{"id":77,"date":"2009-09-07T21:42:58","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T01:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=77"},"modified":"2009-09-07T21:42:58","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T01:42:58","slug":"the-witches-return-to-the-paramount-in-wicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/blog\/the-witches-return-to-the-paramount-in-wicked\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witches Return to the Paramount in WICKED"},"content":{"rendered":"

The touring production of “Wicked”<\/a> has returned to Seattle’s Paramount Theatre<\/a>.\u00a0 And for those of you that weren’t able to catch it last time around during it’s all too brief two week run, now is your chance to rush out and catch one of the juggernauts of current Broadway.
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\nNow for those that have never seen the show, you are in for an incredible journey.\u00a0 And for those that have seen it, indulge yourself in revisiting a great time.\u00a0 And then for those that are not familiar with this show, what rock have you been under?\u00a0 Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire<\/a>, with book by Winnie Holzman<\/a> and music and lyrics by the incomparable Stephen Schwartz<\/a> (creator or “Godspell” and Pippin”), the musical of “Wicked” tells Maguire’s vision of what happened before Dorothy landed in the magical land of Oz and exactly how the Wicked Witch of the West got the way she was during L. Frank Baum<\/a>‘s classic “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”.\u00a0 And based on this account, the witch was a very misunderstood person.\u00a0 And the Wizard?\u00a0 Well, maybe not so wonderful.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the stand outs here are of course our two leads.\u00a0 <\/a>Chandra Lee<\/a> Schwartz as Glinda and Donna Vivino<\/a> as Elphaba both shine as the two unlikely friends.\u00a0 They both have incredible voices and keep these outrageous characters fascinating and yet still very grounded in reality.\u00a0 Vivino makes Elphaba amazingly sympathetic and Schwartz’s bubbly, vapid Glinda still manages to break your heart as her perfect world has it’s cracks shown to her.\u00a0 Both actresses prove why these touring shows are better off cast with veteran musical theater performers instead of the stunt casting that is so often forced upon us.\u00a0 It’s hard to imagine that we would have had as enjoyable a show if the witches were played by members of the cast of “The O.C.” or the latest “American Idol” runner up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Add into this wonderful choreography, vibrant sets and costumes and a lighting design that pushes all the right buttons and you cannot help but have a great time.\u00a0 So do yourself a favor and catch one of the most solid and best musicals of the contemporary theater scene before another tick of the Time Dragon Clock goes by.<\/p>\n

“Wicked” plays at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre through October 4th<\/sup>.\u00a0 For more information or to purchase tickets visit online at Wicked , Paramount Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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