re: The Pirate Queen/ Wicked in Chicago this weekend
I agree with the Pirate Queen comments. I was visiting Chicago and saw PQ on 11/11. I enjoyed it more than I expected. I thought of it as "Les Miz meets 7 Brides for 7 Brothers." The riverdance stuff was not overdone and fit the show. What's missing is a knock your socks off number. A lot of the solos wind up and then kind of fizzle out. Even the finale ends on a bit of a let down, musically. The show was sold out and the audience seemed to like it. No Lestat here. The highlights for me were ...