tre wicked

well, i saw 'wicked' tonight. i must say that i was pleasantly surprised. i found it quite enjoyable. ms. menzel was in fine voice and was surprisingly affecting, glinda was fun, george hearn didn't astonish me, but he was quite serviceable. same for joey macintyre. sean mccourt was his usual solid self. oh, and that one playing 'boq', super duper.

we saw the morrible understudy, who was sublime, the nessa rose understudy who was terrif, the understudy for the monkey, the understudy for the midwife and the understudy for the witch's mother. lol sheesh! they were all terriffic, but my pal made me ROLL when we opened the playbills, saw all the notices and he exclaimed: "Jeeeeezzz, could anyone ELSE have phoned in tonight, d'ya think?"

Anyway, I didn't find ALL the music forgettable. The production design was engrossing, as were the costumes. Cilento's 'choreography' once again did nothing for me. Who keeps hiring this man? Swell dancer, but are all his moves 'swirl, swirl, pose. Swirl swirl pose?'

Anyway, hat's off to Mantello for another treat. Kudos Herr Directore! 'Love Valour', 'Man of No Importance', etc. Keep up the exemplery work, Joe.

PS - special Broadway Cares curtain speech treat 2nite. Macintyre convinced Boq to come downstage and do 'the lollypop guild' # from the MGM film. He did and it brought the house down. He nailed it all, inflection, blocing, etc. I don't know if they usually beg him to do this, but I screamed.

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....and indeed, Christopher Fitzgerald IS Super Duper:) Who was the Nessa understudy you saw, do you remember?

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ditto on the choreography...THE worst thing about Wicked...

I think the OZ choreography is supposed to be well...odd and non-conventional...I think it complemented the show

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Theyre selling a Signed poster for 100, and a Wicked Cook book that the cast put together (JLT offered Pink goes good with Green Cake, and Idina offered Elphabagels-ha.) I think it was 50? I can't remember.

A little OT- but another thing, Idina seemed to spunky, outgoing and silly during the BCEFA speech at the end. She said to the audidence "Did you guys totally see me trip on my way down for my curtain call?" and was totally cracking herself and everyone up--then does she transform into anti social shy gal at the Stage Door? That was confusing.

hi kids. yes christy candler was the nessa u/s. she was ok. didn't WOW me, but she was ok.

yeah, the BCEFA stuff were a $100 poster, the $50 cast cookbook (featuring 'munchkin balls', or something like that, which prompted the lollypop guild #). i assumed the lollypop guild was something they begged him to do every night and he graciously appeased the mod. i could be wrong. but sheesh, ms. menzel fell APART with wild laughter.

i had to laugh as ms. menzel and glinda seemed to just laugh & gab during the beginning of the curtain speech. they seemed to be comparing their manicures....seriously. then they got into another little chat-fest and were doing something with their costumes sleeves. i think that one of their dresses got snagged on the others?

ms. menzel seemed quite amiable. if she gets shy or bitchy at the stage door, i can imagine certain nights she just wants to get home. i mean, it was loopy. my pal and i were able to toss some cash into a BC bucket and head-out before the TONS of people began to stream like mad out of that big Gershwin barn. people ran like IDIOTS from the lobby to the stage door barricades, where the bored cops and stage door dude were already bracing themselves for insanity. the group was getting stupid as we walked past, and the final curtain had just come DOWN. breathe, people, breathe.

after singing that score 8 times a week, i'd wanna get home to Taye Diggs, too. lol did u all hear/see funny things during the bows/BCEFA speech when you saw it?

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Odd and bad are 2 different things...The Wicked choreography is BAd...Wayne Cilento has always done mediocre work, and I think it is quite apparent when you see Wicked...You know guys, I love Wicked too, but it's not perfect...

did y'all see anything funny onstage during the bows/BCEFA speech?

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