Wicked Broadway Theater Review
The hottest most sold out New York theater event in a long time,
the production of Wicked is selling out tickets, gaining fans
and driving internet ticket sales through the roof. Why? Why?
and i will ask again...why? well, the facinating story of the
original "Wizard Of Oz" is kept alive on Broadway, Wicked tells
the story well before Dorothy ever steps foot on the yellow
brick road, well before Kansas is even hit by a tornado and well
before Toto becomes a house hold name.
Wicked begins it's storyline well before any of these event, a
matter of fact it begins with the youth of what will become the
"Witches of Oz", focusing on how these two friends left school
and headed to the Emerald forest, how they met the Wizard and
how they seperated into two different directions, good and evil.
The characters really tell a deeper story of the American
concept of good and evil and how it relates into our society
today.
Winning the praises of critics and audiences alike, with a
somewhat weak musical score compared to other venues on the
famed Broadway theater distric in the heart of New York, what
you get here is the "prequel" the the original "Wizard of Oz"
which is facinating in itself. If you are a fan of the original,
then Wicked is a must see for you. The preoduction is enduring
great success at the Gershwin Theatre and will be running
through 2006.