Wicked The Musical

Been a real great day today! Firstly Jon received a call early in the morning from the leasing agent notifying him of the successful home lease application. Finally.. a permanent home. (for now).


Later after signing the lease, we returned back to city and decided to go for the broadway lottery tickets for the musical "WICKED" - prequel of the wizards of Oz. It is the "untold" story of the witches of Oz, features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, and it's based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire.

Broadway lotteries tickets are available for most of the broadway musicals. Lotteries are conducted couple of hours before the start of the show. There is always a long queue for these tickets. Anyway both Jon and I decided to try our luck then. We queued up, waited for half an hour, submitted our names, walked around the blocks, returned to the scene and waited for the result of the lottery whereby the lucky winner's name would be yelled out. Names after names, our hope shrunk. Just when we thought that it was over, I heard my name being yelled out! Can't believe it~! It was only my second time queueing for the lottery. It was Jon's first time, anyway his name wasn't picked haha.

There were around 10 winners (20 tickets) out of 200 or more. (just for your information, we still have to pay around $25 for each ticket.) Of course it's great seats at a discounted price. =o)

It's my first musical, certainly won't be the last. It was spectacular. Jon and I loved it. The performance were gorgeous, orchestra were pitch perfect and the sets and backdrops were ever stunning! It was an perfect evening for the both of us.



More act photos here