I've read it! I love Gregory Maguire. His style is very eloquent and precise, and completely unique to him. I've also read Wicked and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and I adored them both. He has a real talent for taking a well known tale and turning it on its head. I've never looked at the Wizard of Oz or Cinderella the same way since I've read his books.
I've read the book and seen the show several times. The book is very different to the show - it's much darker. It focuses on the politics and role of religion in Oz as well as the life of Elphaba/The Wicked Witch of the West. I cried several times throughout the course of the novel, and at the end was sobbing loads.
The show is a bit lighter, and it focuses more on the relationship between Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West. It has a very different ending to te book, but that ending works for the show. It has great performers,sets, lighting and music. It's a great show.
I've read the book and seen the show several times. The book is very different to the show - it's much darker. It focuses on the politics and role of religion in Oz as well as the life of Elphaba/The Wicked Witch of the West. I cried several times throughout the course of the novel, and at the end was sobbing loads.
The show is a bit lighter, and it focuses more on the relationship between Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West. It has a very different ending to te book, but that ending works for the show. It has great performers,sets, lighting and music. It's a great show.
Thanks Mnemosyne! I've got the novel now...going to book tickets to see the show soon!
I read Wicked approx 12 months before we saw the show. We saw it on Broadway last November but are now planning to see it in the Uk too. I adore the soundtrack having bought that long before we saw the show.
Although I didn't cry at the book I was sobbing at the end of the show (as I didn't know the show ending was different to the book). And the song For Good also gives me a lump in my throat.
I find Maguires writing so descriptive that it greats such great images in your mind as you are reading.
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The show is a bit lighter, and it focuses more on the relationship between Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West. It has a very different ending to te book, but that ending works for the show. It has great performers,sets, lighting and music. It's a great show.
Thanks Mnemosyne! I've got the novel now...going to book tickets to see the show soon!
Can't wait!
Although I didn't cry at the book I was sobbing at the end of the show (as I didn't know the show ending was different to the book). And the song For Good also gives me a lump in my throat.
I find Maguires writing so descriptive that it greats such great images in your mind as you are reading.