Not to toot my own horn… musically… wicked the musically…


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Okay, time for some interesting and self-reflexive news on Wicked the Musical. My StubHub blog, it would seem, is quickly becoming the definitive source of information in the blogosophere on Wicked the Musical. Crazy, no?

My first big hit occurred with the “Put on Your Own Wicked Production” post of December third. It peaked out, based on my searches, at #3 on blogsearch.google.com (a really great resource for independent news of any breed) under the search term “wicked the musical”. My following post from Dec. 6 (”Gregory McGuire’s Wicked Still a Bestseller!“) actually climbed up to #1 under the same search term and #2 under “wicked musical” on December 10. And, finally, my last two blogs have managed to make good on the growth and are, at the time of writing, numbers 1 and 3 under “wicked the musical,” and #3 under “wicked musical.”

That’s great news, because Google runs on cold numbers and the high ranking means that a lot of people are stopping by to see the news I’m pulling in from over the internet on the musical Wicked. And the reason none of my posts have been holding at number one is because of all the people contributing in their own blogs with information on the musical. The critics’ reviews are all fine and good, but the fans’ reviews that just do not stop coming are really the strength of the show. Nobody reads year-old NY Times articles. Unless they’re doing a search on “yellowcake” and “lies” and “orwellian”. Or checking out the backlist of Mr. Will Shortz’s brilliant crosswords. He really is a god.

But. I. Digress. On the note of populist theatergoing ethics, I might have a couple guests join us shortly, some fans whose blogs have certainly been something to look at. More to come.

Thanks for reading, everybody, and as always, fan-sold tickets are available on StubHub.com’s Wicked the Musical tickets forum, where hegemony-defying fans buy and sell tickets.

Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2006

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