Wicked live theatreassignment assignment

After confronting the Wizard and realizing that he is not as Wonderful as they were lead to believe, Elphaba flees with her newly aquired Grimmerie, a spell book. She uses this book to make a broom fly to aid in her escape. It is at this point that she recieves the imfamous title of Wicked after the Wizard announces that she has malicously deformed his pet monkey, even though she only successfully did what the Wizard asked and enabled Chistery, played by KC Fredericks, the Wizard’s pet monkey to fly.

After being chased by the Wizard’s guards and capturing Dorothy who is believed to kill Elphaba, we learn that Elphaba and Fiyero planned this trick all along to allow them to escape with out notice. The play ends with everyone believing that Elphaba is dead but the audience know that to be false. The acting and directing in this production were absolutely amazing, The audience was transported to Oz body and soul throughout the entire performance and at the close of the curtain reluctantly returned to reality.

Glinda’s (Tiffany Haas) dresses helped to show her self absorbtion and feminine charms. Elphaba’s (Anne Brummel) wardrobe of neutral color, blacks and greys, showed a desire to blend in and fade into the background. The orchestra, conducted by Adam Souza, were wonderful. They brought a wonderful musicality to the production. The technical aspects of a show, the lighting, set design, costuming, and music are the backbone of a production, without these things a show would not be able to stand on its own.

In this sense, the backbone of Wicked was very strong. If the opening night of Wicked at TPAC is a sign of what is to be expected for it’s stay in Nashville then this show not only exceeds expectations, it blows them out of the water. The audience on opening night was attentively clinging to the edges of their seats as they were welcomed into the world of Wicked and presented with the other side of the story about the so called “ wicked” witch of the west. The atmosphere of enjoyment was literally palpable.