Rachel on 'Show People' with Paul Wontorek

Earlier today Broadway.Com shared this weeks episode of "Show People" and lucky for us their guest was Rachel Tucker. Click through to check it out or watch below.

"Wicked Star Rachel Tucker on Green Ears, Belting Lessons from Tina Turner & Being Saved by The 'Lord'"

This is such a fabulous interview with Rachel, just finished & already need to watch again. It's funny I was just thinking today that there had not been enough proper interviews with Rachel since she started back in Wicked & then boom.. here we go.

Must apologise for my lack of updates on the blog recently, there's been so much happening & then my own little trip to New York to see our green girl in action. There's been incredible new promo pictures posted recently & i've been waiting patiently for them all to be released before sharing in a blog post, but have been Tweeting/Instagramming & adding to our Facebook page as soon as I become aware of them. So if you're not already following us on those please do click through & join us.

Also will be running a few competitions soon to win a couple of Playbills from Wicked on Broadway, so keep an eye out for those on Twitter, as soon as I decide what you'll need to do to enter.

Will get to catching up on some of the important things that belong on the blog for you guys asap & hope to do some little write ups about the Wicked shows I saw whilst over there & just how much Rachel's Elphaba has evolved. She was out of this world in London & now over on Broadway with the opportunity to revisit this character, she's completely blown her own bar out of the water & truly does live in the 'skin of Elphie' as Paul mentioned above. I'd been trying to find a way to describe how she just 'IS' Elphie & he kind of hit the nail on the head. I could honestly babble on for hours about how 'perfect' her Elphaba is but i'll save it for when I can make it make sense. Just know that if you have NOT been to see Rachel on Broadway yet, you need to get on it. Break out the piggy bank & make that happen.

For your information: Rachel will not be performing on the following dates & has tweeted that her contract is up on 19th June 2016, so honestly guys, get those diaries out & start planning.

The View & Broadway.com's Character study with Rachel

The View. 

On Wednesday 16th of December 'Michelle Collins' from ABC's "The View" made her Broadway debut. In the video below Michelle chats to Rachel about getting green & then you get a few sneaky clips of Rachel actually on stage in Wicked on Broadway. It's a very interesting watch, so check it out below. 

 "Michelle Collin's, a co-host of ABC's THE VIEW is a big time musical theater fan. As she explained to THE TALKshow's audience, "When I was given the opportunity to appear on Broadway it was truly a dream come true." Below, watch Collins make her 28-second Broadway debut in Wicked, after she gets a little advice from the show's current stars, Kara LINDSAY and Rachel Tucker. "                                   BroadwayWorld

Michelle Collins in Broadway's Wicked
Candace Cameron Bure and Raven-Symoné surprise Michelle Collins at her Broadway debut in WICKED The Musical!
Posted by The View on Wednesday, 16 December 2015

A video posted by Tucker FanBlog (@racheltuckerblog) on Dec 17, 2015 at 3:07pm PST

A video posted by Tucker FanBlog (@racheltuckerblog) on Dec 17, 2015 at 3:13pm PST

#racheltucker #broadway #wickedthemusical #wicked #theview #Elphaba #elphie

A video posted by Tucker FanBlog (@racheltuckerblog) on Dec 17, 2015 at 3:14pm PST

---

Character Study with Rachel Tucker, on Elphaba!

Earlier this evening Broadway.Com released a new "Character Study" video with Rachel chatting about the Elphaba as a character, who she understands her to be & why she's such a great role model, all over top of a gorgeous video of Rachel transforming into the character of Elphaba.

I have to say, I absolutely love this video. Reminds me of why I love Rachel Tucker's Elphie so much, and it has everything to do with her understanding of the character & how comfortable she is in her green skin.. there's just something about Tuckphie.

Also love that fact she's got a picture of her first Glinda with her over there.. and do we wish Lou could go to the party too!

#elphie #Elphaba #wicked #wickedthemusical #greenified #racheltucker #broadway

A video posted by Tucker FanBlog (@racheltuckerblog) on Dec 17, 2015 at 3:42pm PST

Check below for more pictures we've put on Instagram from this video.

---

ICYMI: New 'Out Of Oz' video.

As you may remember from our earlier blog on the Out Of Oz series, Wicked are in the process of a slow roll out of some re-imagined takes on the Wicked music.. it started with Rachel Tucker & Aaron Tveit's version of Defying Gravity & early last week they finally released the next instalment. Which lucky for us Rachel is in. It's a gorgeous re-interpretation of 'I'm Not That Girl' with Rachel's co star & Glinda, Kara Lindsey. Broadway.Com describes it as bluegrass, but i'd just describe it as a nice upbeat & fun version of this gorgeous song. I don't know about you but I love it when people take well known/loved songs & turn them on their head in an out of context kind of way. It gives the song a completely fresh meaning having it sung as a duet. Anywho enough rambling just in case you've not seen it, we've added it below for you. First though check out the teaser video they released with Rachel introducing the video.

