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ShadowInTheWings
Tony Winner
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Location: Lost in a great forest
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Drats, I was there in February. Oh well, guess the moral of this story is not to lie about anything that is checkable. Meh. It just involves a few more lies to cover my butt.
Thanks much for the information, I really appreciate it.
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Salome
Broadway Legend / MdN Veteran
Joined: Fri Apr 18, 2003 11:07 pm
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The book could have made a wonderful musical..but in the hands of schwartz it falls apart. the score is lackluster wity the exception of a few songs ("wonderful", "wizard and I" "something bad" and "popular")
the musical style doesnt fit the piece at all.
in the hands of a better composer/lyricist like sondheim or jason robert brown the show could have been amazing.
plus why does anyone ike kristen cheoweth..her voice is grating and her actinf skills range from a to b.
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zoomer15
Young Hoofer
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:02 pm
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Location: little town in Pennsylvania
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Alright so I have wanted to see Wicked since june of '04 I'd say. So I fianlyl am getting to see the touring show IN Pittsburg in February! I am VERY excited! LIke VERY excited!! I think the music is great. I think with everythignI knwo about it its a good show.
Now my question...I don't get what some peopel hate about it? Could somone explain that to me and in a nice way. I have read the things on this thread on why people don't like it but I still am not completely getting it. So why don't you peopel like it?
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belleboi80
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Joined: Sat Jan 03, 2004 1:29 am
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can you imagine how different it would have been. I think he would of stuck more to the mood of the book
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piscesmoni
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Joined: Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:16 pm
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And with 1000x better music.
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what_the_heck013
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Most definitely. Agreed. Didn't think of that 'til you mentioned it, but you are right.
I actually think that Sondheim would be able to do it better because his music usually has that dark quality as in the book. JRB writes beautiful music, but judging on what of his I've heard (The Last Five Years), perhaps not for Wicked.
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Sweeney Todd
Young Hoofer
Joined: Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:31 pm
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WICKED wasn't too bad. I liked it. I haven't read the original book, though.
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Salome
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Last 5 years isnth the best piece to judge Brown's work. Listen to his masterpice "Parade'. and seE WHAT wONDERFULLY LAYED,DARK,BROODING, EMOTIONAL MUSIC he can create.
(damned caps lock. lol)
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Monsieur D'Arque
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Location: Maison des Lunes
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no. you want a flawed masterpiece? Jonathan Larson presents "WICKED."
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SCurran07
Young Hoofer
Joined: Tue May 24, 2005 10:02 am
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Location: Texas
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I think Wicked is an amazing show, and have now decided that if I ever get to play Galinda, my life will be complete.
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dana_c
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Location: FUNKYTOWN!
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what_the_heck013
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I would like to see Rogers and Hammerstein's Wicked.
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