I like the Glinda bubble, the melting trick with the laser and the lift in defying gravity would've been better if she had put that broom between her legs like the real witch

Weirdly the costumes are so different but i still love them.

I'm DYING for a bootleg.

After seeing Wicked in London, I was ready to be let down by this version, but I wasn't. They made quite a bit of little changes, and some of them I didn't understand, but others - such as the melting scene - were very impressive. I also liked that there were so many bubble elements throughout the show, including actual bubbles coming down from the ceiling. Both main actresses are also amazing, talented and adorable.

At 2:14 is the melting scene, elphaba is surrounded by a ring of fire and the flood the stage with smoke and then put this weird blue light on it and then it makes it look like water and it looks as if she has actually drowned, quite disturbing :L and in Defying Gravity she quite literally just floats in the air but it looks so real! you can see anything holding her up at all! x

I saw the Finnish production a couple of day ago and it was AMAZING! The best theatre show EVER. The lovely lady duo (Maria Ylipää & Anna-Maija Tuokko) sounds even better nowadays, and their stage presence is magical! I liked the sets, the effects were wonderful and most of the costumes looked cool. I'm going to see it again, hopefully soon. I must! :)

This looks weird as shit lol (which isn't a bad thing) it looks like cirque du soleil got the rights 2 it, which once again, not a bad thing, but I feel that it def takes away from the classic Oz feel that we all know and love, nevertheless I would LOVE 2 see the whole show

wow! this looks odd! but im looking forward to it! it looks darker, meaning they made the story a little more darker and the lighting is dark haha! it looks like wicked in the 1950's with a touch of retro 80's its soo cool!

This seems like a very interesting production. Great job guys!

After 10 times I'm still blown away about the Finnish production of Wicked

2:10 Elphaba literally summons fire onto the stage.

i saw this last weekend and loved it. great show.

The new melting scene is much better than the original one! otherwise.. love them both :))

I'm still so in love with the Finnish Wicked (and with this video, of course)

I think the musical was very good and translation on the songs (which I feared for most) was done very well. Some costume choices for Glinda were weird but can't have Broadway value without that huge multimillion budget. Haven't seen the original version yet, but going to make a trip to London some day.

This actually looks really cool!

I LOVE seeing variations on costumes and sets in musicals!!! :D

It was so cool watching Wicked, even though it was only a rehearsal (20th August). Everything was so wonderful and I could only laugh or weep :D

ahhh Wicked -3 saw the Finnish version tonight and I absolutely LOVED IT. I have no other words for it than love.

I don't really like the costumes in comparison to the originals but i still seriously want to Helsinki to watch this!

@MadameChristie so was i! i actually watched the musical before i read the book, and i loved them both! this newer version looks really interesting. i like how they exposed the dark side of the wizard more in this one, and the melting scene looks way more dramatic and tear-jerking. as for defying gravity....WOW! "A mile above Oz, the Witch balanced on the wind's forward edge, as if she were a green fleck of the land itself, flung up and sent wheeling away by the turbulent air"

I get chills everytime I see this trailer! ^^ I can't wait to see this in Helsinki within the next few weeks!!! :D Yes it looks different from the original production, but I'm just ecstatic that now I actually have the chance to see this masterpiece on stage! ^^ I don't have the money to travel from Finland to NY or London.. :S

I saw a photo of this show, and it even has an actress play Dorothy. Pretty cool.

I want to watch this production soooo badly >.< The trailer is amazing, this Elphie looks gorgeous and the stage is so different but wonderful! I MUST go to Helsinki this summer!

I saw the Finnish production for the 3rd time last Thursday. I'm so in love with it!

This looks so cool! It's just so different from all the other productions (of course it's a non-replicate production)! Some of the effects that are in this are just so amazing and such great ideas! They really did a great job on this and the cast looks so great! Congratulations on a WICKED job, well done!

I like that it's a new take on the original Wizard of Oz and on the book! A new incarnation! Will definitely try and hop on over to Helsinki for a weekend and see it!

näin tän viime tiistaina!!! PARAS MUSIKAALI IKINÄ

In September Wicked is coming to Sweden for the frist time 🇸🇪❗️🥳

I need the soundtrack for this, it was just so breathtaking. Everyone who's planning a trip to Helsinki should see this! Despite the fact that you don't know Finnish at all.

ite olin eile vikassa näytöksessä ja huhhuh, nyt jo ikävä tätä. kyyneleet jo nousee ku täs videossa maria alkaa laulaa "painovoimaa murtamaan", ja kun samalla näytetää glindaa ja ku elphaba sulaa. hienoin musikaali koskaan

i want to see this version!

i lol'd at 0:53 as for this new production... just when you think you've seen funny in wicked, something wholly unexpected blows you off your feet, reigniting the magic of this story

Glinda kinda looks like a taller Kristin Chenoweth. Cool Love the sets

and the end definitely made me cry :(

This looks like a very interesting interpretation. The costumes are a bit odd-looking, but then again, this is Oz we're talkin' about here, and everything's kinda upside-down and inside-out there. I agree, this production seems to have taken on more of the book qualities (i.e. Fiyero's tattoos) but I think that's what makes this more unique among other productions, like in the US and the UK.

galinda on tosi ihana siinä kuplassa 2,11

Maria Ylipää on Elphaban roolissa todella fantastinen!

