#1
Posted: 1/1/05 at 6:31pm
I was curious if anyone knew how exactly the show changed from the try-out in San Francisco to the Broadway version. I've heard Elphaba's part changed, but how?
#2
Posted: 1/1/05 at 6:33pm
One of the mega changes was the replacement of the song "Which Way To The Party" with "Dancing Through Life"
Plot-wise, the show was somewhat closer to the original novel as well
Along with the usual lyric changes and cut reprises
Plot-wise, the show was somewhat closer to the original novel as well
Along with the usual lyric changes and cut reprises
#3
Posted: 1/1/05 at 6:46pm
Didnt see it, even though I live in the area. Alot of my friends who have seen both, have said the SF Production was better than the NYC. Having heard audios, i agree. The show was much much longer. Different costumes/wigs. (Glinda's popular dress was blue etc)
#4
Posted: 1/1/05 at 6:48pm
Hmm, maybe I saw it late in the SF run then, because "Dancing Through Life" was definitely in there, as was Galinda's pink dress for Popular. I have to admit that I haven't seen the NY production yet, but having heard the recordings for both I have to say I enjoyed the SF one better.
#5
Posted: 1/1/05 at 6:50pm
anyone know anywhere i might be able to listen to "which way to the party"?
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#6
Posted: 1/1/05 at 7:45pm
Theres a short clip of it on the Broadway the American Musical DVD Wicked special.
#7
Posted: 1/1/05 at 7:48pm
WickedRocks-That is a CUTE pic!Is it you?
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#8
Posted: 1/1/05 at 7:52pm
lol that's Shoshana Bean
A dancer might dream to see her name in lights and mean it,
but all she really dreams is to make someone
else feel the way she did when she first saw a dancer.
And that is so beautiful-Anonymous
#9
Posted: 1/1/05 at 7:57pm
Haha. Nope it Bean-dip as I like to call her. LOL...thanks for the compliment anyway. 
#10
Posted: 1/1/05 at 7:58pm
So there is like nothing about SF Wicked online?
Hmm, I could have sworn the last time this question was asked there wasn't anything either. But in all seriousness, are there any websites or anything?
Hmm, I could have sworn the last time this question was asked there wasn't anything either. But in all seriousness, are there any websites or anything?
#11
Posted: 1/1/05 at 7:58pm
I've seen the show in both SF and NY and I would have to disagree with whoever said that the SF preview was better. There were certainly parts I liked more, such as the extended dialog right before Defying Gravity, along with the lyrics changes in As Long As You're Mine, but for the most part, the final product is much much better. The second act of the SF run was spotty at best, there were lots of things that weren't explained well, such as Elphaba's relationship to the Wizard (without giving away too much, although it seems as if nearly this entire board has seen the show), it also dragged and just didn't seem to flow.
I am also almost positive that Galinda's dress was pink during Popular when I saw it too...although I know I caught it during its last week in San Francisco. And while I still don't really care for Dancing Through Life, it is a much better song than Which Way Is The Party...not to mention it's staged much better and fits into the show more as a whole. Which Way To The Party just seemed to me like a "hey, we should probably give Fiyero a solo somewhere...let's throw this in".
I am also almost positive that Galinda's dress was pink during Popular when I saw it too...although I know I caught it during its last week in San Francisco. And while I still don't really care for Dancing Through Life, it is a much better song than Which Way Is The Party...not to mention it's staged much better and fits into the show more as a whole. Which Way To The Party just seemed to me like a "hey, we should probably give Fiyero a solo somewhere...let's throw this in".
#12
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:02pm
(A picture from the SF production...Galinda's dress is blue)
#13
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:06pm
wow i think i've seen that a lot of times and always thought it was pink for some reason. I'm not colorblind but i swear it was pink. where did you get the picture?
A dancer might dream to see her name in lights and mean it,
but all she really dreams is to make someone
else feel the way she did when she first saw a dancer.
And that is so beautiful-Anonymous
#14
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:07pm
www.wickedonbroadway.net
Updated On: 1/1/05 at 08:07 PM
#16
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:11pm
hahaa Littlefish!
A dancer might dream to see her name in lights and mean it,
but all she really dreams is to make someone
else feel the way she did when she first saw a dancer.
And that is so beautiful-Anonymous
#17
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:13pm
Dont remember that dress on Mme Morrible on Bway...
