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About Wicked
This very entertaining if dangerously overstuffed musical tells the "true story" about how poor misunderstood Elphaba (Shoshanna Bean) became the Wicked Witch of the West, and how she and good witch Galinda (Jennifer Laura Thompson) were once best friends. Because it's this dynamic that gives the show its heart and soul, the production might actually have benefited from a little less spectacle. And while Stephen Schwartz's score is not up to the standards of his classics like Pippin or Godspell, it nonetheless includes such fine numbers as "Defying Gravity" and "For Good." Indeed, Wicked is a good show, just not a great one.
BY BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON
Visit the Site
http://www.wickedthemusical.com/
Cast
Shoshanna Bean (Elphaba), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Galinda), George Hearn (The Wizard), Carole Shelley (Madame Morrible), David Ayers (Fiyero), Jeffrey Kunken (Boq), Michele Federer (Nessarose), William Youmans (Doctor Dillamand)
Open/Close Dates
Opening 10/7/2003
Closing Open-ended
Box Office
212-307-4100
Theatre Info
Gershwin Theatre
222 West 51st St.
New York, NY 10019
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