Wicked!!

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So, January 9th I spent half a day in NY to see the Broadway production of Wicked. For those who don't know this show, it's based off a novel by Gregory Maguire. In a nutshell, see the subtitle of the novel: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Kind of says it all, doesn't it?

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Wow, hella trip m'dear. I want to see Wicked too!!! Grrr

Anyway, your point about the criticism of the new/old version is this weird actress thing. I've talked with actors/actresses trying to go pro, and they are - pardon the obviousness of this sentence - complete frigging dramaqueens.

I quite literally spoke with a girl on a train once who explained to me in huge detail as to why everytime a Hollywood famous person gets an acting gig, it kills the show forever. How the first person to portray a role is the outline for all future people playing the role.

It's enough to drive you batty enough to not want to deal with theatre people. =)

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Yeah, exactly. Of course, as I was reading this, I was listening to said sister-theater person tell me about how she's planning on furthering her acting career... I think I'm going to have to start limiting being in the same theater with her only when she's performing.

Though her friend definitely even better fits the dramaqueen image.. and you know how bad my sister can be. ;)

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Despite travails, I am still VERY JEALOUS, would like to see Wicked with Ms. Merzel as well, but alas she has married uber-hottie Taye Diggs, and is off to have lots of sex and babies with him. Can't say I'm that mad at her.

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*laughs* Actually, I didn't get to see much of her either. (See post soon to come.)

But she's also off to make the movie version of Rent. (She is their Maureen.) Looking VERY forward to that! And her replacement in Wicked is VERY good. :)