SF SONG LIST:
Act One
No One Mourns the Wicked - Glinda and Citizens of Oz
Dear Old Shiz - Students
The Wizard and I - Morrible and Elphaba
What is This Feeling? - Glinda, Elphaba, and Students
Which Way is the Party? / We Deserve Each Other - Fiyero, Glinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba, and Students
Popular - Glinda
I'm Not That Girl - Elphaba
Dear Old Shiz (reprise) - Mourners
The Wizard and I (reprise) - Elphaba
One Short Day - Elphaba, Glinda, and Denizens of the Emerald City
A Sentimental Man / The Chance to Fly - The Wizard, Elphaba, Morrible, and Glinda
Defying Gravity - Elphaba, Glinda, Guards, and Citizens of Oz
Act Two
Thank Goodness / I Couldn't Be Happier - Revelers, Morrible, and Glinda
We Deserve Each Other (reprise) - surprise! (see the show)
Wonderful - The Wizard and Elphaba
I'm Not That Girl (reprise) - Glinda
As Long As You're Mine - Elphaba and Fiyero
No Good Deed - Elphaba
March of the Witch Hunters - Boq and Citizens of Oz
For Good - Glinda and Elphaba
No One Mourns the Wicked (reprise) - Citizens of Oz
A Sentimental Man (reprise) - The Wizard
Finale - Company
Dr Dillamond was John Horton
The Wizard was Robert Morse
Boq was played by Kirk McDonald
http://www.wickedonbroadway.net/lookinsideSFplaybill.html
Its a link to look inside the SF Playbill...
Also on www.wickedonbroadway.net, if you click San Fran. on the left side of the screen, theres pictures and stuff.
PS: In the song list, for We Deserve Eachother reprise, it says "surprise". Not sure who sung this in SF. Maybe Boq and Nessa??
Updated On: 1/1/05 at 08:13 PM
#18
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:13pm
Its like the same exact dress only blue. I think the pink is better, it suits her character more.
#19
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:15pm
I read somewhere (I can't remember where) that in between SF and NY, Elphaba's part got much bigger or I guess that her importance in the story seemd to edge out Glinda's. I guess that's specifically what I was intending with my initial question. Is this true? Anybody know any backstory about this
And the blue dress vs. the pink dress thing. If Dancing through Life wasn't initially part of the show, I guess the black is this year's pink line was incorporated later and thus a costume change needed
And the blue dress vs. the pink dress thing. If Dancing through Life wasn't initially part of the show, I guess the black is this year's pink line was incorporated later and thus a costume change needed
#20
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:19pm
www.wickedonbroadway.net is like the Wicked Nerd's website to heaven and happiness.
It has like everything...
It has like everything...
#21
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:19pm
bwayfan: I read that somewhere too. Galinda was a much larger role so they expanded Elphaba's part and took Galinda's down a notch.
Another difference: Elphabas u/s was Stephanie Block who left to do TBFO (on Bway, it, obviously, was Eden)
Another difference: Elphabas u/s was Stephanie Block who left to do TBFO (on Bway, it, obviously, was Eden)
#22
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:21pm
yea that site has everything.
That dress idina has on is different as well.
That dress idina has on is different as well.
A dancer might dream to see her name in lights and mean it,
but all she really dreams is to make someone
else feel the way she did when she first saw a dancer.
And that is so beautiful-Anonymous
#23
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:25pm
I'm guesing from that dear old shiz reprise noted in the song list sung by "mourners", that like the book Dr. Dillamond is killed?
#24
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:32pm
For some reason, the graphics on the Broadway Wicked site haven't been working for me for a coupld of weeks now.
What is that all about?
What is that all about?
#25
Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:41pm
Something interesting I've noticed. Between SF & Broadway, there have been a ton of Glinda's (mostly Standy By/ Understudy).
Kristin Chenoweth
Melissa Bell Chait
Laura Bell Bundy
Jennifer Laura Thompson
Melissa Fahn
Megan Hilty
I know all of those went on as Glinda. But I'm not sure about Melissa Fahn. Doe's anyone know if Melissa Fahn has ever went on as Glinda? I don't know if this is the thread for this. But doe's anyone know about Melissa Fahn??
Kristin Chenoweth
Melissa Bell Chait
Laura Bell Bundy
Jennifer Laura Thompson
Melissa Fahn
Megan Hilty
I know all of those went on as Glinda. But I'm not sure about Melissa Fahn. Doe's anyone know if Melissa Fahn has ever went on as Glinda? I don't know if this is the thread for this. But doe's anyone know about Melissa Fahn??
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