A Review of "Wicked" on Broadway Through the Eyes of Children

The following was written by my daughter, Jade, age 11, and her friend, Stephanie, age 12.

Is your skin green? Does your mother drink a lot of green fluids? Then you know the beginning of the life of Elphaba. Get ready for a journey of twists and turns during Elphaba's roller coaster life. Elphaba's green skin caused loss of friends and gained enemies. How much longer would she be able to withstand this cruel lifestyle? She needed to put her green foot down and make it right. So she did. On her first day of college she met her future friend, Glinda. There's only one word to describe Glinda.......POPULAR. "You're gonna be popular. I'll teach you the proper ploys when you talk to boys, different ways to flirt and flounce. I'll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair, and soon you'll be popular, but not quite as popular as me." But sooner or later it was going to happen. Glinda turned against her. Elphaba couldn't take this insanity much longer! She ran away with her prince charming and became a malevolent, insolent person. If only they treated her with more respect. "Go away. You are no longer welcome here." It's true. Nobody really does mourn the wicked. Whatever happened to the witch of the west? One word........WICKED.

We thought it was a thriller! Unexpected openings and endings! A shocking story. We give it five stars. If only we had a newspaper. Wicked was wicked awesome, but just see for yourself.