I'm sure by now most of you know Shoshana left yesterday's matinee show after 'Popular'. Just to clarify something, Shoshana isn't sick, her vocal chords are strained.


Poor Shoshana

No wonder, with her riffing... at least now she'll have some time to rest up and get better before she starts her climb up the Billboard charts :rock: !

We all kno by now. I was there at the Stage door after it happened.

What exactly is riffing?

All that extra stuff she puts in.

Yeah if she kept on straining her voice like she did she wouldn't be able to sing at all. It's sad she is leaving but I'm glad she is leaving for a good reason.

I'm not sure why you would write something like that on your first post. I don't think I want to welcome you anymore.

i wanst saying that she was i apologize if i gave a bad impression. it was just a rumor i had heard. sorry i hope this wont make me be hated i personally think she is amazing. i never got a chance to see her but from video clips i have seen she is phenomenal. my fav is the way she changes up "Defying Gravity"

Hey. It's ok.

Welcome!

She was getting tired of the show though.

i was wondering i am a fairly "new" Wicked fan what is the story of Idina? I know she hurt or something but what happened? and what is the thing about the red tracksuit. I recently heard an interview with Steph J. Block and she was injured right before opening night in Toronto with a stunt they were trying to add in. Also what is the curse?

Well, with Idina, she was supposed to "melt", but the trap door descended before she got on. So when she backed up, she fell quite a few feet.

there's an aud where Idina tells exactly what happened

so is that why she missed her last show what happened at her last show?
where can i hear the audio?

Riffing cannot hurt the voice. Lots of things can hurt vocal chords, but that's not it. If it's a technique issue, it's probably how crunched her "ee" vowels are. It could just be fatigue too. I would guess it's tension from singing, if you look at clips in order of how long she's been in Wicked, her face gets more scrunched as she sings, and she sounds more an more nasal. She could've also has numerous things happen without a cold. I'm sorry to hear that she couldn't continue her last performance. How was Saycon, though?

I saw saycon....she was great! I think she riffed a little.

she didn;t miss her last show, she missed saturday's shows, but
she was there sunday for her last and it was amazing

i am so glad to hear that it went well. I hope that there is some video or pics.

Sadness. She was the only Elphaba I liked after Idina. I wish I could have seen her live.