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Posted: 10/3/08 at 9:27pm
I saw Wicked in Melbourne again on September 14th (6 weeks after the first time I saw it) so I thought I might post my thoughts.
The production has really found it's feet and is running at a really tight pace. The orchestra has improved significantly.
Amanda Harrison was even better than she was the first time I saw her and is holding her own in the role. She is an angrier Elphaba from the first scene to the end than Idina Menzel was. Her voice was so much stronger this time around.
Lucy Durack seemed to be suffering from a cold. She was still wonderfully bubbly and charismatic in the role but she was not holding her big notes as long as usual and was using other techniques and making alternate vowel sounds which indicated she was suffering vocally on this evening. Still fabulous though.
Rob Guest was now very comfortable in the role and was very endearing as the Wizard.
Rob Mills and Anthony Callea have both improved and do a very good job in their roles as Fiyero and Boq.
Maggie Kirkpatrick was out and her understudy, Johanna Allen was just as good - played Morrible a little differently.
This was the best performance of the show that I have seen since I saw it on Broadway the second time. I even shed a tear. Problems that I had with the book now make perfect sense. Not sure if there has been any changes to the book as I remember thinking the book was problematic (as have many others)the first 5 times I saw it. However now, there is little that I dislike about the book.
The production has really found it's feet and is running at a really tight pace. The orchestra has improved significantly.
Amanda Harrison was even better than she was the first time I saw her and is holding her own in the role. She is an angrier Elphaba from the first scene to the end than Idina Menzel was. Her voice was so much stronger this time around.
Lucy Durack seemed to be suffering from a cold. She was still wonderfully bubbly and charismatic in the role but she was not holding her big notes as long as usual and was using other techniques and making alternate vowel sounds which indicated she was suffering vocally on this evening. Still fabulous though.
Rob Guest was now very comfortable in the role and was very endearing as the Wizard.
Rob Mills and Anthony Callea have both improved and do a very good job in their roles as Fiyero and Boq.
Maggie Kirkpatrick was out and her understudy, Johanna Allen was just as good - played Morrible a little differently.
This was the best performance of the show that I have seen since I saw it on Broadway the second time. I even shed a tear. Problems that I had with the book now make perfect sense. Not sure if there has been any changes to the book as I remember thinking the book was problematic (as have many others)the first 5 times I saw it. However now, there is little that I dislike about the book.
'Downtown Elaiggghhhy?'
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