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Wicked

I remember one day years and years ago, I was drinking a Starbucks caramel macchiato and perusing the new and notables shelf in a Chapters when I spotted a book that piqued my interest. Well...probably a lot of books did but this one sticks out in my memory. It was called Wicked and seemed to be a story on the Wizard of Oz from the viewpoint of the famous villain, the wicked witch of the West. I like that kind of thing so I purchased it and read it. If I'm being totally honest, I didn't really like the book. It was kind of confusing and odd. There was an interesting role reversal and a worthy cause to rally with as the reader but still it just didn't work for me. Years later I start hearing about a popular new Broadway show called Wicked and discovered that it's based on the book. As I mentioned before I didn't really like the book, but I do enjoy theatre so when an opportunity to see it came up this week, I took it. My friend Michelle and I got dressed up in our pretty semi-formal dresses and went and saw the show last night. I think they did a great job of taking the complex tale and making a more compact and interesting story which was complimented by the excellent music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. I would recommend it.

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