By Morgan Armstrong and Charlotte O'Hara
Recently, the hit musical Wicked was performed at the Sunderland Empire and I was lucky enough to see the fascinating untold story of the witches who occupied Oz.
The famous musical Wicked first began all the way back in 2003 on the 10th of June, and is based on the novel ‘Wicked : The Life And Times Of The Wicked Witch Of The West’ by Gregory Maguire. The first cast member to play Elphaba was Idina Menzel in San Francisco, but the first one to play Elphaba in the UK/IRE tour was Nikki Davis-Jones.The original person to play Glinda was Kristin Chenoweth in San Francisco and for the UK tour it was Emily Tierney.The original cast album won a Grammy Award and the original production won three Tony Awards and six Drama Desk Awards.
The play is about a girl called Elphaba, who is misunderstood, smart and fiery and also has emerald-green skin. She grows up to become the notorious Wicked Witch of the West, who most people know as the villainous witch from The Wizard Of Oz who opposed Dorothy. The other main protagonist is Galinda, the beautiful, blonde, popular witch who grows up to become Glinda the Good Witch of the South who also makes an appearance in The Wizard Of Oz and is the opposite of Elphaba and helps Dorothy Gale on her journey to Emerald City.
Recently, the hit musical Wicked was performed at the Sunderland Empire and I was lucky enough to see the fascinating untold story of the witches who occupied Oz. When I arrived at the Empire, there was a long queue outside the entrances double doors. When I got in the cosy theatre, I went to the merchandise stand and bought a spell book which was a collectors piece. When we are all seated, 10 minutes after the band started to play and the curtains opened. The scenery was beautiful. In Act 1, there was humours parts and in act 2 there was some melancholy sections in the musical that made the crowd have empathy for the protagonists. The cast’s singing was impeccable from the beginning to the end. This musical lives up to the hype around it and I strongly recommend it to people of all ages as it is definitely worth going to see.The next performance in the UK is unfortunately no longer in the north east but down south in Southampton.
Overall, the performance was outstanding and was highly recommendable.
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