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Wicked is a fable, and
while it certainly augments the
original story, it doesn't, in
all fairness, change too much
about it. It's utterly
fascinating, but that's all.
(Don't get me wrong; being
utterly fascinating is plenty
enough.)
Now Wicked has been transformed
into a Broadway musical by the
brilliant Stephen Schwartz, the
great and powerful talent behind
Pippin, The Magic Show, Godspell,
Children of Eden, as well as the
lyricist for a few Disney movie
musicals (Pocahontas and The
Hunchback of Notre Dame come to
mind).
Wicked the musical is not Wicked
the novel. While the novel is
its source, the musical presents
only pieces of it, in a much
simplified form, and often
diverging wildly from the
novel's narrative. One might be
tempted to think all this
destroys the work; but in the
end it improves it, shining a
bright light on the story's
numerous ironies and interlaced
levels of social commentary.
Wicked Musical Tickets,
for all the hype, is not simply
the prequel to the popular Oz
story. Instead, it's a layered
piece of drama that uses its
musicality as a way to convey
some of the deeper issues it
sets forth. When Glinda (played
to perky perfection by Kristin
Chenoweth) floats onstage in her
metal bubble, you know you're in
for something different. She
announces that the Wicked Witch
of the West is dead, and the
Ozians rejoice -- until one of
them asks if Glinda and the
Wicked Witch were friends.
Long before Dorothy drops in,
two other girls meet in the Land
of Oz One, born with
emerald-green skin, is smart,
fiery and misunderstood. The
other is beautiful, ambitious
and very popular. Wicked tells
the story of their remarkable
odyssey, how these two unlikely
friends grow to become the
Wicked Witch of the West and
Glinda the Good Witch.
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Oz is a new musical with music
and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
and book by Winnie Holzman based
on the 1995 novel by Gregory
Maguire. The musical is directed
by 2003 Tony Award winner Joe
Mantello and features musical
staging by Wayne Cilento.
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The
twists and turns in
Gregory Maguire's
incredibly imaginative
back-story to The Wizard
of Oz makes audiences
literally gasp with
delight. But not only
that, Wicked is a truly
heartfelt story of
friendship and love. As
Richard Zoglin of Time
Magazine put it, "If
every musical had a
brain, a heart and the
courage of Wicked,
Broadway really would be
a magical place!"
In less than 14 months
on Broadway, the hit
musical Wicked — with a
whopping $14 million
capitalization — will
recoup its entire
initial investment just
prior to Christmas.
Wicked co-producer David
Stone told the
Associated Press that
the show, which plays
the 1,800-seat Gershwin
Theatre, also has a $26
million advance. "The
advance and the weekly
grosses are now higher
than they have ever
been," said Stone. In
fact, the grosses for
the musical tend to
exceed $1 million every
week; for the week
ending Nov. 7, the
musical took in
$1,196,658, more than
any show on Broadway.
Wicked, which turns
every Oz myth inside
out, explores the early
life of the witches of
Oz: Glinda and Elphaba.
The two main characters
meet at Shiz, a school
where both hope to take
up sorcery. Glinda is
madly popular and
Elphaba is, well, green.
By a misunderstanding,
they wind up roommates
and, after an initial
period of mutual
loathing, begin to learn
something about each
other. Their life paths
continue to intersect
through a shared love,
entry into the Emerald
City and interaction
with the Wizard himself.
Eventually, their
choices and convictions
take them on widely
different paths.
With a score by Schwartz
and a book by Winnie
Holzman, Wicked began
previews on Broadway
Oct. 8, 2003, after a
summer tryout at San
Francisco's Curran
Theatre. When the
musical officially
opened Oct. 30, 2003,
the original cast
featured Kristin
Chenoweth as Glinda,
Idina Menzel as Elphaba,
Joel Grey as The Wizard,
Carole Shelley as Madame
Morrible, Norbert Leo
Butz as Fiyero, Michelle
Federer as Nessarose,
Christopher Fitzgerald
as Boq and William
Youmans as Doctor
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