Wicked!!

Gary and I saw the famous play "Wicked" while vacationing in Seattle. Wow! It was incredible!

Having heard the ads when the show was in Portland, I thought it was just a campy play, but it is actually much more. It's a GREAT story, cleverly tying in the plot of the original classic, while turning it on its head. The songs are wonderful, especially the inspiring "Defying Gravity." The characters are so much fun! And the visual impact of the whole thing is incredible. The sets, the dances, the WARDROBE!! (Fabric addicts will think they've died and gone to heaven.)

The physical acting by the key characters is priceless. It's a clever ploy, using memorable postures from the 1939 movie characters to lend instant recognition, even while presenting a completely different scenario. (If you walked in with no idea what the show was, and saw the characters acting silently behind a cloth curtain, you would know from their postures exactly who they were.) And as Elphaba's transformation matures, and she finally lets out that famous cackling "evil laugh," it brings the house down!

If you have a chance, go see this show! It's such a wonderful, thought-provoking production. I'm also impressed with the company's dedication to green concerns (they point out that they are "the greenest show on Broadway.") It's playing at The Paramount in Seattle through October 4th, and is also running in Nashville right now. Then it moves on to other parts of the country. It's worth the effort!

Wicked: A New Musical

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