#Nicky Wuchinger

[cryptidvoidwritings]

@namethat-i-oughttohavetoldyou

(Nicky Wuchinger as Tugger and Robert Marx as Munkustrap, German tent tour 2013)

[marybeatriceofmodena]

❤️ Christine Daaé

Honestly I would have added more but I had to stop at some point lmao

Rebecca Caine: She has a voice that can actually rival Carlotta's, and her Christine was every inch the romanesque, passionate heroine and you could totally see why the Phantom and Raoul were both in love with her. And she is PISSED in the Final Lair, and it's glorious.

Patti Cohenour: AN ACTUAL ANGEL. Graceful, kind, compassionate, airy, without ever coming off as a deer in the headlights, and with a golden voice to boot and a Think of Me cadenza of her own.

Julie Hanson: Look, I don't like Susan Kay's take on Christine for a variety of reasons. Julie Hanson took one look, removed everything about Kay!Christine that was annoying, gave her a nice little spine of her own while keeping the childlike quality which all culminates in a haunting finale where you can tell she'll be traumatized for life, and it takes the tragedy to another level.

Rachel Barrell: She felt very Victorian to me? Could be the looks since she has a very "Victorian" face, if that makes any sense. And if anything, I know people will disagree with me but I remember my first impression of Christine reading the Leroux novel was pretty much like how she portrayed her in the musical - yeah, Leroux!Christine was scared shitless, both at the situation and what she could end up doing or being forced to do, but she also had a backbone of steel, she had anger about the whole situation and wasn't afraid to show it, and she didn't take any shit from anyone. Rachel embodied that perfectly.

Kristi Holden: A dreamy but nervous Christine, who's still able to overcome her fear of the Phantom to give him the scrap of love he needed so badly in order for the good to overcome the bad, and who was somehow even better in the World Tour than in Las Vegas (and she was already quite good there).

Anna O'Byrne: Her voice can be a little all over the place, but she basically took the tormented side of Christine and upped it to eleven. And she's absolutely gorgeous to boot.

Samantha Hill: Not the strongest vocal-wise, but she basically thought every single gesture up to the last without ever over-acting, all the while being an adorable little ball of charm.

Elizabeth Welch: If I had to sum up her Christine, all the odds are against her, and she decides to be even kinder as a result. I wouldn't say her Christine is in love with the Phantom (granted, I haven't seen her with Jeremy Stolle yet and Hugh Panaro doesn't really lend to a more romantic take on the story), but it makes her kindness for Panaro's little asshole of a Phantom (affectionate) all the more poignant.

Valerie Link: Her Christine is an adorable puppy person who likes everyone and can be genuinely shocked and hurt when people are, say, mean to her (which makes Nicky Wuchinger pushing around people who are rude to her all the more satisfying, because, really, HOW DARE YOU)

Lauri Brons: Imagine if Anne Shirley was in Phantom of the Opera. That's it, that's Lauri Brons's Christine.

Lisa-Anne Wood: Another nervous Christine, who gets frightened pretty easily, is the shy side, but push her around, and she will let you know how much she DOES NOT LIKE IT, which gives for a nice little character arc.

Mary Michael Patterson: Subdued but with lovely facial expressions, she plays a Christine that seems humble, calm and shy at first but who has a backbone of steel if you poke her too much.

Tamara Kotova: Gorgeous voice, lovely facial expressions - she's basically the Russian Rebecca Caine in some regards, because you could totally see why the Phantom and Raoul would be as besotted as they are with her.

Emmi Christensson: She improved SO MUCH from the West End to Stockholm, intelligent and mature but with a nice arc of her own.

Meghan Picerno: I personally liked her better on Broadway than in the World Tour, where I was kind of meh about her, but her take-no-shit Christine worked pretty well with Ben Crawford's crazy ball Phantom (who I'll admit can be a bit of an acquired taste) and John Riddle's serious but loving Raoul. Plus, opera voice!

Sybille Glosted: I made no secret of how great the Copenhagen revival cast was, and she was no exception. Beautiful voice, detailed, thought-out performance that just tells a narrative with gestures, responded to her fellow actors instead of just going through the motions.

Holly-Anne Hull: So many interesting details I've never seen with Christine before, plus, she's adorable.

Kanisha Marie Feliciano: Beautiful, beautiful voice, and such lovely facial expressions that give her a bit of a cinematic quality - I could easily see her transfer well from stage to screen.

Send me ❤️ and a role in a musical and I’ll give you my favorite performers in the role.

