Last weekend, over in London, I saw one of my very favouritest musicals on stage again. I may have mentioned my slight fondness for Wicked before, but what struck me this time was how much more there is to the musical than just the music. The songs are fabulous, and I love them, but there are so many moments and bits of dialogue and scenes that are just wonderful, and that provide a context for the songs to make them extra-shiveringly-wonderful when you see them on stage.
So, yes, obligatory YouTube video!
(I think ‘Defying Gravity’ is probably the most extraordinary one in terms of the set and special effects, but ‘For Good’ is just gorgeous.)
I also encountered The Tulip for the first time ever, which I was partly amazed and partly horrified by. It’s a wine glass shape, which is infinitely classier than normal plastic cups, and yes you can tell the difference, but it also has a yoghurt-style foil lid thing. Very odd experience, pulling such a thing off a surprisingly drinkable wine. The wonders of technology!
My wife and I saw Wicked in New York on our honeymoon. We both instantly fell in love with it.
It is marvellous. What a lovely thing to go see on honeymoon, too.
The tulip looks… odd. Don’t know if I said this before but am loving the new blog design!
It’s odd and really really bizarre to drink from, but I think I could get used to it (for concerts etc – not so much for the rest of the life). Once you get past the ‘is this a yoghurt?’ feeling…
(And thank you!)