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  • i love coleen sexton very much, her voice is wonderful. but i have to say i like Idina better as elfie and christen chenoweth better as glenda. ... just my opinion but still bravo..

  • She is really good. I wish I had seen her instead of Victoria Matlock when I saw the tour in Baltimore.

  • @BroadwayJonathan Why? I love Victoria more. I don't care for Coleen much.

  • @jaszon27 Victoria's Elphaba was by far the weakest performance I have seen in the role. Vocals were all over the place and I wasn't able to connect with her acting at all. Also, she was paired with Christina DeCicco, who is the weakest Glinda I have seen (I like her in other shows...just not Wicked).

  • Coleen Sexton is my second cousin. Altough ive never met her shes doing what i dream of doing one day. if u think im lying u can ask me . like i said i never met her but shes my dads cousin and my step mom and cousins went to see wicked a couple years ago and it was a night she was playing elphaba uhmm i think i spelled that wrong. lol

  • Uh....she doesnt crack on the last night. She growls it which is a personal and appropriate vocal choice. Id reeeeally love to hear some of these haters post a response video singing this themselves.

  • 8:14 LOVE THAT

  • I loved both actresses, but I hate the quality of the video. The audio and video are clear, but this one and the Kristy Cates videos have this sort of "dark" quality to them, if you know what I mean. It's sort of vague. Do you know what I mean?

  • I'm actually quite surprised! Coleen is a great Elphaba! However, the Glinda has a weird voice...

  • It seems like her chords are a little tight.

  • the only way I'll ever see this piece o crap musical again is if COLEEN is playing that witch. she RULES. This music is like a nap on the beach for her after singing 2 years of Wildhorn's Lucy, the most difficult role ever written for a belter. Puh-lease. Coleen rocks this crappy role and makes the crappy song sound like nobody's ever sung it before her.

  • @in2whitwhitwhit Wicked is one of the best musicals ever...Please go take an English class, then take a music class to know what the fuck you're talking about.

  • @in2whitwhitwhit wow, got something against wicked have we?

    don't get me wrong, i LOVE Wildhorn's Jekyll and Hyde but the part of Lucy isn't exactly challenging. vocally or emotionally, and it's nowhere near as iconic as this role. and i know for a fact that he role of Elphaba is far more challenging from a technical point of view as it has a much wider range and less breath-breaks.

  • @in2whitwhitwhit that stuff i said in the last message about being technically harder is pretty much indisputable (unless you're an idiot) but from a personal point of view, i don't think Coleen was anything special in J&H and she isn't the best Elphaba. i mean, she's okaaay but she cracks horribly on that final note.

    Coleen is a beautiful and talented woman, but she isn't up there with Ruthie Henshall or Bernadette Peters or any of the other great leading ladies in musical theatre.

  • @RedKingCommandz what crack? That's an ostinato!

  • @in2whitwhitwhit that stuff i said in the last message about being technically harder is pretty much indisputable (unless you're an idiot) but from a personal point of view, i don't think Coleen was anything special in J&H and she isn't the best Elphaba. i mean, she's okaaay but she cracks horribly on that final note.

    Coleen is a beautiful and talented woman, but she isn't up there with Ruthie Henshall or Bernadette Peters or any of the other great leading ladies in musical theatre.

  • @RedKingCommandz Personally, I thought Coleen was brilliant in Jekyll and Hyde and is vastly underrated in Wicked. She sounds absolutely fantastic and is far stronger than some more well known Elphabas. As for the crack on the last note, I actually find it amazing that she pulled through it and still ended the song well - most people would break and have to stop, breathe, and restart. Coleen manages to pull through it and sounds fantastic afterwords - an extremely difficult task.

  • i can't get to the fact that the wizard is the bad guy here. which the timeless classic got a twist to the bizarre. love the songs but it's like making superman the villain and lex luthor the good guy.

  • @archangelcats Well in the show here he and Elphie are about on the same level. Not very good but not very bad either. They're both worse in the books though. In his case he's possibly the greatest conartist in Oz. Like the Emerald City isn't even green, he makes everyone wear special tinted glasses to make everything look green just to make it SEEM more magical just to show how "magical" he is even though he's a complete fake. We know something bad happened between him and the witch cause he

  • @archangelcats *continued* tells all four members of the group "All I ask is KILL HER" to which, I think Scarecrow brought up "Didn't you already ask someone else to do that?" to which he replied "I don't care who kills her, I just want her dead." and then comes up with a story for what she did, but then later that gets debunked so we really don't know what happened. If memory serves me right. He's not a nice man, but I wouldn't say he's a bad guy either. Perhaps its just me though. |D;;

  • Wow. This chick really can't act. 

