DC Wicked Tour article and 2 reviews- Washington Post and Washington Times

[Popular]

Posted: 12/23/05 at 9:10pm

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This one below is of an article and I'll be posting a link to some reviews shortly...





Washington Post Updated On: 12/24/05 at 09:10 PM

[morosco]

Posted: 12/23/05 at 9:25pm

(disregard)
Updated On: 12/24/05 at 09:25 PM

[Popular]

Posted: 12/23/05 at 9:35pm

EDIT: Yes, sorry. I realized afterwards that it wasn't a review. I didn't really have time to read the article before I posted it so I assumed it was. But I just found 2 reviews as well so I'll post those shortly.
Updated On: 12/24/05 at 09:35 PM

[greenegirl87]

Posted: 12/23/05 at 10:21pm

Yay, I'm going in four days :]

[cubbiegirl]

Posted: 12/23/05 at 10:51pm

"Most girls walk into the theater wanting to be Glinda," Block says, "but they leave the theater wanting to be Elphaba. That's such a great statement because . . . society pounds into young women [the need] to be the kind, bubbly, beautiful, blond-haired, sparkly girl. But by the end of the play, they've found something deeper. . . . I find that to be such a true and beautiful and strong statement."

I like that.

[Popular]

Posted: 12/24/05 at 12:43pm

Here's the first review...

Kind to the performers, not so kind to the show.

"The exceptions are a few soaring solos delivered with charm and goose-pimply power by the touring show's Glinda and Elphaba, Kendra Kassebaum and Stephanie L. Block. "Popular," Glinda's perky tribute to her own social supremacy, is handled elegantly by Kassebaum, who sings wittily in the key of self-absorption. And Block is simply stunning, her voice rising thrillingly to the challenges of "The Wizard and I" and even more potently in the Act 1 finale, "Defying Gravity." Floating above the stage and bathed in Kenneth Posner's multicolored shafts of light, Block is a Powerpuff Girl of the night Oz sky."



Washington Post Review Updated On: 12/24/05 at 12:43 PM

[Popular]

Posted: 12/24/05 at 12:54pm

And here's the Washington Times Review

Pretty much the same as the Post but not as kind to all the performers. They liked the leads though...

"Few could find fault with the stars, notably Miss Kassebaum's Glinda. The role, originated by the luminous Kristin Chenoweth, could easily slip into caricature. Instead, Miss Kassebaum plays her part with comic precision and a high-pitched voice that amplifies the character's vanity. Miss Block matches her cohort, belting out the creamy ballad "I'm Not That Girl" while keeping Elphaba's emotional isolation center stage."
Washington Times Review

[cubbiegirl]

Posted: 12/24/05 at 1:11pm

Stephanie L Block? Heh.

Now she is an operatic powerpuff girl.