicked is in good hands until July 09, unless Nicole extends which she might very well do, who knows.

    And though awesome it would be, I highly doubt Laura Bell will ever be coming back to Wicked. I think she unforgivably pissed the producers off when she left NY without telling anyone and since the u/s had a stroke, Kristin had to go on with a neck brace.

  • O.o she did? Oshiz. :0 I didn't know THAT. MUST GO READ!

  • Yeah. It was when Kristin did her back in doing her 'flip, flip' in Popular (which was why they changed it to 'toss, toss') and Laura Bell flew off to, LA I think, to audition for Legally Blonde. Melissa Bell Chait (who was the u/s Glinda) had just had a stroke and was in hospital so Kristin had to go on in a sequined neck brace and on a serious vicodin high. Kristin talked about the whole vicodin thing on a talk show once.

  • i dont think thats what happened

  • Kristin on Vicodin show: June 2004

    Melissa Bell Chait out of hospital: March, 2004

    I had heard rumors of a bad situation when LBB left Wicked but the Kristin on Vicondin wasn't Laura Bell's fault. They had 3 months to find an u/s and a standby. Kristin did that show because she thought she could with the help of medication. And that's part of the reason why she left the show in july of 2004.

  • Melissa Fahn was also a Glinda u/s during that time as well, though she never went on during her broadway run, only in LA.

  • I just got massive chills when she got to "So if you care to find me..."

    Wow. She has amazing talent. I hope she does et to be Elphaba. That would make me happy because I've been itching for a reason to see Wicked again. This would be PERFECT!

  • id love to see her as elphie some day. it would be amazing if Laura Bell was glinda she needs to do it full time. she deserves is since she was the first standby

  • my BF and i have been saying for the longest time that she would be awesome as Elphaba

  • ahhh i wish she sang that "its meeeeeeeee!" part hahahha

    that woulda been wicked. ;)

    yay kate shindle

  • the first time i heard legally blonde (remix) i thought this woman would make an amazing elphaba, and now i'm pretty sure i was right. she's really amazing and i think it would only get better with her being able to really delve into the role. vote for kate! haha

  • I think she would be a fabulous Elphaba!!! Or Nessa. I think she could pull off Nessa!!!

  • Wouldn't that be awesome if Kate Shindle was Elphaba, and Laura Bell Bundy was Glinda? I think that would be so cool. Kate is too pretty to be painted green though. :)

  • i don't think so. i used to want her to be elphaba but not that i hear it, she really doesn't have elphaba's voice. Kate mixes all of her high parts till it sounds very thin and at times very shrill. eden and sho also mix alot, but their voices take to it much better the tones are alot more pleasant. that might be the reason she didn't cast

  • Dear Casting Director for Wicked:

    Kate Shindle is your Elphaba.

    ~ShoGanlover

    PS- Laura Bell should re-do Galinda!!  =D

  • She HAS to be elphaba!!!!!! Right now!!!!

  • why is everyone laughing? is it because alot of broadway people think wicked is stupid? because it seems that way..

  • it's because galinda is a man!

  • Holy crap...shes like amazing...lolzzz.....also...bo­rle needs to be Glinda...:) :)

  • is borle doing galinda?

  • i met her and she is so sweet!

    she is so talented!

    i lov ya kate shindle!!!

  • Kate should be the next Elhpaba!

  • She is NOT going to be elphaba. At least at this time. She would make a great one.

  • i heard julie is taking over for kerry and kate is going to be the new standby.

  • really wheres ur source?

  • No... Marcie Dodd is taking over fer Kerry, and the understudy will remain Julie, I believe.

  • She is amazing!! but i heard she auditioned for the role before Legally Blonde and they turned her down... why they would do that I have no idea but that is what I have heard from quite a few places that usually know what they are talking about! maybe she should re-audition!

  • Well, thank goodness we have concerts where we can be Elphaba =)

  • Kate Shindle. Elphba. NOW! ( or after Oct 19th :] )

  • November 11th, that's when the new Elphaba starts. But Kate already has something else lined up.

  • what is she doing next?

  • It's keeps updating... but go to

    kateshindle(dot)com

  • shes going to play elphaba?

  • no, she isn't.

  • whos playing the new elphaba!?

  • no one knows

  • Marcie Dodd. :/ Kind of disappointing.

  • perfect elphaba.

  • That was an amazing flying portion!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE be standby why Willimijn takes the lead....but I want you to on for 4 shows and her for 4, and I'll be at every one!

  • Now that Legally Blonde is closing, She needs to be Elphaba! Please Kate! Do that! I'll ask her what she plans on doing when I see the show again if I get to meet her again.

  • OMG SHE NEEDS TO ELPHABA LIKE YESTERDAY!!!!!! i hope that she will be soon!!! she'd be perfect!!!!

  • OWAH SHE ROCKS

  • Chills.....especially from 3:45 to the end. OMG

  • wow! I wonder where this is from, but she needs to be Elphaba, like, now. :D This is great! Thanks for posting! :)

  • It's from her Birdland concert. It was amazing.

  • That's so cool! I always hear about Birdland, I want to go to one, already! lol But I don't know much about it so, it's probably important people only :) thanks for answering! She truly does sound wonderful.

  • kate is fabuliciousness.

  • kate shindle is freaking amazing.

  • she should totally be elphaba now that legally blonde is closing. she is so amazing!! love her!! :)

  • i love kate....she is amazing. her voice is spectacular. she is exceedingly beautiful...i want to do her...the end

  • Now that Legally Blonde is closing, she should audition for Wicked!

  • The guy singing is Brian Lowdermilk. It's from her Birdland concert.