{"id":1997,"date":"2012-12-19T21:37:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T04:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=1997"},"modified":"2012-12-19T21:40:36","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T04:40:36","slug":"wicked-at-the-fabulous-fox-theatre-musical-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/blog\/wicked-at-the-fabulous-fox-theatre-musical-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked at The Fabulous Fox Theatre \u2013 Musical Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wicked Musical is currently performing at The Fabulous Fox Theatre – St. Louis, MO<\/a><\/strong>. Based on the novel by Gregory Macguire, \u201cWicked\u201d is the back story of \u201cThe Wizard of Oz.\u201d Wicked musical play at The Fabulous Fox Theatre reviewed by Andrea Braun. Here is the review:<\/p>\n

The story begins with the birth of a bright green infant named Elphaba conceived in a one-night stand in which her apparently slutty mom slept with a man addicted to a colored substance he shared with her. So, okay, we don\u2019t start out with a woman being anything but a stereotype. As it happens, said woman is married to the Governor of Munchkinland (only he\u2019s not short) whom she does not love. Still, they conceive another daughter, Nessarose, who is born early and damaged from the plant her husband forces upon the mom to ensure the child is not green. Well, she\u2019s not, but she\u2019s premature and has underdeveloped legs, and her mother dies, leaving Elphaba with only a green bottle to remember her by. <\/p>\n

We next see the sisters when their father drops them off at Shiz, a tony prep school for well-to-do children of powerful Ozians (Oz is an area divided into several different lands but all are under the control of the \u201cWonderful Wizard\u201d of Oz.) Elphaba is only sent to be a guardian to daddy\u2019s darling wheelchair-bound Nessa, but she displays her extraordinary powers early (she\u2019s like The Hulk: You really don\u2019t want to make her angry AND she\u2019s green). The headmistress, Madame Morrible, selects her for special training, a privilege the wealthy and spoiled Galinda assumed would be hers. Instead, the vapid blonde and the smart green girl end up roommates who move from \u201cloathing\u201d (\u201cWhat Is This Feeling\u201d) to BFFs fairly quickly (in musical terms, within two songs before\u201cPopular\u201d).<\/p>\n

Gregory Maguire\u2019s novel, Wicked, tells the story of the \u201cWicked Witch of the West\u201d before Dorothy blew into town, but the musical is quite different from its source material. Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Winnie Holzman (book) have created an entirely sympathetic Elphaba, a finally admirable Glinda (after she realizes her happiness is not the entire world\u2019s responsibility), and others who are good\u2014Fiyero, beloved of both Elphaba and Glinda, and Boq, a virtual slave to the nasty Nessa\u2014or bad\u2014Morrible, the Wizard. A talented singing and dancing chorus functions as Shiz students, citizens of Oz, palace guards, and those famous flying monkeys. It is a lovely looking show, leaning toward gears and a big clock and stylized costumes. It\u2019s essentially really elaborate Steampunk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the complete review {Via PLAYBACKstl.com<\/a>}<\/p>\n

Wicked will be in Saint Louis MO<\/a> through January 6, 2013. Buy Wicked The Fabulous Fox Theatre Tickets<\/a> Online \u2013 SAVE $10 when you spend $350+, Use code AFF$10.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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