Wicked

In the early hours of Saturday morning, I finished 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire. It was a book I could hardly put down during my last two weeks I've been reading it. It was utterly amazing, one of my favourite books I've ever read. I can't stop talking about it to anyone that wants to listen! It has alot of religious and political themes as well as the main one, "what makes a person evil". It tells the life of Elphaba (the wicked witch of the west) and was such a powerful book.
Saturday morning, was bright and sunny and Frannie, Steph, Sarah and I met at the Bronx Zoo! It was an okay zoo, good animals but not so good inclosures. We finished there at like 4 or 5 ish, and sat out the front for 30minutes talking to a cop who worked at the zoo. He was really nice and told us all what it was like working in the bronx, being on the force, and more.

Then I headed into the city alone. I walked up 5th to check out the disney store, then headed over to Magnolia's Bakery to get one of the best cupcakes on earth. I then had dinner and walked to the Gershwin theatre where 'Wicked' is performed. It was so exciting even walking in, it was a much bigger theatre then where Chicago was. There was Wicked staging in the hall, like a map and stuff from the book. I bought a program and then got shown my seat. I was in the FRONT ROW!!! I was furtherest to the left and my view was slightly obstructed, but it was still really cool to see it up front. The backdrops and props and costumes were so vibrant and bright! The songs - omg the songs are literally addictive. It is now Tuesday night, and I have listening to nothing but the Wicked Soundtrack, after I returned home from the musical on sat night.
It was interesting, because the musical and the book were very different. Do you know when you read a book, then see the movie, and they've changed alot of the characters, or plots, and combined things, and scrapped things and you sit there thinking, "NOOOO you're ruining it, what are you doing, stop stop!"
Well it was like that in regards to changing and scrapping alot, but I didn't sit their thinking no, i thought wow! It made so much sense in the musical to change what they did; and it didn't take away from the book, it just made it a new more interesting level of Oz. I can't stop talking about the musical or the book, and I am on such a WIcked high haha. I want to see it again, but it is so expensive :( $75 for the ticket plus the tax etc made it $90.

Sunday night was Frannie's farewell. All the aussie girls (sarah, steph, me, fran, emily, emma, jade, alissa, alice) met at our fav restaurant The Cheesecake Factory for our last meal together, then the four muskateers Fran, Steph, Sarah & me had our last night all together at our spot, the river. Very sad. I will miss her so much :(