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Posted: 5/15/05 at 8:04pm
Hi! I just got back from Wicked... wow. First of all, I had no idea that "Libby Chessler" could sing! Jenna was amazing- no gasping, always on pitch, lines delivered well, everything. I didn't know that she was going to be Elphaba until I got to the theatre today. When I found out, I wasn't sure if I should be happy or sad or what. I was really looking forward to seeing Stephanie J. Block, but I had also read good things about Jenna too. I went into the show a little unsure about Jenna, but by the end of The Wizard and I, any doubts that I had were gone.
The show itself was very good. I can understand why some people wouldn't find it to be anything special, but I myself found it amazing. I would definately go back again.
Kendra did a good job as Glinda. She was no Kristen Chenoweth, which showed in some of the songs. I think they might have changed the harmonies in Defying Gravity and/or For Good, but it still sounded decent. Popular was funny and well done. During the first act, Kendra would do these little fidget-y things that got some laughs. Not as good as the Broadway Glindas, but still well done.
Derrick was quite good as Fiyero. I actually preferred his beginning of Dancing Through Life to Norbert's... he wasn't as flamboyant as I think he could've or should've been when he first got to Shiz, but he acted the later scenes with Elphaba and Glinda nicely.
Nessa was played by someone else (well, yeah, since Jenna was Elphaba), I'm forgetting her name, but she was good; I thought she did The Wicked Witch of the East well.
Boq (Logan Lipton)... was hot.
He was good; I especially liked the scene during Wicked Witch of the East. Oh, and his dancing during Dancing Through Life was well done, for some weird reason I didn't think Boq would/should be able to dance.
The Wizard (David Garrison) and Madam Morrible (Carol Kane) got a lot of entrance applause... Morrible didn't really sing her song stuff, she sort of spoke-sung, but it worked. The Wizard's songs were good, the dancing in Wonderful was good, but I didn't like his last scene with Glinda at the end. It was OK, could have been better.
After the show I went to the stage door and met everyone except Kendra and Carol. They were all nice; they signed my Playbill and took pictures. Jenna seemed a little surprised that so many people waited around for her; she was the last one out. There were some old Sabrina fans there, I think Jenna got a kick out of that.
Sorry for the long post. If you've made it to the end (which is here), you get a cookie. (Or some fudge from the fudge and popcorn shop that was conviently just a block away from the theatre.)
The show itself was very good. I can understand why some people wouldn't find it to be anything special, but I myself found it amazing. I would definately go back again.
Kendra did a good job as Glinda. She was no Kristen Chenoweth, which showed in some of the songs. I think they might have changed the harmonies in Defying Gravity and/or For Good, but it still sounded decent. Popular was funny and well done. During the first act, Kendra would do these little fidget-y things that got some laughs. Not as good as the Broadway Glindas, but still well done.
Derrick was quite good as Fiyero. I actually preferred his beginning of Dancing Through Life to Norbert's... he wasn't as flamboyant as I think he could've or should've been when he first got to Shiz, but he acted the later scenes with Elphaba and Glinda nicely.
Nessa was played by someone else (well, yeah, since Jenna was Elphaba), I'm forgetting her name, but she was good; I thought she did The Wicked Witch of the East well.
Boq (Logan Lipton)... was hot.
He was good; I especially liked the scene during Wicked Witch of the East. Oh, and his dancing during Dancing Through Life was well done, for some weird reason I didn't think Boq would/should be able to dance. The Wizard (David Garrison) and Madam Morrible (Carol Kane) got a lot of entrance applause... Morrible didn't really sing her song stuff, she sort of spoke-sung, but it worked. The Wizard's songs were good, the dancing in Wonderful was good, but I didn't like his last scene with Glinda at the end. It was OK, could have been better.
After the show I went to the stage door and met everyone except Kendra and Carol. They were all nice; they signed my Playbill and took pictures. Jenna seemed a little surprised that so many people waited around for her; she was the last one out. There were some old Sabrina fans there, I think Jenna got a kick out of that.
Sorry for the long post. If you've made it to the end (which is here), you get a cookie. (Or some fudge from the fudge and popcorn shop that was conviently just a block away from the theatre.)
One of my friends might be taking me to see it though..
