Wicked: Worst Musical Ever?
Banal, mainstream fluff for the crowd that enjoys musical adaptations of Legally Blond and Disney movies. A great concept completely ruined by music composed for the lowest common denominator. Simply singing your dialogue does not make it a “song” — and such lame, corny dialogue at that. Utterly agonizing to sit through. Somehow, it managed to knock Phantom off the top of my worst musicals list. If there were a Musicals for Dummies book, this would be the first chapter. Parents do themselves and their children an utter injustice by seeing this; what a way to warp one’s conception of what musical theatre can and should be.
