Wicked tour review 11/29 Bushnell Hartford CT

[winston89]

Posted: 12/3/07 at 10:12pm

This was the first time I had seen a show on tour. I was visiting a college and they were going to see the Wicked tour so I joined in. I found the set to be very much the same as the one on Broadway. I had trouble adjusting to the fact that in liu of the vines going around the entier stage and having room for enterences along side. That they used platforms. I also had trouble adjusting to some of the blocking that is normally done via trap door.


Other then that the show was great. I thought Carman was a great Elphaba. She acted the part rather well and had very good strong vocals. She seemed to be the first Elphaba I saw who actually took time to get to know the lyrics of thier songs nd treat them as if they were monolougs ment to tell a story as oppose to a power pop balad. She seemed to be more angry then any of the other elphaba's I have seen at times. I am trying to explain but am having trouble comming up with the right words.

Katie Clarke as Glinda was the worst casting mistake I have ever seen in my entier life. It irked me to no end that instead of looking at the script and noticing that there were points in the script that are made to be funny. She had to milk the crap out of it each and every time. Thus, she totaly lost any and all funny bits her character could have.

Overall there were no total standouts. It was the first time I saw the show since they added in the chances they made for the London production. I do think that because they do not use the hat on tour that ditching the hat for the green witch melting works out much better for them.

I can see Carman comming to broadway at some point in the future because the producers are so content on recycleing the broadway cast from other productions. But, I do not see Katie going to Broadway at all.

[theminutepast]

Posted: 12/3/07 at 10:31pm

That's too bad about Katie Clarke. Here's to hoping that I see an u/s when the tour comes to my area.

[jake6970]

Posted: 12/3/07 at 10:39pm

Weird, all the other reviews of Katie I've seen have been wonderful.

[maya5892]

Posted: 12/3/07 at 10:54pm

Also, it's too late - Katie's already made it

[winston89]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:48am

What do you mean she already made it?

She got the Broadway gig?

I thought that she just joined the tour and anyways it is hard to figure out who will be the next Glinda on Broadway right now considering the fact that Ashford pretty much just arrived.


I started a thread about the wicked tour and what is different between the tour and broadway. I did this knowing i was seeing the tour and only seeing the Broadway production. I got a PM that said that they had felt sorry for me that I was going to see Clarke do the role of Glinda. I wasn't sure why but I saw her in it and I nknew right away.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:55am

She did The Light in the PIazza on Broadway.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 1:41am

And she's AWFUL! Sorry, she is...Ruined that beautiful gem that Piazza was with O'Hara.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 9:27am

Who was your Fieyro?

[Broadway_freak]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 11:26am

Yikes!

[winston89]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:33pm

Emece,

I know that Clarke was on broadway in Piazza.


Cliffton Hall was my Fiyero

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:36pm

lead on Broadway = making it

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:47pm

Getting a lead on Broadway = better job/gig.

Getting a lead in a hit TV series on a network and making per episode what would take you 7 years by being a lead on Broadway = making it.

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 1:04pm

Oh Katie is horrible, she killed Light in the Piazza! She turned the beauty is into the beauty isn't...

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 12/13/07 at 12:49am

Hey everyone!

Just got back from seeing Wicked on tour while it's here in St. Louis, and what a wonderful show it was!

I thought Carmen Cusack was absolutely fantastic! She reminded me a lot of Stephanie J. Block with just her speaking voice, and I thought she truly did a phenomenal job as Elphaba!

Katie Clarke I thought was terrific as well! She was funny and her timing was really good.

Cliffton Hall played Fiyero and I thought he had a great voice!
Deedee Hall played Nessarose and her voice was good too. (Those two are married which I think is so cute!)

The ensemble was very strong and the whole show was just awesome! Hope everyone can catch it if it comes to their city!

[deadparrot]

Posted: 12/13/07 at 1:36am

I'm going this Saturday...I've been away at college, so this will be my first show in a while outside of college theater. Should be fun.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 12/13/07 at 2:20am

I don't get why everyone thinks Katie was so horrible in Piazza. Her acting was truly brilliant. She brought more depth and dimension to Clara than Kelli was able to. Katie's performance seemed effortless and Kelli's was strained. I say this as a HUGE Kelli fan.

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 12/13/07 at 10:31am

Enjoy the show deadparrot!

[Linda3]

Posted: 12/30/07 at 9:58pm

Katie Rose Clarke was the most amazing Glinda. Nothing wrong about her. Very funny and amazing voice.