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What the popular press said...

BEN BRENTLEY for NEW YORK TIMES says “'Wicked' does not, alas, speak hopefully for the future of the Broadway musical.”

HOWARD KISSEL for NEW YORK DAILY NEWS says “It's such a 'Wicked' waste of talent.”

ELYSA GARDNER for USA TODAY says “The most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical I've come across in a long time.”

LINDA WINER of NEWSDAY says "Overproduced, overblown, confusingly dark and laboriously ambitious jumble."

FRANK SCHECK for HOLLYWOOD REPORTER says, "Far too arch and sophisticated for children...lacks... sophistication and wit that would make it palatable for adults."

ROMA TORRE for NY1 says "The best thing about "Wicked" is its stars, whose talents cast a powerful spell."

MICHAEL KUCHWARA of ASSOCIATED PRESS says "Lavish, ambitious and problematic."


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Production Details
Venue: Gershwin Theatre
Genre: Musical
Previewed from 8 Oct 2003
Opened 30 Oct 2003
Written: Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Winnie Holzman, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire.
Directed: Joe Mantello
Choreography: James Lynn Abbott
Synopsis: Tells the story of how two school roommates from Oz, Elphaba who grows up to become the Wicked Witch of the West, and of her school roommate Glinda, who grows up to become the Good Witch
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