OK people, you don't need me to tell you how incredible
Wicked is. The 2004 multiple Tony winner is currently the
9th longest running musical on Broadway (closing in on #8 pretty quickly), and I'm not even going to try to guess how many millions of people have seen it or how many billions of dollars it has grossed. It's a smash hit blockbuster by all accounts, but one that deserves every ounce of its success. No matter how many time I've seen it (six, if you're counting), it never fails to thrill and enchant me with it's larger than life set and costumes, endlessly singable score, and most of all, its beautiful message of friendship and standing up for what's right. So I'm not going to describe the show to you (I've done that twice before,
here and
here), or tell why you should see it while
it's in Minneapolis for a month, I'll just note a few things that struck me about seeing this particular production of the phenomenon known as
Wicked at this particular time.
