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“Wicked” – ASU Gammage

This review aired on KBAQ August 31, 2015

SPLASHY AND DELIGHTFUL “WICKED” ENTERTAINS AT ASU GAMMAGE

“WICKED”

Broadway Across America – Arizona, ASU Gammage

Tempe, AZ

Although dreadful weather greeted Thursday’s press opening for the fourth local return of “Wicked,” the splashy and lavishly elaborate popular musical at ASU Gammage is a Broadway caliber production that made the audience forget the rain as it sparked the lusty commotion necessary to create a thoroughly delightful telling of “The Wizard of Oz’s” pre-story.

As is the case with most Broadway musical tours that stop here, the original Broadway production and its stars influence each road production but this pristine … Continue Reading