Has anyone seen the musical Wicked? West end or Broadway or other? ..?

I have seen Wicked twice. If you have read the book, you might be a bit disappointed because they are WORLDS apart. The book is really dark and graphic, and the musical is all happy and peppy. If you haven't read the book, then I suppose you won't go in with any expectations and will probably enjoy it more than I did.

Once I got over my initial disappointment that the story was quite a bit different from the book, I really did enjoy it. On your WIDE spectrum between Les Mis and Avenue Q (I enjoyed both as well), Wicked falls neatly in the middle. It has a "serious" message to it, but it is mostly fun and happy endings. There is a lot of dancing, a lot of puns and jokes about the Wizard of Oz, and of course a love story. The music is good, mostly fun stuff, but there are some deeper numbers in there, such as "Defying Gravity" and "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished."

In my opinion, well worth the cost of the ticket, and if you're still not sure there are illegal clips up on Youtube. ;)