Wicked: a magical show

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love story, musical, postaday2013, theater, Wizard of Oz

It’s late, we just got back to our hotel from seeing Wicked at the recently renovated Boston Opera House, which I have to take a minute to say that my hubby’s company was the company charged with bringing back the Opera House to its former glory and what a tremendous job did they do, it is simply glorious to behold. I had heard excellent things about the play and my hubby and I were not disappointed, nor were our friends Shawn and Kelly. All of the actors were very seasoned theater performers, all the dancing was on point, toes hitting their mark, the synchronicity was flawless.

Now the two stars, Elfie the Wicked Witch and Glinda the Good, were wonderful. The actress who portrayed Glinda has quite the talent for comedic timing, she gave Glinda as much superficial depth that kept shy away from being over the top and just enough to make it charmingly funny. She toed that fine line brilliantly. Now the Wicked Witch was my favorite, her portrayal of flawed understanding of herself, her family and those others around her was poignant and heartfelt. I was rooting for her the entire time and the last song “No Good Deed goes Unpunished” was a show stopper.

There was even a love triangle between “Mister Perfect”, Glinda and Elfie and that gave even more heart and soul to the overall story of two friends, keeping their friendship despite being different, but perhaps not so different.

I and my hubby enjoyed it a lot and seeing it with our friends made for a great night out.

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Later tonight, my hubby and I will be going to the theater to see Wicked in Boston. It had been on Broadway in New York for many years and won many awards and much aclaim from the theater critics. Wicked is based on a book which predates the story of Dorothy's adventures in the Land of OZ. The story is set in the Land of OZ and features the friendhip of two young girls, each beautiful, strong and independent in their own right and it is through the lens of friendship that we see these two young friends grow and evolve into the Wicked Witch of the west and Glinda the Good Witch of the North.

Afterwards we plan to have dinner at one of the finer restaurants in Boston, Bistro du Midi. On our way East towards Boston, I was reading the menu to my hubby while he was driving, we were both salivating while I was reading down the menu, first the appetizers and then the main courses. There was mention of striped sea bass, beautiful sea scallops, pork belly, exotic vinaigrettes, baby vegetables, black olives, green picholine olives, hints of Lavender, Basil everywhere, there were foams, emulsions, and smoked pork jus. Our taste buds were intrigued, our brain cells were working in high gear trying to imagine how the ingredients would come together visually and tastefully.

If I were to be completely honest and here goes, going to the theater is all well and good but the true star of the evening in my opinion will be the Bistro. I am really looking forward to be excorted to the table, putting my napkin on my lap, giving my dinner order and tucking into each bite as it comes and savoring evrything that lands on my tongue. I can't wait.