Saw "Wicked" the other weekend. Fun but not great. Seems as if majority of crowd was there to root on the former SNL member Ana Gasteyer who plays the wicked witch Elphaba.

I realize that this may be a personal issue of mine but during theatre I despise applauding for someone as soon as they come out on stage, they may be famous/well known but that has no bearing on the quality of their performance in the show one is about to see. Sure enough Ana's voice was not the best and IMO she did not warrant the exuberant applause. The Good Witch was outstanding in her performance.

Clever how it tied into Wiz of Oz, but a couple of the tie ins made no sense at all.