A Wicked Experience at the Gershwin
Life and Times of the Gershwin Theatre
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On October 27th, 2018, I traveled for an hour and forty five minutes with my mom. We were going to see Wicked on Broadway. Wicked was playing at The Gershwin Theatre, and it was my first Broadway show. It's a memory I'll never forget.
"It is always possible to create something original"
-George Gershwin
Travel Map!
The way I went to the Gershwin
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First show played at The Uris later known as Gershwin
History of the Theatre:
In the fall of 1972, or more exactly November 28th 1972, The Uris Theatre was finished in New York. From then to now the Uris holds 1,933 people which is the largest Broadway theater in NY. Via Galactica [above] was the first play to premiere in the theater. But in the summer of 1983, in honor of George and Ira Gershwin, they changed the name In 1984, 1992, 1993 and 1999, the Gershwin hosted the Tony awards
George {composer} and Ira {lycist} Gershwin
Menzel and Chenoweth and Lansbury, Oh My!
"Nice work if you can get it, And you can get if you tried."
-Ira Gershwin
Idina Menzel
In October of 2003, Idina Menzel starred in a musical at the Gershwin. That musical was Wicked. The musical that impacted a lot of lives for the better. Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in Wicked. Ever since then, Idina Menzel would later star in Frozen.
Idina Menzel in Wicked at the Gershwin
Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury is a very successful actress. In 1966, Lansbury originated the role of Mame in Mame at the Winter Garden Theatre. In 1983, she suggested to put Mame at the Gershwin. BIG MISTAKE! It basically bombed. Another huge role, Angela played was Nellie Lovett in Sweeney Todd. Sweeney Todd was played at the Gershwin.
Angela Lansbury [now]
Kristin Chenoweth
Like Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth starred in Wicked. She originated the character Glinda or Galinda at the Gershwin. But that wasn't her first Broadway gig, Steer Pier in 1997. She would later be in the Disney movie Descendants.
Kristin Chenoweth
"Because I knew you, I have been changed for good"
-Wicked
My Experience:
Like I said earlier, I saw Wicked at the Gershwin on October 27th 2018. I went on a bus for an hour and 45 minutes. I chose the Gershwin because it was there, I saw my first Broadway show. Another reason is because Wicked bonded me and my mom closer.