Son of a Witch: The Musical

I wouldn't mind. I just hope that if someone does, it's because they think the material is good to musicalize, not to ride the wave of Wicked. And I would want to see something more faithful to the book if it were done again, though I've heard that his other books just don't stand up to Wicked.

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It would never work. Never. Never. Never. Fiyaro and Elphaba didnt even have sex in the play, how the hell are they just gonna magically have a 16 year old son?

Wouldn't that be a kind of mutated half green person/half scarecrow child? That would just be messed up.

Fiyero and Elphaba don't have sex? That is open for interpretation. There are some lyrics and a couple of lines that could allude to it.

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I think it happens.

KISS ME TOO FIERCELY
HOLD ME TOO TIGHT
I NEED HELP BELIEVING
YOU’RE WITH ME TONIGHT
MY WILDEST DREAMINGS
COULD NOT FORESEE
LYING BESIDE YOU
WITH YOU WANTING ME

JUST FOR THIS MOMENT
AS LONG AS YOU’RE MINE
I’VE LOST ALL RESISTANCE
AND CROSSED SOME BORDERLINE
AND IF IT TURNS OUT
IT’S OVER TOO FAST
I’LL MAKE EV’RY LAST MOMENT LAST
AS LONG AS YOU’RE MINE…

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i dont see how ... i mean isnt the main basis of the book that he grows up without a mom ??? (i cnat remember if the dad dies in the book)

Jut seems like it'd be impossible to keeep to the story line unless Elphaba died suddenly after then that would be kinda sad.

Ah Elphaba, I think they ment they didn't think they had sex in the musical, not the book. If you can't tell they had sex in the book, you must have skipped the whole Emerald City section. (I believe that was it). I believe with the lyrics in As Long As Your Mine, they do indeed have sex.

Blue diamonds on a green feild.

Updated On: 9/12/05 at 08:58 PM

I think for me it was just the staging of the scene that made it not click...and how after the song is over she just gets up and runs away...but looking at the lyrics, I would say it's evident that they do in fact boing.

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In the novel Fiyero dies/disappears, Elphaba believes Fiyero is the Scarecrow but then she dismisses the idea unlike the musical in which Fiyero is indeed the Scarecrow. Anyways, this novel should not be musicalized, but Maguire's "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" should be turned into a musical I think.

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Enough with a possible Wicked sequel (did I really say that?) If there is another Gregory Maguire book made into a musical I would love to see Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister on Broadway.

It's like the Hannibal book. They changed the ending so dramatically when they brought it to film, I am not sure they could do another sequal, which was the original plan.

As far as Wicked, it should say that it is very loosly based on an idea and characters created in the book. Other than character names and the general "evil looks different from a different angle" idea, they are nothing alike.

OT: Something I don't get about the musical... Why on earth did they build a smoke breathing Time Dragon Clock if they weren't going to do more than have Glinda mention it as a time reference? I mean, it makes no sense if you never read the book. Was there more about it in there at some point? Anyone have any insight? Other than the standard "most of the musical makes no sense" answer. lol

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I guess I was just too oblivious to figure that out. That would make all of the gears and all make sense. They really should explain that. And having Glinda refer to it as a time reference doesn't make sense looked at from that point.

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