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Wicked Chicago Tickets - Wicked The
Musical - Wicked Chicago
Wicked
Chicago tells the story of Elphaba, the future
Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with
Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. Their friendship
struggles through their opposing personalities and
viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, their
reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and,
ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. The plot
is set mostly prior to Dorothy's arrival from Kansas,
and also includes several references to well-known
scenes and dialogue in .Wicked Tickets Chicago
Day-Of-Performance Drawing Gives Fans a Chance to See WICKED for Only $25
See WICKED TICKETS from the front two rows for $25. The drawing will take place
Tuesdays through Fridays at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts,
Oriental Theatre box office and Saturdays & Sundays at the Borders Books and
Music, located adjacent to the theater at 150 N. State St.
Entry forms will be available Wicked Tickets Chicago on the day of the performance at the specified
drawing location during regular business hours. Two hours prior to each
performance 10 names will be drawn, totaling 20 seats. The names drawn will
have the opportunity to purchase one or two tickets at $25 each. You must be
present and cash and photo-ID are required. See entry station for complete
rules.
Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One,
born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other
is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two unlikely friends end
up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the
most spellbinding new musical in years.
"THE BEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR. If every musical had the brain, the heart
and the courage of WICKED, Broadway would be a more magical place."
-Time Magazine
Chicago finally
has its own "Wicked," and this
production is second to none. Forget
about booking a trip to the Big Apple. A
better production of this show is
playing nightly in your own backyard.
The "Wicked" at the Ford Center/Oriental
Theatre offers up a cauldron of powerful
mojo thanks to its two leading ladies,
"Saturday Night Live" alumna Ana
Gasteyer and Broadway up-and-comer Kate
Reinders. The two share a chemistry that
was missing from the recent touring
production.
The show -- which officially began its
open run Wednesday -- follows the lives
and loves of the witches of Oz, namely
the tragic green-skinned Elphaba (Gasteyer;
whose character will go on to become the
Wicked Witch of the West) and the
popular but ditzy Galinda (Reinders,
whose character will drop the first "a"
in her name later to become Glinda the
Good Witch). The pair begin as foes, end
up as friends and eventually cross paths
with the Wizard of Oz. Elphaba becomes
Public Enemy No. 1, while Glinda chooses
to work for the guy. Their individual
choices fracture their friendship,
setting up a rivalry that will spill
over into both Frank L. Baum's original
book and the MGM musical.
"It's not a lie -- Wicked
Tickets Chicago it's just a different
way of looking at things" is a bit of
dialogue spoken twice in the show, and
it serves as its thesis. This is the Oz
you know with the camera firmly on the
Wicked Witch of the West, not some
Kansas farm girl. The intention here
isn't to invalidate what you've come to
know and love from the Oz myths, but
rather expand on it.
An Elphaba you can believe Gasteyer's
performance is a triumph, better than
the Elphabas in both the original
Broadway cast and the touring company.
No disrespect to Idina Menzel's
Tony-winning turn in the role or to the
terrific stage workin
Wicked New York by Stephanie J.
Block (the tour's Elphaba), but both
began every song firmly in Ethel Merman
belting mode. Such "American Idol"
antics might bowl over an audience but
do very little in terms of developing a
believable character or advancing a
plot.
That's not to say Gasteyer can't sing --
Wicked Tickets Chicago she can go note for note with the best.
But she starts her songs in a quieter
place so the tunes actually build and go
somewhere. Whether this is an artistic
choice or an actor's desire to preserve
the pipes doesn't matter. At the end of
Act One, as Gasteyer towers above the
audience "Defying Gravity," you believe
her character has come into her own
because you've witnessed the journey
from an awkward and unpopular girl to a
powerful force to be reckoned with both
visually and vocally.
We also see a glimmer of Elphaba's
"wickedness" a little bit earlier as
Gasteyer goes toe-to-toe with
Wicked Tickets Chicago Reinders
in the song "What Is This Feeling?" that
has the odd-couple roommates pitted
against each other. By the end of the
first act, when Gasteyer sings "And
nobody in all of Oz/no wizard that there
is or was/is ever going to bring me
down," we see a Wicked Witch of the West
that's congruent with both book and film
(though she's gained our sympathy and
allegiance in the process).
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