Did you read the book first or see the musical first?

I read the book before I saw the musical.

Saw the musical twice, then read some of the book after that lol!

I saw the musical first.I like it much better than the book.

I read the book first, but you can do either.

Read the book but i put book first

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I saw the musical first, and am now halfway through the book

I had heard of the musical and I loved the music and that made me want to read the book. So, I read it, and then a month after that i saw it live.

I found out I was going to see the musical too close to the actual date to read it (plus the book was so expensive!), so I saw the musical and now I'm reading the book.

Read the book, feel in love and have never looked back. Considering my next chance to see the musical is next May lol kinda hard to visit it first.

Yea, I heard the music first, then read the book and finally saw the musical. I caught things alot quicked in the musical b/c I'd read the book, I had to explain some things to people durring the show b/c they got lost due to not reading the book.

i saw the musical first, but i kinda wish i had read the book so i could have seen the differences!

but i love them both :mrgreen:

I got into Wicked through the music and the show, but figured I would never have a chance of seeing it, so I read the book. Then I got to see it on tour.

I read the book first. I didn't realize how different the show and the book were until I got the cast recording. I like it both ways though.

I actually heard the soundtrack first, then read the book and still waiting to officially see the show! :ha:

same here!

heard the music, read the book saw the musical , read the book agin now

Oh, I'm gonna read the book again soon, just as soon as I've finished with SoaW! :ha:

I saw the musical first...my friend that I was going with wouldn't let me read the book first! He had already seen it, and I guess he thought that I should see the musical first. But I did finally get to read the book afterwards, and now I'm working on SoaW

I lost my book last week :oops: My friend wanted to read it too lol..

I fell in love with wicked (the musical) a while back so I decided to read the book. I just recently saw the musical,so the book came first.

I read the book when it first came out.By the time I saw the musical I had forgotten most of what I read :roll:

I read the book first.

i saw the musical first and i'm now in love. then i read the book and i didn't like it at all.

I read the book before I knew there was a musical. Then I saw the musical online and I like it a lot better than the book.

I saw (er well not LIVE) the musical first, and then read the book.

I think as long as you go into one not expecting the other, it's fine.

I saw the Tony Award performance, bought the book and read it, bought the CD, then saw the show.

Bookbookbook:D

i knew about the musical before the book, but i read the book first. and i've only seen the show throught a bootleg :-(

i saw the musical first and had no clue about a book about it until my friend got it. then i started to read them

I found out about the musical, got a copy of the cd (Legally!) Loved it loads. Found the book and read it. Now want to see the difference (which is pretty ovious in parts)

I saw the show and then read the book and was like...........Whoa..........they are very different..........I LOVE them both tho

Well I HEARD the musical first, am reading the book now, and will see the musical saturday!

I saw the musical like three times before i read the book. lol. But it took me so long to finish reading the book!

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I read the first part of the book back in 2000, but my mom took it from me for, like, four years because of the, erm, 'adult content' (I was 10...). When I got it back, I read half of it, listened to the OBCR, read the rest, and then saw the show. =P

I love musicals so much, so I would have to say Musical. But right after I got finished seeing it, I would go and read the book.

I saw the play and then a week later got the book.

Same here.

I don't think it really matters. They're really different and they don't even end the same.

i read the book when i was 5, seeing as i was a HUGE wizard of oz fan, but didnt really get the "innuendos"

When you were five!? Did you get any of it...!?

I'm not trying to be offensive, don't get me wrong. But most five year olds can hardly read. I'm curious. :-)

I saw the musical on my compy and then read the book. The book was ok but I like Son of a Witch better. And I love the musical way more than I like the book.

Heard the CD, then read the book. Found the whole thing confusing as I couldn't place the songs in the narrative. Then of course found out that the show is completely different. Then saw the show.

Absolutely adore the book (have just started re-reading it). Although I also love the show, I enjoy the immersion in Maguire's Oz possibly more satisfying.

I read the book first, then bought the CD, but haven't seen the musical...YET.

I got the cd from a friend, started reading the book, *cough watchedwickedasabootlegcough*,finished the book, read Son of a Witch...and Im seeing Wicked in Feb/March.


You read it when you were FIVE?!?!

I saw the show first and read the book second

I saw the musical last week with my mom. I HAD THE BOOK ON TAPE FIRST DOES THAT COUNT.

I got the OBCR and fell in love with it, then I read the book, then I saw the show twice!

after i got the cd, i bought the book and i loved it! then i saw the musical. and i like son of a witch.

Heard the OBCR. Saw pics. *coughsaw/heardlotsofnonallowedstuff* Read tons of fics. Got spoiled for every aspect of the book *completely*. Read the book. I've yet to actually see the musical live, but that's coming in, oh, 40-ish days

Me too, there were some little aspects of the book I liked but I really didn't enjoy it. :whatever: