WICKED - A Plot Twist to Your Childhood’s Wizard of Oz
The story Wizard of Oz is a fairly popular storybook my parents used to buy for me when I was a little girl.
For those of you who are not familiar with the story, it is about the journey home for Dorothy and her dog, Toto from being carried by a tornado to a faraway land, munchkin Country in the Land of Oz. In the story, Dorothy and Toto met with 3 new friends in their adventure to find their way home to Kansas.
I’m not much of a musical fan, let alone about a story which I last read when I was 5.
The show started with a shocking movement of the Dragon’s head moving and his eyes lighted red. A promising start so far...
As usual in a musical, music and singing are involved. During the first set I was only trying to grasp and make understand of the story that they are trying to tell with all that singing and dancing and background orchestral-like music.
It didn’t take me long before I begin to follow the story line and follow the whole musical. The main casts Good Witch Glinda and Wicked Witch of the West, or as we will know her later in the musical as Elphaba, has strong vocals each suitable for the character potrayed.
Good Witch Glinda has a pitch of a princess (try listening to her with your eyes close), which of course totally suits the whole performance.
Elphaba on the other hand has a lower pitch, much of like a rock ballad sound to it. If you were to watch her whole ensemble of the witch’s costume, you would think that it’s match made in heaven.
Wicked is the side plot of Wizard of Oz, stories that were never told. The transitions of the performance from one scene to another just hook you into the their magical history of the Good and Wicked Witch before the unfortunate storyline of childhood story as we know it.
My favourite pieces are no doubt, sang by Elphaba:
Wicked is a lyrical musical, with upbeat catchy tunes and subtle but hilarious comic.
While everyone else was awed and amazed by the casts and their performance, a very special thank you to those who worked hard in the back stage.
A standing ovation for the casts, and the musicians and conductor for a wonderful performance. Without the music, there will never be a musical! (Well unless it’s an acapella...)
Before I forget, special shoutout to my babygirl, Nursa for the neat treat!
A special thanks to our conductor and his band of very talented musicians!
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