  • Wow, I did not like her in Jekyll and Hyde at all...but she is a SUPERB Elphaba!  Wonderful!!

  • LOL @ Elphie throwing up gang signs at 2:39 xD

  • This is the best/most beautiful version of the song I've heard. Well, besides when I saw Vicki Noon live. :) Nothing is better than seeing it live!

  • I love the whole thing w/ the wizard. very creepy.

  • I think Coleen is very talented.

  • I don't get what people are griping about. Sounds like all the notes are there to me. She's got some good technique and hit the money notes at the end. I never worried for her once. Good job.

  • yeah I LOVE HER AS LUCY, BUT AS ELPHABA NOT HER BEST, BUT I STILL LOVE HER

  • I dont like her as elphaba, but she is great at Lucy. I think she needs to add something

  • i think she sand too fast in this one but she was brilliant as Lucy.

  • I'm sorry but I do not understand how anyone can like this woman. She was awful as Lucy and she was awful as Elphaba. Her voice is high, nasaly and annoying. She screeches when hitting the higher/longer notes and it's just bad. I mean if this your cup of tea cool but I can't stand her and I kinda wish she'd just go away.

  • @mstorey622 well obviously the casting directors like her, and i guess that's really all that matters.

  • I wish there were cast recordings of each cast. It may be the same songs, but each actor/actress puts their own style into their character so some songs give off different vibes according to who's singing it.

  • shes good but has a high pitched voice

  • This woman seriously makes me cry like a freaking baby when she belts out notes like that.

  • what actress is playing glinda in this one??

  • @waveatatteredflag Laura Woyasz, the current Glinda standby on Broadway.

  • hahaha he "ahhhhh" is like sjb except sjb does it better

    overall i like coleen

  • Im so used to her as Lucy, but i think she preforms this role perfectly! She is so talented!

  • Laura is good and all but she didn't deserve the Broadway role. Tops of Women Are WAY Better but were stuck on the tour, Like Donna and Coleen

  • my hero.

  • every single video of any elphaba doing defying gravity moves me to tears when she flies, for some reason. its just too spectacular.

  • Ok so I saw a video of her in jekyll and Hyde and was not impressed BUT this I am very much impressed!! Strong vocal notes with passion and not screaming.. Totally in her range and completely made it get owns.. In a very very good way!! I give credit where credit is due and this is a great performance from her!!!

  • I HATE HATE HATE it when there is a really good Elphaba who puts all her heart and soul into this song and morons say on EVERY video "No one can top Idina because she was the original" FFS everyone has favourite Elphabas and some of them are brilliant and you are NOT giving them any credit! How about lay off the whole Idina competition and praise these actors for once instead of bringing them down all the time?! Coleen is excellent so stop marking her performance in comparison to Idina's!!

  • Wait, is this the tour cast?

    ....IS GEORGE HEARN THE WIZARD???

  • Colleen Sexton is my hero!

  • I still like idina menzel better! Coleen was great in Jekyll and Hyde but I am a HUGE wicked fan and I don't really like what she did with the song she cuts off some long phrases that sound amazing when you hold them out and I think Katie Rose Clark is the best glinda ever!!!

  • @NekoGirlsLOVE I saw Katie Rose Clark when I saw Wicked and I found her so annoying and I love Colleen's voice for Elphaba... funny how we have opposite views. :)

  • SHe is amazing, i loved her in jekyll and hyde. But also i have to say Alexia Khadmie is an unbeliveable elphaba! I saw her live in the west end and she was truly sensational!

  • it's the acting skills of idina that spelled the difference since then.. i agree that a lot of them(different elphaba) can surpass the voice of idina menzel because even in my opinion, her vocals is not as powerful as hers (collen sexton) and other elphaba's out there.. Idina's strength is her acting ability, that's it.. *grin* :P

  • i wonder why the wizard has to call his gaurds

  • @wickedjpan Because She Knows the Wizard is a fake! and That he is taking all the animals Speech so they cant talk any longer!

  • @wickedjpan

    to capture the elphaba

  • she rocks

  • why is it so dark in the beginig the wizards lights arent even bliking right its sapposed to be red

  • Where is the opening music from?:)

  • Its From The Rock Version Of Defying Gravity By Kerry Ellis Type it in on google Rock Version Defying Gravity By Kerry Ellis and it should pop up its really good!

  • @jsphpdll It's actually No One Mourns the Wicked.

  • She's wonderful! I really like the way Coleen stylized the song with vibratto and riffs, and I also really like that she doesn't really belt her head off. It sounds stunning and she has really unique riffs for the last three lines.

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  • well the wizard head was dar it was kiddie music while he was saying his gaurd gaurd

  • I don't really like the lighting here....just a comment. Too much blue, but that could just be the camera.

