Musicals That Made Me: Wicked

So for a couple of years, my love for musicals slowed down as far as I remember (with the only exception being High School Musical, which doesn’t really count because what 10 year old in 2006/2007 wasn’t obsessed with those movies?). But then a little show about a green witch came to London and that (along with my discovery of Les Mis a few years later) changed everything.

I’m sure that most of us had a ‘Wicked’ fangirl phase at one point – and mine came about before I’d even seen the show! I don’t remember how long Wicked had been on in London when I first listened to the soundtrack, but without even any context for the story, I knew it was special. And when I finally got to see the show a while later and understand the songs in context, it solidified Wicked’s place as my all-time favourite musical, a position it held until about 2015 when Hamilton started becoming a thing, but that’s another story.

There was just something about the shows’ heartwarming and heartbreaking story and the power of its music, which just got to me. I saw it twice and would listen to the soundtrack endlessly – I don’t even want to think about the damage I probably did to my hearing with the way I used to blast the last minute or so of Defying Gravity, over and over again on my iPod.

All in all, other musicals have been and gone, but Wicked will always hold a special place in my heart.

Are you a fan of Wicked? What musicals got you into musical theatre? Let me know in the comments!

Other articles in this series:

Mary Poppins – https://leeinthelights.wordpress.com/2019/01/13/musicals-that-made-me-mary-poppins/

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – https://leeinthelights.wordpress.com/2018/12/15/musicals-that-made-me-joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolour-dreamcoat/

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – https://leeinthelights.wordpress.com/2018/12/08/musicals-that-made-me-chitty-chitty-bang-bang/

And to read more about Wicked, go here: https://www.wickedthemusical.co.uk