I was there and tbh I was kinda glad. The applause after she finished was bigger than normal but I’m glad there no screaming like her debut. Couldn’t hear her big notes at all on that night 😭
@@FlyBoyMT and only in the uk will you have the cast backstage wondering if the crowd is enjoying the show or not 🙄 . You really think a performer wants to perform to silence? No, no we don’t.
To think this girl started with losing out to JEDWARD in UK’s x factor about 10 years ago (which I have never let go) and since she’s been doing really well in musical theatre, playing lead roles in waitress and wicked… that last note sounds a little weary but is bang on the money. I am impressed.
omg yes Shaun! Same here…i’ve never forgiven Simon Cowell for keeping Jedward in, over her. At the time I was like, never gonna watch X Factor again 😂🤦♂️
Even for a good performance like this you can still find something to “wish” complain about. Maybe you should audition and see if you can do better haha 😂🙄
@@wickedrainbow8269 oh, I wish I could hahaha, I have a very specific view of Elphaba and I'd really love to show it to the world, however my voice range is way too low. Perhaps with coaching I could reach it with falsetto, but I don't really count on it
So sad to have missed seeing Lucie. I went to see Wicked last night for the first time 12th Jan 23 and got an understudy AmyWebb.Not knocking the girl but havng heard so much all my life about Wicked, was very disappointed in her Gravity. She didn'teven fly til the end.
This is the first time i’ve noticed the dark and light shades of blue on the stage, almost like stained glass window patterns, at the beginning when she first starts rising up. Is that new/updated lighting they use for the show? Or have i just never noticed it before? 😆
It's always been there - but this video really shows it very clearly. The same lighting effect is used for quite a few Elphaba songs, if memory serves - they definitely turn up in The Wizard And I (moving quicker than this..) and I think are used in No Good Deed but you can barely see it through the haze.
We all be sad, don't want to think about that moment 💔. But hopefully she will stay at least for another year. Usually the Elphabas stay for a couple of years, and some even more
@@mrPp475 I think she probably will stay for another contract or two cause she is saying about how she is loving being in the show. I mean obviously if she has something in the wings for her than that’s the only reason I can imagine why she wouldn’t stay on cause she says about how Elphie is such a dream role of hers. On top of that she is just incredible!
I think because they just get to sing the damn thing while American one has a bit more breaks or conversations mid song. Alice fearn was my favourite even though she was the backup elphaba 😍
Her “at least” is like no other! :36. I think she also has an especially strong, solid battle cry at the end. for me, there are so many amazing Defying Gravity out there, and often it falls apart in my opinion at the battle cry. Don’t get me wrong it’s insanely difficult to sing IMO which is why I think she’s amazing. I just think it’s so strong!
She blew some notes there, well, she was being lifted, wasn't that bad, it was still an amazing performance. This is freaking so much better than most of the current concert where voice is being enhanced by some fkng technology.
@@rockgodpatrick The entire show, from beginning to end, is timed with an electronic metronome so that the tempos are consistent, in all productions. Not a vocal sweetener click track, just a click that the conductor can hear.
@@bigred8432 it's not. Some shows are, but Wicked is not. I'll send you the conductor score if you dont believe me, or you could just play 2 different versions of RUclips recordings side by side and see how they vary.
They need to work on the lighting in Defying Gravity, when she lifts up into the “ western sky “ the fog is covering her legs making it look more cheesy and it just looks like they are trying to cover it up when you cant even see the platform without the fog, it doesnt do the job and illusion
@@thesunwontset8763 Watching Steph show how she defies gravity, without any effects you still cant see the platform which the fog is meant to do, its unneeded
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I'm surprised the audience didn't go nuts, they usually do every time theres a special date involved
I was there and tbh I was kinda glad. The applause after she finished was bigger than normal but I’m glad there no screaming like her debut. Couldn’t hear her big notes at all on that night 😭
I'm thankful they didn't. I wanna hear the performers, not the audience screeching and screaming. Save it for when the number is over.
@@FlyBoyMT and only in the uk will you have the cast backstage wondering if the crowd is enjoying the show or not 🙄 . You really think a performer wants to perform to silence? No, no we don’t.
@@patrickTHEceliac hey 👋 professional dancer here….. I disagree lmao
@@krystalkade3249 Weird. Some of us are trying to be immersed and actually also hear the songs’ and dialogues’ words.
To think this girl started with losing out to JEDWARD in UK’s x factor about 10 years ago (which I have never let go) and since she’s been doing really well in musical theatre, playing lead roles in waitress and wicked… that last note sounds a little weary but is bang on the money. I am impressed.
omg yes Shaun! Same here…i’ve never forgiven Simon Cowell for keeping Jedward in, over her. At the time I was like, never gonna watch X Factor again 😂🤦♂️
It’s so nice to hear an Elphaba who focuses on the acting of this song again!
