What is it with WICKED?

You might want to run away now.

Oookay. Since you joined recently, you don't know just what that question can lead to. Search for threads about Wicked- there's about 10,672 of them. Especially around Tony time, you can get lots of discussions of the show's merits and lack thereof. But please, please don't start a new one. We've heard it all before. Hundreds of times.

well said, plum

and absolut, i don't fit into any category... i think wicked (and rent) are the best thing ever, but i don't post constantly about it... i realize that i will be beaten to death with a stick if i do...

Part of it may be that many people have seen it rather than just listening to the CD. Some of the songs I didn't like until I saw how they were staged and it makes a difference. It's not my favorite or least favorite show, but I enjoyed it.

But the novel is still way better...

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Plum, you get the BIG //HATEVER! People like you always bug! You complain about excessive posts on one topic, yet not only do you read them, but you add to their length by posting to them yourself. If you are sick of Wicked topics and have heard everything "a hundred times" then my suggestion to you is, when you see a thread with "WICKED" in the title - DON'T READ IT! Is it that hard to control yourself!

To the rest of you - thank you for your input. I guess seeing it live would make a big difference. I have a friend, come to think of it, who saw it and said it was the best thing she's ever seen. I love the two songs I noted in my original post, and others as well, but there are many shows I prefer (based on CD recordings) to Wicked. I am just fascinated that this show is the most talked about on here. At least since I've been around.

I do get chills when she says, "So if you care to find me, look to the western sky." Wow - she just rocks my world.

And, Plum, I'm just giving you guff and joking with you. You don't bug! I will say - I refuse to search, it's not worth my time. If I want to post, I will post! Okay?

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Updated On: 11/29/04 at 03:04 PM

one nice thing about a message board is you don't HAVE to read about any topic you don't want to read about or are tired of reading about :)

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Loge, you just posted one yourself. UGH! There are some who must ask constant questions about everything, many of those questions have to do with Wicked. If you noticed the posts on it have cut down very much since last year. Also the whole buzz on who's going to be the next Elphaba is getting a lot of Wicked fans excited. but as soon as Idina leaves and the replacement is named it will, it BETTER, calm down.

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okay now I don't mean to be extremely annoying but I do have to say something,
I'm sorry about my posts on Wicked but really if you don't want to hear it, just don't read it. I'm sure it can get quite annoying for you all but I don't think you should like freak out and get so pissed everytime there is one, just don't read it.
I'm saying this in the nicest way possible, I don't want anyone to get mad at me but I really do beleive in what I said above.


And btw, I just have to put in my personal opinion of Kristin- I think she's an amazing performer! shes my favorite female voice for her mezzo soprano voice and her hilarious voice makes her perfet for her roles and I think she is just so amazing at what she does. You all have your opinions, and here's mine.ok im done

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i agree, jacob! well said!

what do you mean? like the subject titles are messing you up?

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and now there's one more .....

that'll really help with the over-abundance of Wicked threads...

Loge, I've seen "Wicked" twice and I enjoyed the show. I liked it more the second time I saw it. I have no problem that people like it but when people say that it's the "greatest show ever" and that the best Broadway performers ever are Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth I can only come to the conclusion that those people have had limited exposure to Broadway and to Broadway performers.

When I think of some of musicals that I've seen like "A Chorus Line", "The Wiz", "Dreamgirls", "Sweeney Todd", etc. and of some of the people who have performed in those and other shows, I can't come close to saying that "Wicked" is the "best show ever" or that so and so is "the best performer ever." I will not put the show down because I enjoyed it and I've recommended it to friends. I will also not get fanatical about it because in thirty years of going to Broadway, it's by no means the best, or even close to the best, that I've seen.

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