even the meanest nastiest new york theatre gays in my life have had nothing but good things to say about jon chu’s wicked. that alone should have brought me comfort but for some reason i felt scared? i don’t know why. i am someone who never really Loved wicked and from frame 1 was obsessed with cats. to be fair, not even james corden could ruin my love for any iteration of andrew lloyd webber’s greatest work! REGARDLESS, i knew two things: that i would be seated for wicked and that i needed it to be good.
it is not good. it is incredible. cynthia thee erivo!!! jonathan thee bailey1! bowen thee yang! michelle yeoh was perfect and terrifying. glinda and nessa rose have always been deadbeat SCUM to me but the actresses portraying them did excellent work. and speaking of scum…
jeff goldblum is to wicked as ansel elgort was to west side story. except for some reason jeff was on the frontlines of the billion dollar press tour. even if you forget ALL of the stories people have of him and how …
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