Talk:Wicked (musical)

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Contents 1 Liberetto link legality 2 WICKED font 3 Former Trivia 4 Request 5 Overlinking 6 Synopsis

[edit] Liberetto link legality

I noticed the link to the musical's entire liberetto. This is on a russian website, and doesn't look like it is legal. Should this be removed?

[edit] WICKED font

The official logotype for Wicked is a font called Rubens. Can anyone find it on a site for free? And does anyone know the clipart for the witch in the "I" ?

Rubens is easy enough to find. Try searching for it in conjunction with The Haunted Mansion or Phantom Manor, as it is the same font used on the plaque of these Disney attractions, and throughout. TR_Wolf

[edit] Former Trivia

This content did not get implemented into the main article. If you can somehow implement it then go ahead and try it, although it may be fairly difficult:

Every actress who has played Elphaba on Broadway has performed the role in at least two productions of Wicked.

So what? Also, what is your source for this? -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

During her second-to-last performance in the Broadway production of Wicked, Idina Menzel fell through the trap door used in the melting scene and broke several ribs. She was replaced by her standby Shoshana Bean. Her accident mirrors one experienced by Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch of the West in the original 1939 film, who was severely burned when the trapdoor used to facilitate her exit in her opening scene malfunctioned. Idina returned to the stage for her last show, out of costume, and performed her final song. She then bowed with the rest of the cast, including her standby.

Interesting, but where is your source for this, and where in the article would you put it? -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Onstage, the part of the mysterious lover is played by the actor who plays Chistery but is voiced offstage by the actor who plays the Wizard.

So what? -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

So how is the lover voiced when the Wizard remembers it later in the play? also to the "so what"er, get a life —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.88.204.241 (talk) 23:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

On February 26, 2006 Kristin Chenoweth performed the song "For Good" alongside Alanis Morissette at the Walt Disney Concert Hall for her final performance.

So what? What is your source? Wikipedia articles, especially good ones like this, contain information that is verifiable (see WP:V), cites reliable sources (see WP:RS) and is of importance to general readers (see WP:NOTE). So, if you want to "implement" any of this info, please offer reliable sources and explain how the information is notable and adds to the article. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Can someone create a section highlighting the departures of the musical from the plot of the book? Protective1 (talk) 18:31, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree that this (or at least a separate paragraph) would be very helpful. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Overlinking

It seems to me that the recent changes to the article are merely to create WP:OVERLINK. Many of the links added have already been linked and others are dates or other information that I don't think should be linked. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Synopsis

The Synopsis keeps getting longer and longer. Can anyone try to reduce it back to its essentials? Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:39, 13 May 2008 (UTC)