Really...I am headed Over the Rainbow!!

YES! I have only waited almost 7 years and it is finally here!!! Thanks to Colleen Ballard Thomas, me, some of her family, Mark and my baby sister Dory are headed to the Arnoff Center in Cincinnati to see it! We have matinee tickets for tomorrow!

Can I tell you just how obsessed with this show I have been? Sitting in an auditorium at one of the various show choir competitions, I watched one of the Ohio premier choirs do their version of "For Good". That was it. I went the first thing on Monday, bought the CD and within 24 hours had the entire CD memorized! Then I found the book...ummm, that was in interesting twist. I actually liked  the book, and honestly, hated the ending. For those of you who LOVE the Wizard of OZ, the book WICKED ends in a manner unfamiliar and quite opposite of what we conjure up in our minds.

This did not matter. After hearing the soundtrack 1,000,000,000 times, I knew, and still know that the musical ends entirely different. We have had many conversations about this musical, Colleen, her husband Jeff and I. Rumor has it that even the shows original producer hated the book. But, loved the rewritten musical. So I am not worried.Colleen has seen it many times, this is my virgin performance. I am sure it will NOT be the last!!

So, as I wait for this day for this day to end, for Dory to get here. I am giddy, excited and probably won't be able to sleep again tonight for a good reason-because I CAN'T wait to head of to the theater and get lost in the music.

I will let you guys know how it goes! I am sure I will spend way to much in the OZ Boutique..but, that's why I have been saving all my Zumba money. So I can walk away with  OZ clothes, and nick-knacks! Just know, I am headed off to the Emerald City to see Elphaba, Galinda, Dr Dillamond, Madame Morrible, The Great and Powerful Wizard himself in the Land of OZ!!!