I never thought I’d be one of those people who would become freakishly obsessed about a movie or play. I used to laugh at the people who would go to see Rocky Horror Picture Show every single time it was shown somewhere. I just couldn’t see the point in seeing the same exact thing over and over again.
I’m over that now.
I am obsessed with Wicked. I’ve seen it twice in the last three weeks, and three times in the last year, and I’m going again in two weeks. It’s amazing. If you’ve not yet seen it, stop reading this, click here, and get going!
A friend of mine went and saw it over a year ago, and said it was great. I got the book and tried reading through it, but it took me forever. I just wasn’t in the right mind to read it. Last April I went to see the play for the first time, and I was hooked. I came home, dug out the book, and polished it off in two days. It’s much darker than the play, but still an excellent read, once you get into it. Since then, I’ve been begging people to go see it with me. I’ve listened to the soundtrack once or eleventy-billion times. My windshield has several cracks from my fantastic efforts to hit notes mortal beings just can’t hit. The soundtrack features Idina Menzel (Maureen in the original Broadway and movie versions of RENT) and Kristin Chenoweth (Annabeth in the The West Wing) and is just outstanding. In fact, I think I must go listen again!
Yeah, Anne and I saw it with Jolie & Jen a lil less than a month ago (it was Jen’s birthday present to me) I was skeptical at first, but I did end up enjoying it a lot. And even if I hadn’t, it was still a lot of fun to watch Jolie watching it. She got a little freaked out at first by the dragon that’s over the stage, but she got sucked in as soon as it started.
I’ve been caught singing Popular at work twice now ::blush::
I saw it again last night, and it still hasn’t lost it’s magic for me. It seems every time I see it, I notice something new. What’s sad is that this is my fourth time, and I’m still thinking “ok, who else can I come see this with?”
Anne and I are both willing to go again
Just some trivia – I haven’t read the book (but plan to) but the origins of both Scarecrow and Tin Man contradict the original Wizard of Oz book.
[...] I mentioned my love for Wicked? I’m sure it’s come up once or twice in this blog since I’ve now seen it an obsessive six times. I took Donald to see it [...]