MandySomething Wicked This Way Comes
October 28th 2009 01:42
Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other young girls were meeting their destinies in the land of Oz. One, the fair and beautiful, was named Galinda. The other was as green as a froggy, ferny cabbage, and her name was Elphaba. Wicked tells the story of their remarkable odyssey and how these two unlikely friends grew to become Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West.
Wicked itself has an odyssey to tell. The musical is based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel, which sold more than three-quarters of its four million copies only after the musical clobbered Broadway in 2003. Far from its humble beginnings in a tiny San Francisco auditorium, Wicked has made a concerted attempt to conquer the theatre-going world. It is estimated that seventeen million people across the globe have seen the eighteen million-dollar production. This year, Wicked celebrated its sixth year as Broadway’s centrepiece and has spawned eight international productions, with companies enjoying success in Tokyo, London, Germany, North America, and the newest stop on the yellow brick road, Sydney.
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Wicked itself has an odyssey to tell. The musical is based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel, which sold more than three-quarters of its four million copies only after the musical clobbered Broadway in 2003. Far from its humble beginnings in a tiny San Francisco auditorium, Wicked has made a concerted attempt to conquer the theatre-going world. It is estimated that seventeen million people across the globe have seen the eighteen million-dollar production. This year, Wicked celebrated its sixth year as Broadway’s centrepiece and has spawned eight international productions, with companies enjoying success in Tokyo, London, Germany, North America, and the newest stop on the yellow brick road, Sydney.
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