Ahh, I really can't 'til I go see Wicked after my exams. Didn't get to go to WWRY so even more excited about seeing Rachel for the first time!

Woww, that Defying Gravity is amaazing!!

Rachel Westendlive .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aJ0jGx7VEg

Probably more will appear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFSjD8vSHHM

And while i was looking..Defying Gravity late May........more wow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAnij...eature=related

Wow!! She is AMAZING!

Westend live interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5-sAZo34Ls

Back after her sick leave
Defying more gravity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TJPKNmqcak
No Good Deed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pll7-...eature=related

and Defying with the Glinda understudy Sarah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAnij...eature=related

Defying Gravity - London Pride 2010, Rachel . Gives you some idea what she can do when she's not limited by directors and the show score.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzh2q...eature=related
sound check
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw3Ez...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00oez...eature=related

Outstanding. And her dress is gorgeous.

Rachel is nominated for best leading actress in a musical in the new broadwayworld UK awards. In good company with Sheridan, Sierra and Tamzin. Currently fighting for second place with Sheridan in first. Aoife is nominated for best featured actress in a musical too.
http://westend.broadwayworld.com/art...WARDS_20010101
http://westend.broadwayworld.com/vote2010uk.cfm

Wicked have put some youtubes up about the last cast change featuring interviews with Rachel and some more youtubes of rehearsals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80z__...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spq2m...eature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cF__...eature=related

There's also the latest from the show.

Defying Gravity August
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJv4Tm4irxc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6ecbu_23K4

- Misc from later august... with growl.

According to her twitter Rachel is in the show to Feb 5. No idea if thats extendable, but if she can sing it for longer they would be silly not to?

Rachel was on the Michael Ball show with Lee Mead today - they sang As Long As You're Mine from Wicked:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzhx-BYSfdI

A great performance from both!

Cast change day for Wicked is Feb 5 . Lee is reportedly leaving . All sorts of unconfirmed rumours about Rachel staying on on the whatsonstage and other boards....This year's current holiday dates are at http://www.wickedthemusical.co.uk/castandcreative.asp

Meanwhile there's another Defying Gravity youtube from October
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL9_d...eature=related

http://westend.broadwayworld.com/art...Gross_20101101

Wicked breaking sales records.......

And Rachel is staying till December 2011......story seems confirmed by twitters since.

DG with video shows why ...don't watch if you don't want to know what it looks like.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHou6...eature=related

Rachel is joining Lee Mead for his Christmas concert at the London Coliseum on 19 December!

http://www.leemeadmusic.com/news.php?item=21

http://www.eno.org/see-whats-on/prod...p?&itemid=1059

Rachel's up for best takeover in a leading role in the Whatsonstage awards. She's up against Kerry Ellis, who has a big fan following, and Rachel is just 0..2% ahead at present ! If anyone feels inclined to vote
http://awards.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=1080

Wicked is also up for best show and Sam and Les Mis are doing well in some categories too with legally Blonde taking even more.

I think Rachel is now Queen of the West End audience curtain call response as her competition for the salute style , mass standing ovation has now gone with Sheridan Smith leaving Legally.

She's started 2011 in top gear.

New Years Day highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Tol1-Y80Y

No Good Deed 12/2010
http://www.youtube.com/user/LegallyW.../5/SO_JEoYBJBo

Rachel's website is now up and running,
http://www.racheltucker.co.uk/index.html

Rachel is on Dancing On Ice next Sunday the 13th as part of their theatre night. She's reportedly not with her new Fiyero so its going to be a solo from Wicked?

If she does Defying Gravity or No Good Deed at full power , viewers expecting a quiet night in may get a shock......

Cast Change Last Saturday - with speedier versions and bigger growls. The conductor was jumping up and down and treading air to the music which might also explain the speeding up.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WmSe...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv7YHcfi2Lw&NR=1

Rachel is Elphaba until Dec 10, all things being well.

She's doing Defying Gravity on DOI.

Rachel is singing Defying Gravity right now on DOI. Amazing

[http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/the...d+Winners.html

Rachel wins best takeover award and Wicked wins best show.

Les Miserables gets 3 awards - 2 involving Sam and all 3 involving Katie Hall. legally Blonde takes 4 awards.

http://www.whatsonstage.com/photos/t...OS+Awards.html

Has a photo of Rachel at photo no 3 and two more in the middle of the slide show.

The We Will Rock You Ident VT for Westend Eurovision 2011 (uncut) - with a very green Rachel....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jZ1f...eature=related

...........................
Some, new, earlier Rachel from We Will Rock You 2008

Somebody To Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw-j2SQWHHE

Bohemian Rhapsody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdE653mb_os

Who Wants To Live ForEver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw_e-...eature=related

Under Pressure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaDft...eature=related

Hammer To Fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW7Cg...eature=related

Defying Gravity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kShjQ...eature=related

The Wizard and I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeFOY6O6gU

Rachel on Titchmarsh - Popular - Louise Dearman does nearly all the singing but you get to see Rachel acting her side...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKpT3hDCbuc

Jest End where it all started....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLXgryHYg0k

Something different

Rachel - Rain on me - From Tim Prottey-Jones's Album 'More with every line'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzIMo...eature=related
http://www.dresscircle.co.uk/display....aspx?pid=8591

Rachel singing Little Bird in the Love 146 Trafalgar Square flashmob to support work to abolish child sex slavery and exploitation .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NME1-...ature=youtu.be

Thanks for the Little Bird 146 link (plus all the others)


Raven

http://www.westendlive.co.uk/

Westend live is on, free, in Trafalgar Square, this Saturday and Sunday. Wicked is scheduled to be there, and accoding to her twitter, so is Rachel.

Wicked is on the schedule for 1135-1143 on Saturday.

There's also, possibly, a lot of other TV show names there. Million Dollar Quartet start the Saturday schedule - possibly with Francesca there .Legally blonde is also on on Saturday - no idea if Siobhan is involved. Wizard of Oz has a slot on Sunday. Helena Blackman has singing slots on both days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPeTdrjknQ

Rachel Defying Gravity (and an imminent cloudburst) Westendlive 2011