[glassprism]

If they decided to tantalize you by NOT casting Mark Seibert (or they realized Mark's voice is unsuited for the role, just like his Krolock tbh) as the Phantom for the upcoming Vienna revival, who do you think is the next likliest candidate? Lots of actors who worked with VBW would audition and I have no doubt it'll be competitive AF. Maybe Thomas Borchert or Jan Ammann? Wouldn't it be funny if they bring back Uwe Kroger lmao. Low-key hoping for Oedo Kuipers to be "principal" Raoul this time!

A... a Vienna revival... without Mark Seibert as the Phantom?

...I can't conceive of such a thing.

And really, it's the restaged tour. Mark Seibert as the Phantom and the restaging? A match made in heaven.

Anyway, as usual, I'd prefer new blood over bringing back people who already played the role, or at the very least, promoting understudies or alternates to principals. Jan Ammann would be great, I've seen his name thrown about as a possibility for ages (along with, I dunno, Kevin Tarte?). But otherwise, it'd be cool to see Christian A. Muller do it, since his last run was in the Vienna concert. Maybe Nicky Wuchinger or Max Niemeyer can have a shot, since they understudied the role.

But we'll just have to wait and find out!

[namethat-i-oughttohavetoldyou]

Are you still taking fic Asks? 👀

(I'll start with one fic and try and restrain myself from asking questions for ALL of them XD)

For Eel!

1: What inspired you to write the fic this way?

2: What scene did you first put down?

6: What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics?

10: Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story?

3: What’s your favorite line of narration?

Always!!! (Seriously, you can ask me about my stuff at any time, because the chance that I have an unreasonable amount of background lore is incredibly high XD) Eel! my beloved <3

1: What inspired you to write the fic this way? -> Nicky Wuchinger's Tugger and Robert Marx' Munkustrap, 100%. There's not even a full boot of them, only a bit of Gumbie Cat and Old Deuteronomy, but the dynamic between them in this like 2 minutes of Old Deut grabbed me by my shirt collar and shook me like a can of hairspray. They felt a lot more like equals to me than many Tuggers and Munks from other productions, because Nicky seems like a rather mature Tugger to me. They definitely influenced me enough that I completely rewrote all my headcanons for the both of them as a pair. (The power they have...) Anyhow, I watched that video of them more often than I'll ever admit, threw out the 'Tugger is younger than Munk and acts like it' headcanon and started to write Eel!, which brings us to the next question.

2: What scene did you first put down? -> The first scene that I wrote was Tugger kneading Munk like a cat shaped pizza dough, the little piece of dialogue about gravity and Tugger calling Munk a puffer fish. You couldn't pry the chubby Munk headcanon from my cold dead hands even if you tried, it just feels correct to me ♥ Honestly, inserting the kittens and the moray into it was mostly for transition reasons, and also because I wanted to write about the kittens as a group more because it's fun.

6: What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics? -> Its content, most likely! The 'Deut bros' hc is basically fandom-canon at this point, (for shame!) and "Eel!" kind of marks the moment I decided to care about fanon even less than I already did and started to unapologetically make posts for this pairing, even though it probably alienated a few people and also got me being called an incest shipper one or two times (even though I made the effort to mention not one, not two, but three times that I didn't consider them to be siblings, as if you couldn't tell that from the story itself. Eyeroll emoji. Sometimes it's good to be able to, yknow, read before interacting with fanfiction for a fandom with very dubious canon).

10: Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story? -> Our dear mutual friend Void was trucking along, writing pages and pages of breathtaking fic, and I felt a little like a sham for being so enthusiastic for Tuggerstrap without writing anything for it myself. That had to change! Thus, I got extremely sappy, wrote the scene I mentioned in question 2 and the rest is history. :]

3: What’s your favorite line of narration? -> [A paragraph once again, because why not.] "Jemima’s head popped out under Munkustrap’s chin, pointing at the book that lay sprawled on its back a few metres away. “It’s a monster book.” “I see,” Munkustrap responded, exchanging a look with Tugger. Tugger nodded, rubbed against George one more time and then stood up, sauntering over to the book. He pulled a paw back and lashed out, slapping the book until the kittens were certain the monsters inside had nothing left to give, and then he sat on it. “Aha,” Tugger said, smugly grooming his paw. “Nothing to be feared now.”" [I just loved the idea of Tugger enacting some typical cat violence of slapping the shit out of something they don't like to reassure the kittens. It feels like something he would do.]

