Talk:Wicked (musical)
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[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Oz
There is a new WikiProject about Oz and Wicked: WikiProject Oz. I hope to create a community to help guide the continued development of the articles about the series and its authors, characters, etc. toward even more quality articles. If you are interested, please add your name under the "Participants section" and please leave any comments or questions on the project's talk page or my user talk page. [[User:JonMoore|— —JonMoore 20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 21:58, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Important
Why was Toronto struck out already when it says performances until December 31st? Should this be fixed?
[edit] Movie Version
I recall hearing somewhere that Miramax has the rights to a movie version of Wicked. I don't believe anything official has been announced yet, though. Should this speculative information be posted?
No, wait until you have confirmation that this is a fact. --Tati 22:22, 5 June 2006 (UTC) Wikichik
Sorry, not really relating to the article, but God, I hope they make a movie version of this. It would literally be "wicked". :)
If anyone noes if there is a movie version please post it would be very helpful
Alright, I've confirmed that Universal Pictures currently holds the rights to a Wicked movie. However, my source cannot be cited at the time being. I'm going to do some research to see if I can find a good source for this information--until then, I think we should keep it out of the Wiki.
[edit] Length
Does anyone else think the plot summary is way too long? It doesn't need to include every single detail of the show; it just needs to summarize the plot. Chris 18:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
I completely agree. 168.39.166.145 13:56, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I personally think the article is becoming too overloaded with information in general (despite the fact that I'm sure much of this information has been contributed by me). For example, do we really need a list of EVERY cast for every production there's been, both original and current? I don't think things like that are all that necessary for this article, unless someone wants to create Wicked (musical)/additional productions (or something to that effect). Alex 23:10, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Not only that, but the plot summary may be a copyright violation. It was added in one chunk by the user with IP 68.144.242.205, who also added a similar synopsis to Aida (musical). The latter was a verbatim copy from [1], but I wasn't able to find a source for this plot summary. Still, someone should look into it. --ArthurDenture 02:34, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
- Update: The synopsis appears to be copied from [2].
I totally agree that it is to long. It says may be "SOME plot spoilers" but it seems like they give an entire look at the play. The only thing not there is the lyrics and sheet music to the songs.
I agree, someone needs to change this. This is supposed to be an encyclopaedic description of the play, not the sparknotes for it. --Ringwraith10 12:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
[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" ?
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- 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] "Which Way is the Party" vs. "Dancing Through Life"
Several people have edited section 8.2 (Pre-Broadway Run/Musical Numbers) to change the song "Which Way is the Party" to "Dancing Through Life." I just want to make sure that everyone is aware that in the previews in San Francisco, Fiyero had a different song, called "Which Way is the Party." The song between Nessarose and Boq was called "We Deserve Each Other." The former was scrapped and replaced by "Dancing Through Life," but that wasn't until the show reached Broadway, so the previous version of the San Fracisco list is actually correct and does not need to be edited. Apster 21:18, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Room for a Trivia / Interesting Facts Section?
Is there a proper place in this article to put interesting trivia about Schwartz' composition of the show, such as that the "Unlimited" theme is the first seven notes of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"? [[3]]
[edit] Removed Unreferenced flag
I removed what appeared to be an old unref tag on the article that said it doesn't cite its references or sources. The current version of the article has a bunch of reference links at the end, so clearly it does not completely lack verifiable references.
If there's still a specific statement within the article that requires further citation, then mark that part with the {{citation needed}} tag. But at this point there's no need for a general label saying the entire article is uncited. Dugwiki 21:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Current Broadway Cast
There has recently been massive amounts of edit traffic in the cast sections. Much of it is anonymous or by users without edit history, and it is hard to tell what is legitimate and what is vandalism. My most recent revert (August 3 2006) is because the changes appeared to contradict the official page; if someone has better information, please include an appropriate citation when making changes. --ArthurDenture 04:01, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Last lines of the show
I removed the last lines of the show from the summary of Act II; they seemed irrelevant and they were needlessly bolded and italicized.
[edit] Casting rumors
There have been several edits lately involving the replacement information for different casts, with news on casting that has not been officially announced. A little bit of it is clearly vandalism but in most cases it turns out to be speculation (common among the Wicked fanbase) being misinterpreted as fact. While some of these rumors do in fact turn out to be true, I think it should be a guideline that until it's coming from a source that can be properly cited (as in something more than "I heard it from so-and-so"), it's still a rumor, and for the sake of the article's integrity, should not be added. On top of that, the article is becoming quite cluttered with excessive casting information, and to have the rumors on top of it would just make it a mess. JMHO. Alex 00:41, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Question about Idina's Last Performance in London
Does the thing on Wikipedia mean that Idina's last show will be December 30th? Because I'm trying to get tickets to go see her last performance....but I want to make sure I go a date that she won't call out (obviously her last) unless God forbid, she gets hurt again. *Knocks on wood and prays that doesn't happen*
So could I just have confirmation that she is in fact leaving the 30th of December?
[edit] Length - Remove casting information
This article is clearly too long. I don't think that we need all the casting information - it dosn't really contribute to the article and wikipedia is the not the place for it. If you really think we should keep the info, lets move it to more pages like this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Flutefluteflute/Wicked_Production:_Broadway --Flutefluteflute 18:18, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
I think this information is important, but I don't think it needs to stay all on one page. This is the page I check for casting updates on WICKED, so I would like to be able to find it on some Wikipedia page. What if we gave a page to each production and an "overall" page for the synopsis and song numbers and such? Yankee fan907 00:36, 17 November 2006 (UTC)yankee_fan907
