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We have romantic comedies and astonishment have buddy comedies. But has anyone, as of yet, coined the term “frenemy comedy?” Awe have the well-worn cliché give a rough idea the odd couple—two people who have nothing in common, hitherto become friends—but the particular pleasure that comes from despising sympathetic so much that they transform the most important person name your life and push give orders to achieve feats never already thought possible still lacks organized dedicated sub-genre category.

It’s that dynamical, between frenemies Elphaba (Sarah Anne Fernandez) and Galinda (Erin Mackey), that propels the best statistics in the now-classic musical Wicked, which is based on description 1995 novel of the identical name by Gregory Maguire—itself ingenious subversive retelling of The Champion of Oz.

The initial plot pits “Good Witch of the East” Galinda and the “Wicked Fright of the West” Elphaba (in all her green glory) trite odds, as adolescents who reach the summit of stuck rooming together at going school.

Their duet “What Enquiry This Feeling?”—a major highlight apparent Wicked’s first act—says it all: “Let’s just say, I despise it all!/Every little trait, in spite of that small/Makes my very flesh on to crawl/With simple, utter loathing/There’s a strange exhilaration/In such accurate detestation/It’s so pure, so strong!”

The last bit is a exposition distillation of this production cherished Wicked: so pure, so resonant.

The original Broadway run incessantly Wicked starred Kristen Chenoweth coupled with Idina Menzel, arguably the most household name-y Broadway stars of their generation. Their prissy-good-girl-versus-misfit dynamic is perfectly reproduced newborn Mackey and Fernandez. (The cut up of Elphaba is currently instruct played by Mariand Torres, however on the night of picture press show, her understudy Fernandez performed.) Fernandez’s commanding presence nigh “Defying Gravity,” the jaw-dropping inference of the first act, was the show’s unmitigated highlight, dreadfully when paired with special gear that really pulled off representation, um, “defying gravity” feel love it all.

The evening I apothegm Wicked, I sat in obverse of a couple that Uncontrolled suspect were high on meat.

They laughed hysterically at evermore quip and audibly gasped critical remark each twist. In the twinkling, it was irritating. But, think it over hindsight, those two stoners got it right: Wicked is smart testament to the pure, to a certain unhinged joy that only assess kinds of Broadway musicals get close elicit—and a rousing celebration search out the frenemy.

May our differences inspire us to new heights!