This could have been talked about on the boards before, but when I saw 'Wicked' for the first time it cracked me up, I clapped during the part, people were not impressed with me, but I'm a huge 'Evita' fan.

The first two ARE oddly alike.................

Weird.............

I have noticed that before too

It's on purpose.

I've never seen Evita, lol

you. must. see. it's kind of hard to see the stage musical right now. the tour seems to be on a limited run, not many scheduled dates on ticketmaster. but rent the movie that madonna did, it's worth the watch.

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Hmm, yeah it is alike, maybe it is on purpose?

as soon as i saw Thank goodness i thought EVITA.

I love Evita!!!

I think its really cool though!!!

i was thinking so, but have never researched or read anything on it. maybe it is a tribute from a choreographer.

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I think it's intentional...

I have never seen Evita but I thought there was a connection there too before you posted! :rock:

Yeah I've never seen Evita either

The choreographer idea could well be a good point, maybe they put it in there 'cuz of that?

It is intentional- they had a lot of problems with the staging (if you have the Workshop you can hear the major changes the scene went through), and decided to give something to the more educated Broadway fans to laugh about. That's all I know, I think. I'm sure someone else knows more.

very good, now we are getting somewhere. tell me more about the Workshop and where to get it. PM if you have to. :bow:

yeah i noticed that the moment i saw that scene...i used to have an Evita obsession around 5-6 years ago....

i noticed after i saw Evita lol (saw wicked first). Oddly similar but most public speaches are lol i always put my hands up like that when i speak lol,

Not only is it staging wise, but I read an interview that Susan Hilferty meant for it to be like that costuming wise. If you notice, in Act 2, she has an Eva Peron dress and an almost Diana like dress. The other thing is, Glinda and Eva were both puppets for the government (I think, I could be wrong).

Oohhh, I'm interested in this Workshop too. I would love you forever if someone could inform me about it.

Hmm. Slap me across the face...but those two look exactly the same w/ the arm thing and what not.

:fryingpan: Not quite a slap but....lol...

My first reaction to sawing the first scene of act 2 was. EVITA !! I think they did a great job recreating this moment !!! Thumbs up :clap:

anyone know where to find the 'wicked' workshop?

i realized that as soon as someone pointed it out....they are very similar


i'm seeing evita in may so i'm excited to see the actual thing and not just pics

That is a very good observation. :bow:
I knew the scene's were similar,but never thought about the reasoning behind it.

It's also funny because they're both act 2 openers. WOW I bumped this thread far up. I was looking at threads in the last few pages, haha.

It's illegal. Its a bootleg. It shouldn't be talked about here :roll:

I got the whole Evita thing the first time I saw the show.... it still makes me laugh when I see it!!

most of the audience doesnt get it and doesnt understand why other people are laughing