  • Did she perform as the understudy for Victoria Matlock with Christina Decicco on July 7, '07? Does anyone know?

  • Coleen Reminds me of Jemma because they have a normal voice, but at riffs the Really raise the pitch. That's why i love them

  • Can Coleen put out some kind of fabulous Broadway compilation CD already? Hot DAMN, but she can sing!

  • I saw her as Brooke Wyndum in the national tour of "Leaglly Blonde." She was excellent.

  • she's just awesome!! her riffs are incredible!

  • Idina Menzel is the best Elphaba :) coleen did a great job this song is very hard to sing, i didnt mean to sound mean in my other comment... i just love idina kristen as a pair, thre my favorites but colleen does a very good job in jekyll and hyde, she did well here to :)

  • haha are you joking? idina is awful, shes so inconsistent. she'll have like 5 good shows but then like 10 bad ones, and then the standby goes on for like 2 cause she has to go on vocal rest cause she blows her voice.

  • IDINA IS AMAZING. NO ARGUMENTS.

  • I COMPLETELY agree!

  • And I guess you could also classify Ana and Kristy in the same category.

  • Herself, Caissie, and Lisa are the most underrated Elphies, ever. And clearly some of the best.

  • I loved her as Lucy, I adore her as Elphaba. She's amazing.

  • I like her more as Elphaba

  • I'm a very hard Elphaba critic, and I must say that I really enjoyed this performance. She is quite good. I liked it, a lot!

  • Idina Idina Idina... blah! I mean, yeah Idina's great, but she's not the definitive Elphaba... Have a listen to some others, like Eden Espinosa, Patrice Tipoki or Willemijn Verkaik... Amazing!

  • amen lol i love her, there are very few elphabas that im not fond of. i looove coleen tho

  • Who's playing G(a)linda?

  • Laura Woyasz im pretty sure, shes the SB

  • @DassMorris i'm pretty sure it's Annaleigh Ashford

  • @Doug5407 Nope its Laura Woyasz

  • Whoa, she's great.

  • and why was she only standby?

  • coleen is amazing! and ps julssg16 its IDINA

  • indinas shoes r extremly hard to fill in this show and coleen did a wonderful job!! her and one other girl whos name i cant remember are the only people i think fit the character of elphie.(besides indina). why she was a standby i will never know.

  • Was she Eden's standby?

  • she was (unfortunately) victoria matlocks standby....I have NO idea why.

  • Can someone explain to me WHY she was a standbye?

  • i agree with you totally.. why she was a stand-by, well i will never in my life understand that.. but thank god she was a stand-by in wicked when i saw it in columbus ohio, she was simply awesome.. i also saw her in jekyll and hyde in ny.. amazing is all i could ever say about that performance.. she should by no means ever be a stand-by.. someone dropped the ball on that one

  • yea shes amazing beyond words in this and in j&h

  • coleen sexton is just truely amazing in this role.. such a great talent who i believe gets overlooked at times.. love love love her voice

  • i love the wizards voice gadus gadus

  • She's freaking amazing! I'm hopefully going to see her as Brooke in Legally Blonde in LA soon!

  • lucky...i love coleen and i wish they were coming to texas :(

  • Who is Glinda?

  • Christina DeCicco

  • i saw her in nashville she was really good

  • I just saw her in Legally Blonde last night and she was amazzziinnnggg! I'm going again tomrrow.

  • =O she is amazing! this is my first time ever hearing her & i'm in love!

  • she was in legally blonde as Brooke. she is awesome!

  • i love her no wizard that there is or waass

  • I love her so much, mygod

  • I was at this show! Just imagine hearing this video, but the sound surrounding you. It was amazing.

  • colleen is amazing! such an idol of hers!

  • She KILLS this song. Her riffs at the end - good Lord, she doesn't even seem like she's TRYING! SUCH a fan of hers. Definitely on the top of my list of Elphies.

  • That "Bring Me Down" is something else !

  • This is amazing!

  • OMG did your hear tht "deserves" and "from me"! her riffs are AMAZING

  • No one can top Idina? Most of them can. She was good and all, but a lot are better than her.

  • @lisambofoh I really am not impressed by Idina, she was only first - her top was really nothing special - very little colour in her Ebs. She's a great singer, but certainly not the best it gets

  • @lisambofoh Agreed!!!! SJB, Donna Vivino, Coleen Sexton, Marcie Dodd, Jackie Burns, Eden Espinosa, Teal Wicks, Vicki Noon, Kerry Ellis plus many more are all better than Idina

  • @lisambofoh Its true about Idina but no one can top Kristin.

  • OMG ITS BROOKE!!!

    :D

  • She's amazing. I just saw her today in Legally Blonde, as Brooke. She did GREAT with that as well.

