SHOWS: Wicked

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I bet it is entertaining.

My 9 yr old’s GS troop is going to do that with their money they earned from cookie sales. That took the cake as far as I am concerned with the priorities of my daughter’s troop and we just quit.

I didn;t want to deal with the 3 hr drive there and then back… so it is partly that… but the priorities of where we do put our energies and money… in what cultural things we show our kids…
I think there are many better choices and since my money is limited as well as my energy… we do things like what we did last night…country dancing… families were there with their kids, it was free!
the first hour was the kids band… then the adult live band… dances with a caller. the kids did 2 dances with me then watched while I did a more complicated one with the adults, we had a ball!
I feel lucky!
so much on tv is promoting witchcraft, it is just irritating and not good for kids.
 
lidiapurple said:
The Musical was extremely entertaining, I loved it. I was however quite dissapointed to hear about the book’s author. Here is a quote from Gregory Mcquire I read at UASTODAY.COM

“I’m a father of three young kids, a practicing Catholic, a registered voter who does vote, a taxpayer, a volunteer on boards of local charities, etc. Yet I am also an openly gay married man, a critic of the current administration, an occasional public dissenter about Vatican policy and practices.”:confused:
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Agreed. I loved the musical, liked the book (which I read first). I loved the story in the book for the way it took The Wizard of Oz story to the next level, but felt very uncomfortable with the sexual content of the book. It didn’t ruin it for me, but it’s not a book I would recommend to anyone only for that reason. I would tell them leave the book, go see the Musical.

The author is the 2nd reason I am uncomfortable with admitting I love this story. It almost feels like condoning him, although I know it’s not. 🤷

That said, my husband and I saw the musical in Cleveland last year and both loved it and have tickets for our hometown showing in October. I can’t wait to see it again, and my husband encouraged me to buy the tickets for the 2nd show (fancy that, a guy who I had to drag there the first time 😃 ). It’s a great experience and I highly recommend it. And aside from the 60 seconds toward the beginning where they are explaining Elphaba’a entrance into this world and how she was the child of an affair, it’s safe for children. 👍
 
I went to see it in Chicago while traveling w/ my aunt and cousins. My one cousin is a huge fan of Wizard of Oz and insisted we go to see it. It meant so much to her that I reluctantly agreed to go. I went in with the feeling that I would rather have spent my money elsewhere. I left thinking it was worth every penny. I was blown away at the performances and the vocals. I enjoyed every minute of it.
 
Didn’t care much at all for the book. There are better reads out there. My wife didn’t, either, but went to the show and liked the show quite a bit, noting that it’s different from the book.

Better entertainment options exist. Nice green face ads, though.🙂
 
Has anyone seen the musical, “Wicked”? I would like to know if there is anything objectionable, off-color, etc. about the script which would be offensive. I am thinking of taking a religious Sister to see it if it is perfectly innocent. (I think that the “Wizard of Oz” was, so I am not looking for debates about stories that include witches - just whether or not the dialogue etc. is “clean”.) Thanks for your feed-back!
 
It is not ‘Wicked’ at all!! I went to go and see it with my 10 year old little brother and I would take him to see it again no problem. It is basically the beginning of the story of the Wizard of Oz, as you know I’m sure :), the only thing that might be found offensive, is a couple of lines in one of the songs explaining Elphaba’s green skin, which refer (not too rudely I must admit), to the promiscuity of her mother. It is much ‘cleaner’ so to speak, than the book if that’s what has made you worried. 🙂
 
Everyone I know who has seen Wicked has loved it. It’s wonderfully creative.

Lots of good lessons about friendship.

The only reason it’s called “wicked” is because of the Wicked Witch of the West, who is the protagonist in the musical.

My only problem with the musical is that every song seems to be a blockbuster, a huge production number. I like more balance between production numbers and ballads. It’s exhausting.
 
don’t know about the musical but the premise of the book is definitely over the edge for me, while I enjoyed some of his other retellings of fairy tales from the point of view of the victim, this one was just plain nasty and wicked from page one.
 
