Wicked

Wicked Kennedy Center

The link to the Washington Post review is on the site, and it is well worth reading.

As always, I judge shows and movies by the way they make me feel. If I pay money to be entertained, I like to feel good afterward, and this show did not let me down. I thought the show was very good -- not exceptional, but very good. It is a musical, of course, and it is really for children, but it was very good. Of course, the staging at the Kennedy Center is always overwhelming. The sets are incredible, and they add a lot to the feeling of the performance. This show was about a little girl who was different from the other little girls, so she was scorned and told she was a witch. The show is all about her trials and tribulations as she grew up different from the other little girls. Not pretty like them. But with a very loving heart, who wanted to help animals and people who needed help. The show was a contrast between her and the pretty girl who had all the friends and the wonderful boyfriend, just because she was pretty. But the ugly girl befriended the pretty girl, despite the mean things the pretty girl did, and in the end, the handsome boyfriend went with the ugly girl with the wonderful heart, rather than the pretty girl who was selfish. So it ended well. The place was filled with children, especially little girls, and they loved it. The music was good, but not memorable. Stephanie Block, who plays Elphaba, the "witch", had a wonderful voice; she was incredible. All in all, a very good performance of a children's story.