  • Hey! You can see the device holding her up! At about 8:00 even, she bends down and you can see it sticking out!

  • yeah you can see it almost in every video, its all good!

  • The first time I heard this song with Idina, I thought she rocked, but as I hear the same song with Coleen and Eden I realize Idina is overrated. Don't get me wrong, please, I really like Idina and she will always be the original Elphaba, but vocally speaking Eden and Coleen are better. Idina is the best Maureen in Rent, but Eden is the best Elphaba and Coleen is really close to her.

  • I totally agree with you!

  • i saw Idina do this live in the pre Broadway run i though she was fantastic, then i saw Eden do it on the tour and i was like "Idina who?"

  • I love Idina, but I agree...she's still my favorite, but others have done just as well as she, at least vocally.

    I kind of disagree with Eden being the best vocally. Don't get me wrong, she's extremely talented, but I think others have done better than she did vocally.

  • I think Eden has a very good voice, although she can overact sometimes, maybe that's why she is not perfect. although as you say, she is really talented.

  • I love her "From me". What does she do at 7:52

  • I love it too!! So unique!! I've never noticed her expression at 7:52 before, but she looks out and does a little cheeky smile and laugh!! It kinda reminds me of Saycon Sengbloh (who smiles during the 'bring me downs')- it almost suggests that they are really confident and have shown everyone in Oz that they are extremely powerful and are proud about this fact!!

  • lol...what if someone dropped the broom? / she's really good :) Who's playing Galinda / Glinda?

  • I saw her on the Legally blonde tour, she was fabulous and shes fabulous here! shes amazing

  • I prefer her ad Brooke!not bad Elphaba but best Brooke!:D

  • so amazing

  • WOW! She's great!

  • jesus christ!

    she was amazing in this, amazing in jekyll and hyde, amazing in legally blonde....is she amazing at everything?

  • I Think This Girl Is Good Thanks For All These Positive Comments People

  • out of this world

  • she ROCKS in legally blonde!

  • I saw her as brooke windam in legally blonde and she was sooo amazing.

  • she is INCREDIBLE! wow! i didn't think anybody could come close to my favorite elphie (teal wicks) but WOW!!! Coleen is a close second...maybe its a tie...lol (And for those of you who are like "its not a competition, stfu"...i know it's not a competition, but i'm allowed to think that somebody has more talent than another...it's perfectly normal and fair to do so)

  • if idina menzel and kristin chenoweth end up not being casted in the movie version of this in 2010 she should DEFF!!! be elphaba in it!!

  • I totally agree! If it's not Idina, then it's gotta be Coleen. Either that or Stephanie J. Block, she is incredible! I just hope it won't be an All-star cast with people who are only Hollywood famous rather than Broadway famous. The movie musicals with Hollywoods in them basically never have the raw vocal talent that these cast members have, and I would just die if I saw Wicked sink down to that level as a movie. It would break my heart =[

  • except that they released a statement saying that they weren't going to cast anyone who had been in the show before in the movie... probably because they know fans would be in an uproar if their favorite didn't get cast. this is all subject to change of course as the date of the actual release gets closer but i do know that as of now they are not considering anyone who has been in the show before.

  • at 8:24..you notice she held back her left arm, like she was gonna do something else, looks like she got nervous for a second haha..

    but shes very good!

  • ha you're right....but she's still amazing. lol

  • She's so amazing. I love her voice. I cannot wait to see her in Legally Blonde

  • she's awesome in legally blonde i just saw her in it last night!

  • Just saw her tonight. I loved her. She sounded a lot like Lucy from Jekyll and Hyde to me but hey she was my first!! Do you by any chance have an audio of her in J&H?

  • Wow! Did you like the musical?

  • im sein her tmrw!

  • amazing

  • her "leap" very nearly made me turn it off, but i suppose it wasn't horrible. not my ideal Elphie (even though Dee IS Elphaba, Sho kicks ultimate Wicked-ass), but decent enough.

    ~Thea

  • This girl went to my high school. She was awesome then!

  • I bet she starred in all the productions!

  • AMAZING!!! thanks for posting! do you have the full show? if you do couls you please post it? =)

  • yes I Have THe Full Show

  • OMG!! YAY! lol can you please post as much as you can? especially nomtw,witf, catfight,osd,tg, and the finale?

  • oh please post it, PLEASE post it!! for all the poor, unfortunate souls like me whose parents won't buy tickets.

  • oh it came up as that when some one sent it to me

  • The "look" is weak.

    But the "mesage back from me" is extremly cool.

    All in all I like her very, very much.

  • lol This is Coleen Sexton mate... Not julie reiber... Julia has just been in L.A and Broadway

  • Julie was never on tour

  • colleen sexton, not julie reiber.

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