Jillian Featured on Japanese News Program

Jillian makes news as Elphaba in the Universal Studios version of the hit musical "Wicked" in Japan. Here's the translation:

"USJ's new star has been training hard in Osaka. To make her dream come true, this girl came from the Mecca of musicals. This presentation will show you a close look at this musical star."

"Today's feature is about a female who came to Osaka from the US to make her dream of being a musical star come true."

"She won the main role in the new musical attraction at Universal Studios Japan, but all experiences in Japan are new to her."

"She tried Kushikatsu. Can she get used to the deep Osakan culture?"

"The Wild West area at Universal Studios Japan has been renovated costing some billion yen to debut as the new Land of Oz, themed on the Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

"The main attraction in the new area Land of Oz is Wicked. It is the smash hit Broadway musical. This show at USJ gave this girl the opportunity to make her dream come true."

She came all the way from The Boston Conservatory of Music. We contacted the witch when she arrived at USJ."

Komei-san (Director): "Congratulations desu. Wicked is the masterpiece musical which has played more than 1,000 times on Broadway."

"It's the story about the friendship of two witches long before Dorothy appears in Oz."

"Jillian plays the role of green-skinned, sad heroine, Elphaba."

"Most lines are in Japanese. Two months ago she graduated with honors from the music school at Boston. She had to learn pronunciations and meanings of all lines."

"Even one week before the grand opening, the director was spotting flaws in her Japanese pronunciations."

"Sometimes Jillian goes on her own way, but once she stands on the stage, she shows a totally different personality."

Komei Sugano (Director): "She has great power of expression..."

Ms Taniai (Glinda): "I was confronted with her outstanding singing..."

"On July 12th, the grand opening day for Wicked, the theatre of 2,000-guest capacity was full from the first show in the morning."

"Jillian's beautiful voice resounded in the theatre full of people in the heat and took them to Broadway."

Female guest with glasses: "All my family was moved. We are so please to see this show."

Couple guests: "We went to Broadway and saw Wicked there and we felt the same dynamism today."

Female guest: "That performer is super! What's her name? I was fascinated from the bottom of my heart. I was almost crying."

"The 22 year-old, young diva puts spell of cheer on USJ this summer."

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• Jillian
• Elphaba
• Wicked
• Japan

[meez678]

she said she can't see but can hear the claps. Is she blind?

[Nightberrii]

she should be the princess not witch!

[tiringale]

is a little funny wacthing japanese doing the wizard of os

[lindaporter7]

porfavor no lea esto (me obligaron)

el 13 de octubre de 1991

un niño llamado nick se tiro de un puente devido a problemas familiares

si ya leiste esto deves copiar y pegar

en otros 5 videos mas o si no

nick vendra por toda tu familia

haslo o moriran porfavor hasme caso

yo lo lei y lo hise & si es verdad..la familia de un amigo murio hace una semana

[Rammstien626]

i have her last name

[scottpowe]

she sounds butiful

[simplyandrooo]

elphaba sounds like ashley tisdale with a good belt and vibrato.

[broadwaymike92]

Jillian should be in the Broadway Production.

[akiradarkangel]

Cool =)

I'm taking high school Japanese, but trying to keep up with what they're saying makes my head hurt.

[kevinyeedotcom]

Bravo Jillian!