Wicked Tour - 8/9/06

I won the lotto, the first time I won a lotto. It was great. Tonight was the opening night here in Orange County, CA. I only really wanted to see this for Julia, and boy was I happy I got the chance.

At the OCPAC the stage is so close to the front row that the actors were kind of spooked by how close we were. Also the house is HUGE and this was the first time since the phantom tour has been there that I have seen the whole house filled. It was crazy.

I am not going to go into depth because it is what it is.

Kendra was great, her comedic timing was excellent and it her voice has improved a lot from when I saw the show in San Fran. I just didn't like the fact that she didn't finish all her words with ending consonants.

Julia made me actually care about this character. Her acting was spot on and it was extremely effective. Her voice was great; I loved her renditions of these songs. She is so sweet at the stage door.

The rest of the cast was great; Alma Cuervo made a great Morrible. PJ Benjamin was great for that small role of the Wizard and it was great to a Fiyero who hit the higher notes.

There was this little girl sitting behind me who was so involved and asked during defying gravity, what did she do, she didn’t do anything wrong. It was great to see younger people getting involved in theatre.

All-in-all I had a great time at the theatre tonight.

Thank you for the review Julia is a GREAT Elphie. Kendra rocks. Alma and PJ are terrific. Glad you had enjoyed the show! That's awesome you won the lottery.

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i am so jealous that you won the lottery. I tried when i was in new york. I'm glad that it was good.

Man i wish the tour would come up to canada, well, western canada at least...........stupid toronto

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Thats good. I don't care for the new Broadway Cast. However, I adore Kendra and Julia. Logan is fantastic wherever he is and I am very excited to see him (if he is) moving ot Broadway. I am gonig to go check the website to see if he is now on Broadway.

Thanks for informing me!

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Just to clarify- Logan left the tour and just started the role on broadway. the new boq sux.

Thanks for clarifying missyrose87! I am a very big Logan fan, and by clarifying that up, I cna prepare to have a terrible Boq (sadness. Boq is my favorite). But I am a HUGE Logan fan and tellnig me that he is now on Broadway has made my day! THANKS!

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Do you know why Kirk will be leaving? And so you know if Sebastian will be replacing Derrek?

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There were probably about 60 there last night. They gave away 20 buttons so 20 seats. I was sitting front row on the right side of the audience. Most of the front row was Lotto winners. It was great but very close to the stage, I mean you are basically looking up there noses

It was great being able to see all the little things you don't see from farther back

The little things the you that she did with her facial expressions and her hands. Stuff like that. It was also great to hear what Elphaba and Glinda were saying before they meet the wizard. It was fun being that close.

I'm SO glad and relieved they are in LA already. I thought they were still in SD. YAY!

Sorry, for my excitement but now I have the opportunity to try lotto when visting my sister this weekend:)

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Question about the tour:

Is "Defying Gravity" always sung in a lower key? I was listening to an audio clip on an unmentionable site that included snippets of various actresses that have played Elphaba, but whenever clips of Maria Eberline were played, she was singing in a lower key than all of the others. Is this done for certain actresses or has the song been lowered for the tour? I saw the tour back in December (with Jenna Leigh Green) and it was definitely in the original key then.

Just wondering!

I will have to link you to the video in question. Her segments are clearly and undeniably in a lower key.