Oh. My. Gosh.
It was incredible!!
I love music, I love singing, and I love shows. I had no idea (except a very small, basic knowledge) what the story line was. I didn't know any of the songs. Didn't know any of the performers either.
The story was awesome. The songs were so great. The dialogue was hilarious. The performers were a-mazing! Elphaba was my favorite. She was the Wicked Witch of the West! I know, I know...but unless you've seen the show or read the book, you don't know the whole story! The WW of the W got a pretty raw deal. And Elphaba was very sarcastic in the show...I loved that.
Ga-linda (with a 'ga') the Good was actually the understudy. You'd never know it. She did an awesome job. I didn't like her voice as much as Elphaba's, but she was very good. I just prefer the more alto voice, I think.
There were quite a few tongue-in-cheek references to The Wizard of Oz. And some not quite so tongue-in-cheek. It was very funny, and I liked finding the little 'clues' that came from the original movie. (The WW of the East having those striped stockings on was one I particularly enjoyed!)
I wish I could go again. It was such a fabulous show. And I wish everyone I knew could go see it!! If I ever have the chance, I will for sure go see it again!!
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My chorus class in college did some songs from Wicked. That was the only way I had heard of it. But from what I have seen and heard it's a great musical. I wish I was in NY to see it.
The night we went Elphaba was the understudy and Glinda (The Ga is silent) was the regular girl (Helene Yorke). She was amazing. I thought the writing was A+ and the attention to detail was spot on. Being a big W of Oz fan I was worried it would be stupid but I have to say I liked wicked more then the movie, I knew the scarecrow was hidden something and Samantha has sung Popular so much that the guys at work caught me singing it.. Seen about 20 musicals at Proctors (shhhh I'm a closet song and dance want to be) and this would rank #2 only behind West Side Story.
We're going to NYC for a weekend in January and are debating what to see...I'm leaning towards West Side Story.
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