Thank you so much for the questions! ♥♥♥♥

[alvadee]

i'm listening to nicky wuchingers phantom again rn and goddddd poto needs to come back to germany.... :( i crave that specific type of mental illness when i watch my favorite ugly, old man pathetically crawl around and curse young love

[nokzeit]

Fetzige Rhythmen, Flamenco, Fechtkämpfe

Fetzige Rhythmen, Flamenco, Fechtkämpfe (Fotos: Agenturen) Zorro betritt die Bühne der Schlossfestspiele Zwingenberg Zwingenberg. (pm) Fetzige Rhythmen, viel Flamenco und spektakuläre Fechtkämpfe: Ab Dienstag, 23. Juli bis einschließlich Sonntag, den 28. Juli präsentieren die Schlossfestspiele Zwingenberg täglich das actionreiche Mantel-und-Degen-Musical „Zorro“. „Das Musical wird vermutlich die größte Show, die wir in Zwingenberg je produziert haben“, verspricht Intendant Rainer Roos und ergänzt: „Unsere Top-Musicaldarsteller Silvana Rocha, Sharon Isabelle Rupa, Marc Trojan und Nicky Wuchinger, die am Freitag schon in der Gala glänzten, führen ein Ensemble an, das die Geschichte der beiden Brüder Diego und Ramon mit großer Spielfreude auf die Bühne bringt. Wer dies verpasst, wird sich ärgern.“ Und tatsächlich machen ein auf Flamenco spezialisiertes Solotanzpaar, ein Flamenco-Gitarrist und eben die von einem eigens engagierten Fechtchoreografen einstudierten Kampfszenen das Musical zu einem sicherlich einzigartigen Erlebnis für alle Altersgruppen. Die Musik für das Stück haben die Gipsy Kings geschrieben, darunter sind ihre größten Hits wie „Baila me“, „Djobi Djoba“ und natürlich „Bamboleo“. Mit viel Tiefgang inszeniert wird das Musical von Sabine Sterken, die im vergangenen Jahr schon mit „Sister Act“ das Publikum begeisterte. Karten für „Zorro – das Musical“ gibt es noch unter www.schlossfestspiele-zwingenberg.de und 06263 45154. Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel

[pureanonofficial]

In order:

Bear: Clive Carter

Twinkish Bear: Fred Silveira

Bearish: Simon Bailey

Hunkish Bear: Christian Lund

Bearish Twink: Michael Ball

Cub: Nadim Naaman

No Leaning: Killian Donnelly 

Bunk: John Cudia

Bearish Hunk: Christopher Carl

Twink: Evgeny  Zaycev

Twinkish: Kyle Gonyea

Hunkish Twink: Sean McLaughlin

Twunk: John Riddle

Twinkish Hunk: Nicky Wuchinger

Hunkish: Ryan Silverman

Hunk: Andrew Ragone

[fallenidolandfalsefriend]

can nicky wuchinger leave me tf alone,,, 😔

[cdaae]

David Arnsperger, Valerie Link, Nicky Wuchinger January 19, 2014

[ange-de-la-musique]

Weekly Raoul Reviews

Reviewing Nicky Wuchinger, Oliver Thornton, and Masayuki Sano.

Nicky Wuchinger’s sweet. He’s authoritative without ever becoming arrogant, even in Notes. In fact I rather liked his more toned down Notes as it made him feel more like friends with the managers. He didn’t do much on the rooftop that stood out but he did seem to be going out of his way to never be rough during whybmh and was very sweet in aiaoy, he was very expressive during that scene.

Oliver Thornton was kinda weird. His voice was a little more boyish than some of the Raouls I’ve been watching, and didn’t sound as strong vocally. His acting was a little strange as well. A lot of his lines and actions just looked weird, and his kissing was definitely questionable. And his final lair was...good god I do not know what he was doing in that noose, but it was the opposite of acting. I definitely think he deserved to be made fun of for that but overall maybe didn’t deserve as much shit as phandom gave him maybe.

Masayuki Sano is very good. Very classic, a lovely baritone, a good air of authority as most Japanese Raouls tend to have. On the rooftop he’s just so worried about Christine, there’s this sense of desperation to whybmh, he just wants to make everything ok for her. His hugs also look like some of the best hugs in the world. Super affectionate throughout aiaoy.

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Tugger using his special flirting skills to make Munkustrap relax before Deuteronomy’s arrival.

(previously...)

Robert D. Marx as Munkustrap and Nicky Wuchinger as Tugger: German tent tour 2013.

[captainwentworth]

nicky's sideburns attempt to contain his simmering rage they fail @madamefaust

Nicky Wuchinger, Valerie Link and Guido Gottenbos (SCAN) 2013 Hamburg, Germany Photo: Unknown.  

