A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
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#0A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 6:55pm
So this summer we have a chance to see either show, but one's in San Francisco and WICKED is touring in San Diego. I want to see A CHORUS LINE, but Ivan wants to see WICKED. We can only see one. (We'll probably end up seeing WICKED, since it's closer, and Ivan doesn't want to go to San Francisco anytime soon.)
If you were put in this spot, what would y'all do?
#1re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 6:57pmI live outside of SF so I am defidently going to see that. ALSO I'm going down to Costa Mesa to go see Wicked. Is Kemdra still the touring Glinda?? and Stephanie?
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#2re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 6:57pmA Chorus Line, trust me on this one!!
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#3re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 6:58pmI would see a chorus line. I like that one more anyways and I have waited forever for a revival.
Light in the Piazza with Megan and Emi
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#4re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 6:58pmI would personally go for A Chorus Line, but I wouldn't be heartbroken about seeing Wicked.
#6re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 7:03pmHands down!! A Chorus Line. Easy choice.
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#7re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 7:03pm
A Chorus Line
or wait to see the revival on Broadway and go for Wicked
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#8re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 7:11pmA Chrous Line.
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#9re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 7:13pmFirst vote for Wicked...as long as you haven't seen it. A Chorus Line will probably be back on tour.
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#10re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 7:16pm
Wicked- who knows how Chorus Line will turn out?
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Updated On: 1/31/06 at 07:16 PM
#11re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 7:16pmA Chorus Line, no doubt. A Broadway try-out is way better than a touring production.
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#16re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 7:40pmA Chorus Line is arguably the best American musical ever. Catch this revival. It is never to be missed.
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#17re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 8:11pmChorus Line! But Ivan seems to think you guys are seeing Hairspray and Wicked...... so what happened with our us 3 seeing Chorus Line together huh??? not cool buddy, i cant believe he doesnt wanna go back to SF (i'm there!) haha j/k i kno why he doesnt wanna go, well i guess i'm not too far from San Diego either..... lets chill again....
#18re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 8:20pm
A CHORUS LINE is the better of the two shows.
One caveat: WICKED is not a well writtten show but gets by because of the specatcle. (It's not an awful show, just uneven.) Once the first class tours finish you won't likely see many "community" or "regional" productions (and if you do without all the elaborate scenic effects it will lose much of its appeal.) So, if you are a fan of the show this might be a rare chance to see it.
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#19re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 8:24pm
Here comes the inevitable catty Wicked comment:
If Wicked were playing in my living room and A Chorus Line were playing on a mine field in Baghdad.
I'd go to Baghdad. 
Honestly though, I will very likely drive up to SF to see A Chorus Line and down to Costa Mesa to see Wicked with Murney. (I live in Los Angeles)
#20re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 8:33pmhugs Patronus and hands him the cookies for the day!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#21re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 8:35pm
Yay! I've always wanted the cookies. I feel like I've arrived.
#22re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 8:35pmPersonally, I don't really like A Chorus Line, but I guess that it's a matter of preference. I will probably see it just for Charlotte d'Ambroise. And isn't Julia Murney going to be the new Elphaba?? Or is that later? Well, Julia is wonderful. So I would go with Wicked.
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#23re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 8:36pmI'm going to remind you of that quote when you are enjoying the heck out of Wicked this summer!!! :P
#24re: A CHORUS LINE or WICKED???
Posted: 1/31/06 at 8:36pm
I wish you had used it as a cautionary tale when I was loathing the heck out of it last summer.
Updated On: 1/31/06 at 08:36 PM
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