Bostonians have something “Wicked” good on their hands with smash hit musical

The smash hit Broadway musical “Wicked” has opened in Boston’s The Opera House, now through Nov. 11, and the crowds are loving it. In the past, the show - which has been almost five years in the running with a national tour that has been in theaters all over the world - has hit Boston theaters with great success and it looks like that will be the case the second time around for this Stephen Schwartz masterpiece, according to a review of the production published Sept. 28 on Broadway World’s Web site. The cast of the Boston production includes Victoria Matlock - previously in “The Full Monty,” “Evita” and “Jekyll and Hyde” - as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, alongside Christina DiCicco as Glinda, the Good Witch of the East.

In the review, written by Boston native and theater critic Jan Nargi, the two actresses are praised for their ability to lead Boston’s cast in this production “They bring their own sincere interpretations to roles that could (and have in the hands of some replacements) easily become superficial knock-offs of the originals.” The theater crew has also made The Opera House’s technical sound and light aspects of the show much more pleasant then ever before, according to Nargi. “The entire company, in fact, brings wonderful energy to this production,” Nargi wrote. “The emotional stakes have been raised higher than last year’s tour, making the dark aspects darker and the supporting characters more vigorously defined.”

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Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2007

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