Last night, we went to see Wicked the musical to celebrate. "Celebrate what?" you ask. Two things. Something old and something new. This Thursday will mark the 1 year anniversary of Nathan and I being together.... 4-17-13. Monday was the 2 month mark in the countdown to our wedding.... 6-14-14. Celebration it is! Thankfully, there were no Predators games this week... ;) So, we decided to go see the broadway musical, "Wicked," which was touring in Nashville at TPAC.Wicked was the very first professional/semi-professional Broadway musical that I ever saw, which was in Chicago 6 years ago. Even after attending many other musicals, both professional/semi-professional, as well as community theatre productions, Wicked is still my favorite. I, by no means, am a musical theatre "expert," but I could, in some circles be considered a musical theatre "buff." So, let's just pretend that assumption is correct. These are the reasons that Wicked is the best musical that I have yet to see...
- It's easy to follow. This is important, because sometimes you may want to go see a theatre production with someone who doesn't really like theatre that much (to those people, I'll say, you are definitely missing out...). If you do decide to see a play with someone who isn't into the arts, or who isn't quite nerdy enough, or who gets bored easily, Wicked might be a good place to start. Since it's based off of the storyline of the Wizard of Oz, there are a lot of aspects that are easy to catch on to.
- Wicked is surprisingly funny to audiences who think theatre is boring. I am extremely familiar with the Wicked soundtrack, and though I had seen it before, I had forgotten how many hilarious one-liners are included in the script!
- The music is AMAZING. That's all I really have to say about that. If you want to make me cry, sing me some good harmony.
- Although there are no children characters, Wicked is very family friendly. I could have missed it, but I noticed there was absolutely no language, no nudity, and no sexual content. So, as far as taking your kids to see it? I say, go for it. If you can get past the fact that the whole plot line is about witches, then I would say it would be a great choice for a family date. Now... if you can't get over the whole magic thing.... don't even get me started... thats a completely different blog post.
Basically, I think everyone should see Wicked at least once, if not 40 times. But I would suggest anyone see any Broadway musical, because I've loved every one I've seen thus far.
