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Dec 06, 2006 06:58

I won the Wicked lottery last night :) First time out for it in TO and I was the 4th person called :) I think it was mostly due to the fact neither Jessica or I was particularly dying to win, competitively we did (damn did I want my button) but I had so many other things to do that I wasn't overly concerned about winning. One guy there lost his ( Read more... )

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ozma914 December 7 2006, 08:27:27 UTC

Congrats on winning the tickets! I'd love to see Wicked -- being a huge Oz fan anyway, plus loving the book, it sounds like a great show.

elizalavelle December 7 2006, 11:17:45 UTC

The musical isn't a lot like the book, it's much more upbeat. But I love it just the same, and yes, it's Oz, ergo I was pretty much guaranteed to enjoy it :)

I didn't win free tickets, just the chance to buy cheap tickets, $25 for box seats here, most other theatres will do the front row but Mirvish (our theatre company) really doesn't like the whole rush/lotto scene I don't think.

ozma914 December 8 2006, 00:34:19 UTC

Well, $25 is still pretty good for a visit to Oz. The tickets to my daughter's production of High School Musical were $10, which might seen reasonable for a high school production -- but if you saw the quality of the show they put on, you'd agree that was quite a bargain, too.

You've answered a question I've had ... it seemed to me a musical version of "Wicked" would just *have* to be more upbeat than the book. Being a fan of happy endings, I wasn't thrilled with how the book ended even though I knew it was pretty much inevitable.

elizalavelle December 8 2006, 04:12:35 UTC

I won't spoil the musical for you as to the ending but overall it's much more upbeat and simplistic than the book. The music is simple amazing as well :)

ozma914 December 8 2006, 08:10:08 UTC

I wonder how they'll do with a movie version? It's one of those things I hope for, yet fear.

elizalavelle December 8 2006, 11:30:38 UTC

I think that's a LOOOOOONG way off for now. There's been lots of talk about a movie being made but I think it'll be quite a while.

ozma914 December 8 2006, 11:36:26 UTC

Maybe they should put Joss Whedon in charge of the script. And Spielberg can direct!

elizalavelle December 8 2006, 11:37:39 UTC

I'd give it to Joss to direct as well, "written and directed by Joss Whedon" always work out reallllllly well.

Joss in charge ozma914 December 8 2006, 11:47:51 UTC

Okay ... problem solved.

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