week 28 ... kinda...

Day 03 - a picture of the cast from your favorite show (wicked)

I feel like I just need to repost my former post about Wicked in Chicago. But of course I won’t. …For some reason I feel compelled to explain why Les Mis did not make this week’s challenge. This is one of the perks of breaking this up into weeks rather than days – I get plenty of time to think about my responses. Lucky YOU!

Wicked Witch of the West and Mad Hatter - A delightful couple!

As incredible as the show was, it had no real chance to compare with what I had already envisioned in my head. I had been listening to the soundtrack my entire, ENTIRE life (it wasn’t just a phase), could sing along with every song and had read the book – unabridged – twice. Basically, I knew the story, there were no surprises. I’m not saying Les Miserables wasn’t INCREDIBLE because it was! I bawled like a baby throughout the whole thing. I fell in love with Eponine’s story all over again, was entranced by Valjean’s voice once more and was pleased that the Thenardiers’ still provided some comedic relief. Otherwise I would have been a COMPLETE basket case, not just a partial one. I feel horrible saying this but I’ve thought about it and it’s completely true, I enjoyed myself ever-so-slightly more during my first show with Wicked than I did with Les Miserables. But that does NOT mean that Les Mis is any less of an incredible experience.

With Wicked, it was the same story minus the reading part. I had, again, memorized the entire soundtrack years before I actually saw it but I hadn’t read the book so I only pieced together portions of the story from the music and mingled in my own imagination as well. And to my shock, their story line was better. Hmm, maybe that why I’m not a writer. Anyway, I highly recommend BOTH of these shows to anyone and everyone.