[glassprism]

What If Scenario. The Pandemic never happened, but the renovations at Her Majesty’s eventually did. During that time, they put together a concert-like production of Phantom like they did with Les Mis in 2019. Who would you have cast in each part? Feel free to include Ensemble & Understudies

I think I answered something very similar before where I said that I'd love to have had an international celebration, with recent, fan-favorite, or long-running members from productions all over the world given an opportunity to perform and do, like, one song each, along with the then-current cast at the time. So I guess it might be something like:

Phantom: Josh Piterman (London), Ben Crawford (Broadway), Derrick Davis (national tour), Osamu Takai (Japan), Alexander Goebel (Vienna), Colm Wilkinson (Toronto), Peter Karrie (Canadian tour), Peter Joback (Stockholm), Ian Jon Bourg (Germany), Anthony Warlow (Australia), Henk Poort (Scheveningen), Juan Navarro (Mexico City), Hans Peter Janssens (Antwerp), Tomas Ambt Kofod (Copenhagen), Hong Kwang Ho (Seoul), Juan Carlos Barona (Madrid), Sandor Sasvari (Budapest), Saulo Vasconcelos (Sao Paulo), Damian Aleksander (Poland), Carlos Vittori (Buenos Aires), Marian Vojtko (Prague), Stephen Brandt Hansen (Estonia), Ivan Ozhogin (Moscow), Ilkka Hamalainen (Helsinki), Adrian Nour (Bucharest), Nikola Bulatovic (Belgrade), Vladimir Grudkov (Sofia), Jonathan Roxmouth (World Tour), Espen Grjotheim (Oslo), Ben Forster (Greece), Killian Donnelly (UK Tour)

Christine: Kelly Mathieson (London), Meghan Picerno (Broadway), Emma Grimsley (national tour), Sae Yamamoto (Japan), Luzia Nistler (Vienna), Rebecca Caine (Toronto), Teresa DeZarn (Canadian tour), Emmi Christensson (Stockholm), Valerie Link (Germany), Ana Marina (Australia), Joke de Kruijf (Scheveningen), Irasema Terrazas (Mexico City), Inneke van Klinken (Antwerp), Sibylle Glosted (Copenhagen), Kim So Hyun (Seoul), Julia Moller (Madrid), Barbara Fonyo (Budapest), Lina Mendes (Sao Paulo), Edyta Krzemien (Poland), Claudia Cota (Buenos Aires), Monika Sommerova (Prague), Maria Listra (Estonia), Tamara Kotova (Moscow), Sofie Asplund (Helsinki), Irina Baiant (Bucharest), Mirjana Matic (Belgrade), Vesela Delcheva (Sofia), Claire Lyon (World Tour), Astrid Giske (Oslo), Amy Manford (Greece), Holly-Anne Hull (UK Tour)

Raoul: Danny Whitehead (London), John Riddle (Broadway), Michael Maliakel (national tour), Kanji Ishimaru (Japan), Thorsten Tinney (Vienna), Laird Mackintosh (Toronto), Kip Wilborne (Canadian tour), Anton Zetterholm (Stockholm), Nicky Wuchinger (Germany), Alexander Lewis (Australia), Peter de Smet (Scheveningen), someone who's not Jose Joel (Mexico City), Michael Shawn Lewis (Antwerp), Christian Lund (Copenhagen), Son Jun Ho (Seoul), Armando Pita (Madrid), Zoltan Miller (Budapest), Nando Prado (Sao Paulo), Marcin Mrozinski (Poland), Nicholas Martinelli (Buenos Aires), Tomas Vanek (Prague), Koit Toome (Estonia), Evgeny Zaycev (Moscow), John Martin Bengtsson (Helsinki), Florin Ristei (Bucharest), Slaven Doslo (Belgrade), Denko Prodanov (Sofia), Matt Leisy (World Tour), Carl Lindquist (Oslo), Nadim Naaman (Greece), Rhys Whitfield (UK Tour)

Is that way too many cast members? Probably! Are there even enough scenes for each of them to perform together? Unlikely! Did I give up doing supporting, ensemble, and understudies because it was too exhausting? Definitely! Do I even know who some of these people are or if they want to come back at all? Not really!

But you have to admit - it's a huge and very international cast!

[love-little-lotte]

Gorgeous Raouls

Here are some Vicomte Raoul de Chagnys who I think are really handsome. AND YES, I KNOW, all actors who portrayed Raoul are all good-looking (I mean, why would they cast him if he wasn’t?) but these Raouls are the ones who stood out.

Andrew Ragone

Anton Zetterholm

Anthony Downing

Davis Gaines

Evgeny Zaycef

Gary Mauer

Hugh Panaro

Jim Weitzer

John Cudia

Killian Donnelly

Kyle Barisich

Matthew Cammelle

Michael Ball

Michael Shawn Lewis

Nadim Naaman

Nicky Wuchinger

Oliver Savile

Ramin Karimloo

Sean McLaughlin

Steve Barton

Will Barratt

[andrewlloydwebber]

Nicky Wuchinger (Hamburg/Oberhausen Raoul and Phantom) seeing Phantom in London!  From his Instagram

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here is some food for your thoughts

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If you'll excuse me, I will think thoroughly about Nicky Wuchinger's Tugger today.