Wicked

This weekend, I finally got to use the Wicked tickets that Brad gave me for Christmas!

We took the train up to NYC on Saturday afternoon and checked into our hotel at the Marriott Marquis Times Square and set off to Central Park. It was an absolutely perfect day in NYC, so it was totally packed in Central Park, but neither of us had ever explored the park before, so it was very cool to see. We didn’t get too far into the park because we didn’t want to get lost!!! I just wanted to see Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick and their son, but no such luck. Brad just laughed at me when I said that. I guess it’s not very likely that they would be in Central Park on the busiest day of the year so far.

Saturday night, we met up with Dawn and Keith (who live in Long Island) and Katie and John (who live on the upper east side) for dinner at a yummy Thai place. We haven’t been able to find good Thai around here, so it was great to be able to eat some quality Thai food. It was fun to hang out in the city with some folks we haven’t seen in quite a while!

Sunday, we were lazy in the morning and got up and got Starbucks for breakfast and then got ready and headed to Puelo’s Too for lunch before the show. It was fabulous! We had stuffed mushrooms to start, and for the main course, I had lasagna and Brad had Chicken Pesto. My lasagna was one of the best I have had! It was yummy!!!

We headed to the Gershwin Theatre (where Wicked was showing), and it is one of the nicer theatres. They of course had booths all over the place with things to buy, which were all very expensive of course, so we didn’t buy anything! The show was phenomenal!!!! It definitely deserves every last bit of the hype it has been getting. If you don’t know the story, it basically tells the story of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda, the good witch of the North. The first act was pretty much a prequel to when Dorothy landed in Oz, but the second half showed where the scarecrow, tin man and lion came from. The two actresses that played Elphaba (the wicked witch) and Glinda were fabulous singers, and the music was wonderful. There were also some funny parts in the show, and Carol Kane played the teacher of the school that Elphaba and Glinda were attending. Apparently, Ana Gasteymer (sp?) from SNL played Elphaba in the original Broadway cast, but the current actress is awesome! I would definitely recommend seeing this show if it comes to a theater near you, or head to Broadway if you can. It is absolutely one of the best shows I have ever seen. And Brad liked it too! (And he’s not usually much for the musicals!)