No, I haven't seen it. I will check it out Kat. Thanks so much.
Are you having fun? I'm so jealous.
I've seen Wicked twice. Once on Broadway and once in Toronto. Toronto was so "wow" because it was the first place it came after Broadway - and "wow" because we didn't grab it for an extended run. And your Chicago got it Kat. It came back but we could have supported it for years.
Anyway, Alphaba broke her leg just before opening - the night before - and they flew in Idina Menzel? I want to say Taye Diggs' wife - isn't that awful
- from NYC that night - for opening night.
I used to totally relate to "I'm not that Girl" - I actually started to cry the first time I heard/saw it - now forget it!!!!! I am that girl.
I"m kind of psyched that you and I love something similar because I'm such an emotional basketcase.
It's really nice here. Family is mostly behaving, too, which makes it nicer. I am vaguely sunburned but as I am pretty much the whitest person on the planet, no real surprise there!
I love love love Idina Menzel (who yes, is Taye Digg's wife). I think she has an amazing voice. And the little one, Kristin, love her too. I think their chemistry together is amazing.
I so want to see it, and am SO jealous that you have!!
And that song... I think that song is the theme song for this thread. Maybe I will find and post the lyrics below.
Kat,
Thank you so much. That was beautiful. Just beautiful.
It made me want to cry. So maybe I am an emotional basket case right there with ya.
Here is the song, For Good from Wicked.
(Glinda):
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba):
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
(Glinda):
Because I knew you
(Both):
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba):
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for
(Glinda):
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
(Both):
And none of it seems to matter anymore
(Glinda):
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
(Elphaba):
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood
(Both):
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
(Glinda):
And because I knew you...
(Elphaba):
Because I knew you...
(Both):
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good...
