What can I say about Wicked that would make it seem as if it was "wickedly" entertaining.
It was. Still not the best musical I've seen in a while, but it was right up there with my top 5. I keep thinking, maybe if I hadn't seen it on Halloween it may not have been that memorable. Maybe. Or maybe if I had seen it on Broadway with the original cast of Idina Menzel, it would have made it even more memorable. Who knows? But either way that's the memory that will live on: seeing Wicked with a whole bunch of people dressed as witches and wizards, howling and clapping at the slightest twitch of the ghost or thud of thunder.
In addition, the music score was not that good to me. When I can't hum a single tune from the play after the play is over that means it was not that memorable. The acting and the script was much better, tighter script, easier to follow (compared to Les Miserables) and also quite humorous. Not at times, rather quite a bit. However, their set design was amazing; they spared no expense.
I just keep comparing it to the hilarious time I had watching Seven Brides, or the catchy songs on Mamma Mia, or the inspiring uplifting time I had with Women of Brewster Place and with all those, Wicked doesn't compare. But it was still wickedly entertaining.
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