I never thought I'd like a riffless "meee down", but she proved me wrong. Her transition is flawless... I just wish she held "meeee" for longer
Even for a good performance like this you can still find something to “wish” complain about. Maybe you should audition and see if you can do better haha 😂🙄
@@wickedrainbow8269 oh, I wish I could hahaha, I have a very specific view of Elphaba and I'd really love to show it to the world, however my voice range is way too low. Perhaps with coaching I could reach it with falsetto, but I don't really count on it
Obsessed with the way she sings “western” wow
I love how the conductor's light is the last one to turn off and he keeps the pose as Elphaba.
I saw Lucie perform in Wicked during a visit to London last month. She and the rest of the cast were amazing!
She slays so much
Lucie is brilliant. I saw her play Maureen in the Rent UK tour a few a years ago and she was phenomenal.
What an angle! WOW!
The look riff was amazing!!
Dear OZ! She sounds amazing! By the way, one of the best video recordings ever! 💚
Thank you for sharing this! 💚
So sad to have missed seeing Lucie. I went to see Wicked last night for the first time 12th Jan 23 and got an understudy AmyWebb.Not knocking the girl but havng heard so much all my life about Wicked, was very disappointed in her Gravity. She didn'teven fly til the end.
Beautiful ❤
The “it’s not her” in this clip gives me goosebumps every time.
She sounds JUST like Queen Idina!
This is the first time i’ve noticed the dark and light shades of blue on the stage, almost like stained glass window patterns, at the beginning when she first starts rising up.
Is that new/updated lighting they use for the show? Or have i just never noticed it before? 😆
It's always been there - but this video really shows it very clearly. The same lighting effect is used for quite a few Elphaba songs, if memory serves - they definitely turn up in The Wizard And I (moving quicker than this..) and I think are used in No Good Deed but you can barely see it through the haze.
First time I’ve noticed it too! This video does a great job of showcasing the lighting
i will be sad once shes gone
We all be sad, don't want to think about that moment 💔. But hopefully she will stay at least for another year. Usually the Elphabas stay for a couple of years, and some even more
@@mrPp475 I don’t think she will she’s hardly ever there as it is they won’t keep her she’s too unreliable
@@mrPp475 I think she probably will stay for another contract or two cause she is saying about how she is loving being in the show. I mean obviously if she has something in the wings for her than that’s the only reason I can imagine why she wouldn’t stay on cause she says about how Elphie is such a dream role of hers. On top of that she is just incredible!
@@doyouhearthepeoplesing2 why is she unreliable? Spill the tea
@@pinkiepiewicked7323 because she is NEVER there more that 2 maybe 3 shows out of 8
Why are West End Elphabas the best ones?
I think because they just get to sing the damn thing while American one has a bit more breaks or conversations mid song. Alice fearn was my favourite even though she was the backup elphaba 😍
@@spudgreg she was standby for 1 year and lead for 2
First Welsh girl to play Elphaba!!
Her “at least” is like no other! :36. I think she also has an especially strong, solid battle cry at the end. for me, there are so many amazing Defying Gravity out there, and often it falls apart in my opinion at the battle cry. Don’t get me wrong it’s insanely difficult to sing IMO which is why I think she’s amazing. I just think it’s so strong!
Looks really good from here, what seat u sat in ?
Am I the only one who sees her going up a little more at "And nobody in all of Oz"? I saw that when I was there and was wondered if I had imagined it
Yes, you did see that, and it happens with every single production
@@SnowCoveredKK Huh interesting, never noticed that before. Thanks.
I imagine it's to allow the ensemble to get into position to come out for "Look at her, she's wicked" underneath!
She blew some notes there, well, she was being lifted, wasn't that bad, it was still an amazing performance. This is freaking so much better than most of the current concert where voice is being enhanced by some fkng technology.
What seat are you sat in
the tempo seems so weird
The tempo is exactly the same everywhere. It’s timed to an electronic metronome
@@bigred8432 it most definitely is not. No click in Defying Gravity and never has been
@@rockgodpatrick The entire show, from beginning to end, is timed with an electronic metronome so that the tempos are consistent, in all productions. Not a vocal sweetener click track, just a click that the conductor can hear.
@@bigred8432 it's not. Some shows are, but Wicked is not. I'll send you the conductor score if you dont believe me, or you could just play 2 different versions of RUclips recordings side by side and see how they vary.
@@bigred8432 this is just 100% not true
Is lucie staying on through 2023 or is there a new cast ???
New cast just been announced today !!!!
@@Thehistoremix I have seen, so happy about Alexia
They need to work on the lighting in Defying Gravity, when she lifts up into the “ western sky “ the fog is covering her legs making it look more cheesy and it just looks like they are trying to cover it up when you cant even see the platform without the fog, it doesnt do the job and illusion
The ‘fog’ is intended to cover her legs…
@@thesunwontset8763 Watching Steph show how she defies gravity, without any effects you still cant see the platform which the fog is meant to do, its unneeded
Just gonna point out that fog has to be there and that strong to accent the beams in the lighting otherwise this scene would just look flat
The lifting mechanism is soooo slow. I feel like it should be 3x as fast.
SO IF YOU CARE TO FIND MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LOOK TO THE WESTERN SKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
She nails the note at the end but the rest was pretty weak.