wicked, the musical @ regent theatre

on friday night, we took the train from huntingdale station to flinders station in the city. we went to regent theatre on little collins street to watch the much acclaimed broadway musical ' wicked'. ivy has been waxing lyrical about this musical; according to her it is the best musical she has ever watched.

the tickets, which we had booked online, were priced at aus$112 each and these stall seats placed us somewhere in the middle of the theatre. we were the rare ones; all around us the rest of the audience comprised caucasian, aussies or otherwise.

in spite of the h1ni situation in melbourne, the performance was played to a full house. i would not say it was the best musical but i would say i enjoyed the performance. i had enjoyed les miserables and miss saigon (both musicals, i watched twice) more. i would even placed the phantom of the opera one notch above 'wicked'.


i stole a shot of the props in the theatre before the performance began. the regent theatre was built in 1929 and had undergone rebuilding at least three times. at one time the government wanted to tear down the building but it relented when the people protested. it would have been a real waste if the authorities had demolished this glorious building.

as i said earlier, i was moved when watching les miserables and miss saigon but not this musical. also, the songs were not as stirring as say, those in les miserables. after so many years, i can still remember the tunes and lyrics of some of the songs in les miz.

all in all, i will still think it is worth watching again if it goes to singapore.