“A simply beautiful song.” –Rachel Tucker, Broadway’s Current Elphaba Share this behind-the-scenes clip! We’ll release the entire new #OutofOz video when we have 1,000 shares on Facebook!
Posted by WICKED The Musical on Tuesday, 8 December 2015

---

Instagram Catch Up....

There's always some interesting pics & sometimes clips on Instagram, so I thought' i'd embed some below for you guys, in case you missed them. All credit to those who took the photos. Speaking of Instagram, i've set up an Instagram account for the blog, so check us out on Instagram at RachelTuckerBlog.

A photo posted by WICKED💚💚💚 (@thewizardandi) on Dec 5, 2015 at 8:08am PST

A video posted by Kirsty (@lifewithkirsty) on Dec 4, 2015 at 9:40pm PST

A photo posted by Jennifer Richard (@ny165) on Nov 22, 2015 at 2:59pm PST

A photo posted by @broadwaybae on Oct 14, 2015 at 6:13pm PDT

Greenifying Spam!

(We just loved this video so much we had to take all the screen caps).

A photo posted by Tucker FanBlog (@racheltuckerblog) on Dec 17, 2015 at 4:00pm PST

A photo posted by Tucker FanBlog (@racheltuckerblog) on Dec 17, 2015 at 4:02pm PST

#racheltucker #greenified #wickedthemusical #wicked #Elphaba #elphie

A photo posted by Tucker FanBlog (@racheltuckerblog) on Dec 17, 2015 at 4:03pm PST

#racheltucker #elphie #Elphaba #wicked #wickedthemusical #wickedthemusical #greenified

A photo posted by Tucker FanBlog (@racheltuckerblog) on Dec 17, 2015 at 4:04pm PST

#greenified #wickedthemusical #wicked #Elphaba #elphie #racheltucker

A photo posted by Tucker FanBlog (@racheltuckerblog) on Dec 17, 2015 at 4:05pm PST

Fiyero Time - Behind the scenes at Wicked with Fiyero

So Broadway.com has started a new series of video blogs called #FiyeroTime, with Jonah Platt taking us on a weekly sneak peak behind the scenes of Wicked at the Gershwin Theatre.

Jonah will be doing a question & answer session each week so make sure you send him your questions @JonahPlatt.

Rachel makes a brief appearance in both of the first two #FiyeroTime blogs & the whole blogs themselves are well worth the watch for any Wicked fan whose interested in what happens back stage on an average day!

Wicked Day Picspam

It's been an exciting week for Wicked with Wicked on Broadway celebrating it's 5000th show earlier in the week & then of course Wicked on Broadway's 12th birthday on the 30th Oct & extended Wicked day fun, with it spilling over into Halloween, I mean why not?

Yesterday we were treated to some epic sneak peaks behind the scenes at Wicked on Broadway, thanks to the twitter take over's on @Wicked_Musical's twitter feed.

The day started like any other in twitter land then quickly exploded into a fun filled & very ‘Wicked’ pic & video spam kinda day, but not the bad spam, the BEST spam! Firstly @WickedUK kicked off the proceedings with a Wicked Day message from THE green girl herself .. Rachel Tucker.

From @WICKED_Musical on BROADWAY, #WickedUK's former Elphaba, Rachel Tucker, has a special #WickedDay message! https://t.co/scAPiBiOm7

— Wicked UK (@WickedUK) October 31, 2015

Out Of Oz - Studio Sessions..

So a few weeks back, on 25th Sept to be exact, Rachel teased on Twitter about being in the recording studio with her Broadway Glinda, Kara Kindsay....

Following that about 3 weeks back @AaronTveit posted on his Instagram a few shots that appeared to be from the same session recordings..

Theatre Mania Chats to Rachel & More..

 TheatreMania caught up with Rachel recently to chat about opening as Elphaba on Broadway, how she fell in love with the show & much more..

Rachel makes Elphaba on Broadway Debut..

So last week on Tuesday 15th September, Rachel Tucker returned to playing the role of Elphaba in the musical Wicked, but this time on Broadway in New York, at the renowned Gershwin Theatre. Where it has been playing since it opened on Broadway on 30th October 2003.

In case you missed all the news about Rachel's return to the role of the green Witch, but on Broadway, check out some of these articles... Playbill, WhatsOnStage, OfficialLondonTheatre, The BelfastTelegraph, U.tv, SomethingAboutJaime & the more recent Broadway.Com, Playbill & NewYorkTheatreGuide articles.

Rachel previously played the role of Elphaba to critical acclaim* in London's West end for the best part of 3 years from March 29th 2010 - October 27th 2012. Making her the longest running Westend Elphaba to date.

*Rachel won the 2011 WhatsOnStage award for 'Best Takeover in a Role' & the West End Frame's Award for "Best Performance of a Song in a Musical, for her "Defying Gravity."

So.. on Tuesday 15th September we woke up to an updated cast list on Wicked The Musical's website, with Rachel's new headshot & the reality of it all finally set in for us.. Rachel was BACK as Elphaba.