Witches,wizards, and magic.The ultimate fascination of all generations,especially those who believe in fairytales,like myself :) I mean who doesn't love The Wizard of Oz, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and Alice in Wonderland?
Ok,so all of the fairytales I mentioned above have film adaptations on the big screen except this one particular awesome fairytale, Wicked.Well,it has been adapted and produced into a musical play in 2003 on the famous Broadway and West End theaters,and became legendary ever since.To those who are clueless on what Wicked is all about, google it, folks!If you have always loved The Wizard of Oz,you'd love Wicked coz the characters were somehow parallel to another.
I wouldn't wanna miss the opportunity watch Wicked live while it was playing in Singapore,so Sweetie Pie and I went on a field trip to Marina Bay Sands,Singapore last Saturday.Other than making a visit to the Grand Theater, I also took the opportunity to discover the amazing engineering and architecture of Marina Bay Sands that all the Singaporeans are so proud of.
We bought two A Reserve tickets for the best view of the play but it turned out that we received free upgrades on both tickets to Emerald seats!Some luck we have! :D And of course,like I've always expected,the play was mind blowing!Even Sweetie Pie,who was at first had no clue on what Wicked was all about,was totally blown away!
The Dragon hanging on top really moved and scared the crap out of me!
By just even looking at the props set up before the drop was opened,your mouth would just open and say 'Wow!'.Every single detail was simply breath taking including the talents of the ensembles!My favourites would definitely be Elphaba,The Wicked Witch of The West and Glinda,The Good.Their singing voices and acting skills were simply outstanding!
Glinda and Elphaba arriving at the City of Emeralds.
Oh,and I did mention bout the costumes and songs?They were magnificent!I've heard a few of the songs from the Wicked soundtrack on Glee,when Rachel Berry and Kurt Hummel sang them,but they sounded even better on stage,LIVE!
Above was the most outrageous scene from the play where Elphaba was singing 'Defying Gravity' (both Sweetie Pie and my favourite song from the play) and levitated a few feets above the stage ground with her broom stick.Want more from Wicked : The Untold Story of The Witches of Oz? Go and catch the play before it ends this 22nd April 2012 at Marina Bay Sands Grand Theater in Singapore!
Right after the play,we went around the area to witness modern and captivating architecture of Marina Bay Sands.Everything around was super tall and uniquely build, including the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Art and Science Museum, Skypark, and of course, the famous three leveled Louis Vuitton Island Maison!
Both of us outside of the GIANT LV boutique.
The Marina Bay Sands Art & Science Museum.There was a Titanic Exhibition held.
The Rain Oculus inside the Marina Bay Sands shopping mall.Splendid!
Beautiful floating water lilies at the surface of the pond outside the mall.
Ok,Singapore.You got our standing ovation for building such an extremely engineered new trademark of the country.But we still don't dig your locals' attitude though :P
Will we be coming to Marina Bay Sands again in the nearest future? Absolutely!
