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The story behind the Wicked Witch of the West, Wicked. It is all about Elphaba who was born green and had to deal with the challenges that entails. We also learn of the very perky blonde, Galinda, who later becomes Glinda, the Good. Most of the play is set during thier teen years, which I loved. My favorite songs were “Popular” and “Defying Gravity.”

My thoughts on the play. Well.. First it was a bit slow, but there is a lot of info they were trying to get out. I giggled at Galinda’s querkiness. They made the most of her “blondeness.” Elphaba was a great character and the actress did a fabulous job! The ending of the first act was amazing! I got chills! We then had a short 15 minute break and went into Act two.. which was disappointing. Honestly I wanted more! I didn’t like how there were inconsistencies between the play and the movie. I didn’t like the ending.

Overall, the cast did a fantastic job! The music was wonderful and the dancing was superb! I told Max that I would have been happy if the end of Act One was the ending.. so Act two was disappointing. We did go out and buy the soundtrack which has the original Broadway singers on it. I also watched some clips I found on y**t*be.. and we actually got the better cast (it is actually annoying..lol) when it comes to singing and dancing!!