WICKED looks at what happened in the Land of Oz... but from a different angle.
Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another girl, born with emerald-green skin-smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships... until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”
So many things to love about this Broadway production! As a huge fan of L. Frank Baum's writings, all fourteen of them, I was a little hesitant of anyone messing with the storyline. But, just wow! This production looks at the story from a different angle and stays true to everything you think you already know about Oz.
The singing was unmatched! We came home with the soundtrack and I'm pretty sure the girls and I will have all the lyrics down in a matter of days! Abigail was pretty excited that the soundtrack features Kristin Chenoweth singing the part of Glinda on Broadway. Kristin and I went to school together in Broken Arrow from the time we were in the 6th grade through graduation. In fact our 30th high school reunion is this summer!
The performance was part of the Dallas Summer Musicals at Music Hall at Fair Park. Before the show Abigail posted on her Instagram the picture in the lower left hand side (her ticket and the show curtain) and was excited when the actress played Nessa Rose (the Wicked Witch's sister), and two back up dancers from the show liked her post. In fact the official Twitter account for Wicked re-tweeted her post captioned, 'My excitement for this show is Defying Gravity!' Defying Gravity is one of the songs performed by Glinda and Elphaba (the Wicked Witch).
When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:5
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