I Saw...

and it was AWESOME!!!! Yesterday I went and saw Wicked with Annaliese and Heidi, someone I met through Annaliese. I really didn't know much about this musical, but I have just known for a long time that I REALLY wanted to see it, so when tickets went on sale last fall, I did not stop bugging Annaliese until we had tickets. Then the problem is the long wait before you actually get to go see it. Well, it was worth the wait. I haven't seen an incredible amount of Broadway shows, but I have seen a few very good ones like The Lion King and Mamma Mia--even High School Musical was incredibly entertaining, but Wicked was, in the words of some annoying Bostonian portrayed on Saturday Night Live, "wicked awesome!" The set was AHHHMazing and the acting and singing were just incredible. At first, I was bummed because the understudy was playing Glinda the Good Witch, and somehow I felt cheated--like I wasn't going to get the best I could get. But if she was the understudy, then I couldn't imagine how good the main person playing the role is. Actually I did YouTube and watched the main gal, and I actually preferred the gal we had. It is an amazing story, which gives a whole new meaning to The Wizard of Oz. I will never watch that movie the same again. If you get the chance to see this show, I HIGHLY recommend it. In fact, I am thinking about making Dale go see it with me again when it goes to Seattle in September. I worry about seeing things a second time though, because can it live up to my high expectations a second time around? We'll see what happens.