Wicked

I am a HUGE fan of Wicked, both the book and the musical. I first read the book about a year ago, and was lucky enough to be able to see the musical in March of this year. Both of them were incredibly entertaining, but they were also very different.

While they were about the same thing, the book and the musical were essentially two different stories. The musical is light and comical, but the book is dark and much more controversial. In the book, there is sex and violence and conspiracy. Elphaba doesn't go to Oz to work for the wizard, but rather to go underground and start a revolution that is highly illegal. Her father is a Munchkinland preacher. Fiero is not betrothed to Glinda, but has a wife and children back in his home land. He has a racy affair with Elphaba and falls in love with her. And most importantly, in the book the slippers are, in fact made of rubies, unlike the musical where they are made of colorless jewels.

I wouldn't say I prefer the story one way or the other. Like I said, I'm a fan of both. It doesn't matter all that much to me that I'm getting two different stories. To me, I look at it as two chances to live the story that I've fallen in love with.