"Wicked" is the story of what happened in Oz before Dorothy dropped in. It is the story of Elphaba, who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, and Galinda, who becomes Glinda the Good Witch. They were actually friends when they were at school.
It focuses on how we judge people, often based on how they look. Elphaba was green and therefore perceived as different, and later Wicked. It shows how easily people are led to believe something, when in actuality they haven't taken the time to understand.
It is the story of good friends, and the choices that they made, and how those choices ultimately affected their entire lives. It is about love, and the loss of love and what that can do to us. It is also the story of the power of true friendship.
It is about trying your hardest to do good for people you love and having those actions be misunderstood. It is also about the pain that that can cause.
The show is brilliantly written. Watch for numerous plays on words and how they relate the the OZ story that we already know. It shows us who the characters who befriend Dorothy were and how they came to be who they were. It is a dark show and there is a bit of mild sexual content in the form of the birth of Elphaba in the beginning of the show and a steamy love song later on. In spite of some of the dark content is is a wickedly funny show...pardon the pun.....and will have you laughing one minute and crying the next.
It has become one of my all time favorite shows and the last song has become a theme song of mine. If you can get tickets....run don't walk and see if you can learn to "Defy Gravity!"
Linda