Karoline said:
It is not ‘Wicked’ at all!! I went to go and see it with my 10 year old little brother and I would take him to see it again no problem. It is basically the beginning of the story of the Wizard of Oz, as you know I’m sure :), the only thing that might be found offensive, is a couple of lines in one of the songs explaining Elphaba’s green skin, which refer (not too rudely I must admit), to the promiscuity of her mother. It is much ‘cleaner’ so to speak, than the book if that’s what has made you worried. 🙂
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Yes, I do know the premise, but I never read the book either, which is why I am asking. Thanks for the “heads up” about the song.
 
Cat said:
Everyone I know who has seen Wicked has loved it. It’s wonderfully creative.

Lots of good lessons about friendship.

The only reason it’s called “wicked” is because of the Wicked Witch of the West, who is the protagonist in the musical.

My only problem with the musical is that every song seems to be a blockbuster, a huge production number. I like more balance between production numbers and ballads. It’s exhausting.
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That’s encouraging to hear. But I think I know what you mean about the big production numbers. They can be overwhelming - especially if you sit near the stage. (However, considering the cost of tickets, I doubt we would be doing that.)🙂
 
puzzleannie said:
don’t know about the musical but the premise of the book is definitely over the edge for me, while I enjoyed some of his other retellings of fairy tales from the point of view of the victim, this one was just plain nasty and wicked from page one.
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Whoa! Really? Since I haven’t read the book, could you please explain a bit more? It sounds as if others think the musical is acceptable. So what has been changed, would you think? What about the book was “nasty and wicked”? I would like to know because that alone may cast a shadow on the musical for us. If the book is truly offensive in some way and the musical pays royalties to the author of the book, then that may not be acceptable.
 
To the OP–do you have a choice of other musicals or plays in your city? If so, what are the other choices? Maybe we can all toss in our vote for the Best Choice for a guest.

I’ll stick with my original assessment of Wicked. My daughters both love it. One of my daughters is a professional stage manager, and she loves it. To get an idea of what my daughters’ taste in musicals is–both of them hate the musical Grease and find it very offensive. But they like Wicked. I’m interested, too, in hearing puzzleannie’s critique of the story.
 
K_C said:
Has anyone seen the musical, “Wicked”? I would like to know if there is anything objectionable, off-color, etc. about the script which would be offensive. I am thinking of taking a religious Sister to see it if it is perfectly innocent. (I think that the “Wizard of Oz” was, so I am not looking for debates about stories that include witches - just whether or not the dialogue etc. is “clean”.) Thanks for your feed-back!
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Fabulous musical imho.

The book is very different, and much less enjoyable to me. Rare, but in this instance I found the play much better than the book.

Nothing offensive either way.
 
kage_ar said:
I also read the book - it was an R rated book for some of the sexual content.
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ooh book was horrible to me…

i’m no one to say that because I can’t write

but just in my opinion…it was too sexual and there wasn’t much action and it was to stretched out
 
Cat said:
To the OP–do you have a choice of other musicals or plays in your city? If so, what are the other choices? Maybe we can all toss in our vote for the Best Choice for a guest.

I’ll stick with my original assessment of Wicked. My daughters both love it. One of my daughters is a professional stage manager, and she loves it. To get an idea of what my daughters’ taste in musicals is–both of them hate the musical Grease and find it very offensive. But they like Wicked. I’m interested, too, in hearing puzzleannie’s critique of the story.
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my favorite is Phantom of the Opera and Mary Poppins
 
I love WICKED the musical!!! Seen it 29 times. My Mother and I go as often as we can.
The book is way to intense and sexual for me, but the musical is VERY family friendly and light hearted.
I would say your best bets are WICKED or MARY POPPINS. They are appropriate for ages 4 to 104 😉
 
Just check out my screen name!! Ha ha. I think of the lyrics of For Good as my reconciling with our Lord. “you’ll be with me, like a handprint on my heart.”
 
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