Wicked is a story told from another point of view, of the famous move The Wizard of Oz. It's about the Wicked Witch of the West and how her story was involved. Her real name was Elphaba and she was not really evil.
I saw it online here the other day and WOAH! Was I blown away? (Yeah.. I was) It was such a magnificent show. There were so many special effects.
Have you ever seen the Wizard of Oz? Did you also think the Wicked Witch was evil? Well, you thought wrong. She was good. The wizard was evil and blamed all the bad things he caused on her. Elphaba runs away with the Grimmerie (spell book), Glinda (the good witch of the south) goes after her, pursued by the palace guards. She runs to the tallest tower, where they hear Madame Morrible declaring to Oz that Elphaba is a "Wicked Witch" and not to be trusted. Elphaba enchants a broomstick to fly and almost convinces Glinda to join her in her cause, but Glinda cannot resist the call of popularity as one of the Wizard's assistants, and refuses. Leaving Glinda behind and escaping the guards, Elphaba flies off towards the western sky, promising to fight the Wizard with all her power.
It's a really beautiful story. I always felt a weird sympathy for the Wicked With in the movie. Now watching the musical i finally understand why. The musical is filled with dance and great song numbers. When Elphaba runs and flies towards the western sky, she sings a song called Defying Gravity. It's amazing. And in the end of the number, she's being lifted of the stage and hangs singing in the air. I was spell bound.
If you have a chance to watch it, I would highly recommend it, cause it's the best musical I've ever seen.
It was funny when I started talking about it in school, and one of my friends, Kristine Woller (one of my followers), said that she had seen it live in London. Boy am I jealous!? I hope I can see it live on day or that they would make a DVD of the performance. Anyways.. I got to watch it somehow right?
I'm gonna go now, 'cause I have Biology.. so... Ding Dong the witch is dead!! (Not really) ;p
Love Christina! :)