So, we are excited to be going to a touring company production of Wicked next week. In preparation, we have been listening to the soundtrack in the car continuously. I thought I'd pick up a couple books, too, to provide some additional background. Both are 1 star reads for me.
Of course, the source material for the play is Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked. I know I read this about 10 years ago and didn't love it. I think I struggled through it. This time around I got about 1/3 through it and gave up. It's just kind of weird. I get the general gist of it all and I think that's all I need in order to enjoy the play.
I also found Wicked: A Musical Biography by Paul Laird. When I saw the title at the library, I thought it would be an illustrated discussion of the musical production. Oh, no....not at all. It is an exhaustive (and I mean exhaustive!) discussion of every facet (and I mean every facet) of getting the story to the stage. A lot of far too technical detail (and I mean technical) about the music which went waaaaay over my head. Skipped around a lot; I did pick up a few interesting tidbits, but for the most part this is only appropriate for the most devoted fan.
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