We went to see the musical Wicked on Sunday night at Fair Park Music Hall. It was AWESOME!!! Jacey and I both loved it. I love to see creativity and this is such a clever idea. It is the back story of the witches from The Wizard of Oz. You learn why Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) is green, why the shoes are so important to her, why the lion is cowardly, the scarecrow has no brain and the tin man has no heart, how and why the monkeys came to fly, and lots of other tidbits of information. I think Gregory Maguire is a creative genius and I will have to read some of his books. He has a sequel to Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (the book the musical is based on) entitled Son of A Witch and a book based on Cinderella called Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. We had to listen to the soundtrack on the way home from the dance studio lastnight so that Jacey could sing along with her favorite songs.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
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so how did the monkeys come to fly?
When Elphaba meets the Wizard, he gives her a book of spells in a forgotten language. He tells her that the monkey at the castle watches the birds all the time and wants to fly. She opens the book and is able to read a spell and the monkey grows wings. The twist is that the Wizard really wanted the monkeys to fly to be his spies.
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