The Best of Broadway

Wicked won’t be stay in SF, so HURRY & buy tickets soon.
I would MAYBE come to watch it again. Too $$$ for a starving college student to watch it more than once, especially for those ridiculous ticketmaster fees.
Buy the original 2003 Wicked Soundtrack, it’s GOOD & it’ll bring back memories of the show. I got a Wicked t-​shirt as a memento. Go support them, it’s a great show.

WICKED. That’s all you ever need to see.
WICKED. Witches who rock.
WICKED. Makes you want to sing along.
WICKED. The lights, the sound, the costumes.
WICKED. Now I want to perform!
My 2^nd time to see WICKED with my wicked Jr. Unilocalers in tow. The older one liked it, the younger one «shrugged». Sigh. Kiddo, I spent good $$ on those tickets, least you could’ve done was lie to me.
The music’s still as wonderful and the costumes even more exciting than the last time it was in town. Brighter lights and a perkier GA-​Linda who transforms to GLIN-​da at the end of the show. She was a tad too perky for my taste and neither she nor the Wicked Witch have the singing chops the original dynamic duo, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel have. They didn’t harmonize as well either but we had a sub for the green witch that day. Get the CD with the original pair if you want the music.
The stage props look better and the place looked like it was sold out to a less enthusiastic crowd than I last remembered. They were screaming the last time I saw it. Patty Duke didn’t look like Patty Duke under all that make-​up. I didn’t know she could sing, sort of. It was still 3 hrs of bliss. I would see it all over again!

The Best of Broadway presents national touring productions at three different theaters in San Francisco: the Curran Theatre, the Golden Gate Theatre, and the Orpheum Theatre. The productions are usually touring Broadway musicals and plays with the occasional «unique» production.
All three theaters are beautiful and offer a pretty good selection of shows (SF is lucky to have three, as most city’s only have one). As they are major venues, the production quality is typically extremely high, but the individual show’s quality varies based on what’s playing.
If you want to see fairly recent Broadway shows, these theaters are the place to see them (on tour) in San Francisco. Check out the New York Times and
to keep up with all the buzz.

I just got back from «Irving Berlin’s White Christmas». Wow, the costumes and décor is really beautiful and so colorful, giving you the warmth Christmas feeling. The music was pleasing to the ears and the tap dances were awesome! However, there seemed to be a problem with the sound system, sometimes the microphone were not switched on when it was supposed to be. Overall, it’s a really great family musical… it really gives me the Christmas spirit.

It hasn’t been the «best» for the past few years. Take this season, for example — the umpteenth run of «Les Miz,» a return visit for «Wicked» (which had its pre-​Broadway run here and got a major rewrite thanks to the local reviews), another production of «Stomp,» a revival of «Annie,» and a stage version of Irving Berlin’s holiday film, «White Christmas.» This is why I pick and choose among the options rather than subscribe. .. and why this year I’m choosing not to pick anything. Once in a while, why can’t the Best of Broadway be a non-​singing, non-​dancing, Tony Award-​winning play?

I saw Lennon last night this is a must see! Travis