Wicked

I was able to go see Wicked last night at Gammage Auditorium. We scoured the ticket providers online until we found some relatively cheap seats in the balcony (they were under $50 when all was said and done). Besides making my mom sick from looking down at such a sharp angle, they really were good seats. We could see the stage perfectly, even if we were too far away to see their facial expressions, etc.
I went with my mom, sister Melody, and her friend Becky Jones. It was a lot of fun! Here we are at PF Changs before the show:


I will admit that throughout the show, I was comparing it to Les Miserables, which I absolutely love, and I was thinking that Wicked was OK. Well, the part after intermission, and especially the ending, was PHENOMENAL. It was absolutely fantastic. This writer was very gifted with the creativity to come up with a story that gives the background for the Wicked Witch of the West and ties in SO nicely to The Wizard of Oz.
I laughed, I cried, I ate cookies!
We ended the evening with Cookiez on Mill, a little dessert shop that serves custom ice cream sandwiches. You pick one of their homemade cookies, one of their 20 ice cream flavors and they make you a cookie sandwich. I had oatmeal chocolate chip with mint chip. It was really good. I think I might make some cookie/ice cream sandwiches with my boys some time.

I HIGHLY recommend going to see this show if you can. It's only playing through Sunday and I have no idea if any tickets are available or not. If they are, you'll be glad you did!