Wicked

It was the perfect moment and day to go for Wicked, the musical, in the huge Apollo Victoria Theatre (capacity: 2,348).

To me the story is weak, too twisted. Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, happens to be the daughter of the Wizard; also, the lover of a handsome brainless brat or not that brainless at the end-which is turned into the Scarecrow later in the show-, sister of the Wicked Witch of the East, who is wicked, wicked, and who was in a wheel chair and end up with a faithful but too good boy, named Boq, who is almost killed by her -luckily, Elphaba will save his life by turning him into the heartless Tin Woodman later; Elphaba is also best friends with with G(a)-linda, the Good Witch of the North, who is not that, that good, but posh and shallow. Etc.

So on, it sounds too much, right? However, it does not really matter. Everything else is great, anyhow. The light, the sound, the dancing, the singing, the set, the interpretation, the dressing. Although the second act starts weak, the first one ends with an amazing performance, visually impressive: Defying Gravity. (The lift worked perfectly...). There are many elements and details that I enjoyed very much.

The big discovery has been Rachel Tucker, Elphaba. Excellent. Beautiful. Her accent in the show is very different from her accent in the video linked here; it is more standard and tempered and warm. Lovely speaking voice. Like it.

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