Xarea
23-06-2007, 07:15 PM
Please help me choose!
Wicked:
At Shiz University, the intelligent green-skinned teenager, Elphaba, meets the beautiful and ambitious Galinda Upland (who changes her name to Glinda during the course of the musical and later becomes Glinda the Good) when the two become roommates. Their lives intertwine, and throughout the show their friendship struggles to endure extreme personality differences, opposing viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, and of course Elphaba's eventual tragic fall from grace.
Avenue Q:
The show is largely inspired by (and is in the style of) Sesame Street: most of the characters in the show are puppets (operated by actors onstage), the set depicts several tenements on a rundown street in an "outer borough" of New York City, both the live characters and puppet characters sing, and short animated video clips are played as part of the story. Also, several characters are recognizably parodies of classic Muppet characters: for example, the roommates Rod and Nicky are versions of Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie, and Trekkie Monster is based on Cookie Monster. However, the characters are in their twenties and thirties and face adult problems instead of those faced by pre-schoolers. The characters use profanity, and the songs concern adult themes. A recurring theme is the central character's search for a "purpose". Toward the end of the show, he helps another character achieve her goal and decides that searching for his purpose is less important than living "for now."
Wicked Trailer:
http://wickedthemusical.co.uk/sightsvideo-hi.php
Avenue Q Trailer:
http://www.avenueqthemusical.co.uk/the-show/video-clips.php
Please help me decide :p It's the same price and everything, so I just need to know what you think I should see :]
Wicked:
At Shiz University, the intelligent green-skinned teenager, Elphaba, meets the beautiful and ambitious Galinda Upland (who changes her name to Glinda during the course of the musical and later becomes Glinda the Good) when the two become roommates. Their lives intertwine, and throughout the show their friendship struggles to endure extreme personality differences, opposing viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, and of course Elphaba's eventual tragic fall from grace.
Avenue Q:
The show is largely inspired by (and is in the style of) Sesame Street: most of the characters in the show are puppets (operated by actors onstage), the set depicts several tenements on a rundown street in an "outer borough" of New York City, both the live characters and puppet characters sing, and short animated video clips are played as part of the story. Also, several characters are recognizably parodies of classic Muppet characters: for example, the roommates Rod and Nicky are versions of Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie, and Trekkie Monster is based on Cookie Monster. However, the characters are in their twenties and thirties and face adult problems instead of those faced by pre-schoolers. The characters use profanity, and the songs concern adult themes. A recurring theme is the central character's search for a "purpose". Toward the end of the show, he helps another character achieve her goal and decides that searching for his purpose is less important than living "for now."
Wicked Trailer:
http://wickedthemusical.co.uk/sightsvideo-hi.php
Avenue Q Trailer:
http://www.avenueqthemusical.co.uk/the-show/video-clips.php
Please help me decide :p It's the same price and everything, so I just need to know what you think I should see :]