I didn't understand ANYTHING, but I LOVE IT!!!!

I like how costumes, set, and effects are different :D I love seeing variations of the aspects in musical! lol This has a more fun set and better effects than the brodway... jus wish it was in english so I could understand.

Paras musikaali mitä oon koskaan nähnyt! Ikävä tuota, voi kumpa joskus tulisi uusintaan...

I wanna see that! :)

@amidola Yes, there are more shows after December. :) The last show is at the end of February 2011. ^^

Näin tän viikko sitten! Tuollainen CD:lle/DVD:lle ikuistaminen olis hieno idea. Sais itsekkin laulaa SUOMEKSI upeita sävellyksiä upean laulun mukana :) Täytyy kyllä sanoa että Wicked on paras musikaali mitä Suomessa on koskaan tehty!!!

I wish I could have seen this...too bad it's not running there anymore :(

this is so much more like the book! i want to go to finland!!! :O

Oh wow...I'm American, and I've seen the American version...WAY DIFFERENT SET UP!

this is interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ei tätä videota voi vihata!!!!!!!!! vaan rakastaa

Looks so different from broadway production!! Set + costumes wise :)

was pretty bored up until 2:10 then got VERY interested. would love to see this version

2:09 - 2:15 AWESOME. im just confused about the melting, how did they do that

Looks very modern for Oz, but I kinda like it, it makes the show look unique even though I know Wicked perfectly well but it's a good take on it :) I hope a soundtrack is released soon. I like listening/watching the foreign versions because I know the songs and show fairly well and it's amazing how it translates into different languages. I love the German & Japanese versions, and this looks promising enough :)

anyone know if it's on beyond december of this year?

Love the set, hate the costumes and honestly the flying looks ridiculous but i do love the fact that Fiyero has a tatoo which the broadway production completely overlooked

wow this is a different approach

I like this a lot. Makes it so much fresher. Not so keen on the flying effect though. Looks like she's hanging from a hook.

@aur0rab0realis hoqw long does a musical usually stay in Finland. I mean has anything lasted there as long as Phantom or Wicked has on Broadway?

Ihana

@suki3275 Agree 100%. I love that they got rid rid of the platform and let her feet dnagle, though whatever she's hooked into must be super strong without anything supporting her weight at the bottom...I'm still trying to figure out how the melting was done too...

i was wondering what are those plastic bubbles suppose to be...like at 2:18

what are those big clear bubbles?

@gra3finvonkrolock That's the whole point of a repilca production, to be different. If anything, it was the original production (as much as I love it) that ruined Wicked. The Oz of Maguire's novel was very much a modern dystopic city, and the novel very dark, VERY adult. Understandably, they made the story more family friendly for the stage. This production opted to base their designs more on Maguire's book than the movie. It's still just as valid an idea as the original concept...

@aur0rab0realis At the website of the theatre was written that there will even be shows in May 2011. ;-) So: It won't end in February! ^^

Did anyone else notice that Nessarose's slippers at 0:23 are ruby instead of silver? Not a bad thing. In the broadway production they're silver like in the book, but here they're ruby like the movie

@DachzZ Yes I know, they have extended it again. :) But when I left that previous comment, it was going to end on February.. I realy hope Wicked will run in Helsinki for over a year!! ^^ I realy want to see it again!

@coastertron Aa löysin ite päivän vain on kappaleen nimi mutta onko kellään äänitteenä?

@deedeegaf I comppleatly agree hey did you see the show ? [:

they're definitely not as conservative as our American version, but i still would like to see this someday

wow I thought it would be super ghetto but the staging is actually pretty creative and cool

Defying gravity's orchestrations sound cool

wow this is such an odd production...... cool tho :)

Mikä toi kappale on kohassa 1:25 eteenpäin englanniksi / What is that song name at 1:25 in english?

Nyt pitäs vaan yrittää saada tää takaisin lavalle, tää kun on nyt poistunu ohjelmistosta. Ite ainakin menen kattomaan jos saavat ''uusinnat''. Tai sitten kuvaisivat dvd:lle tai telkkuun. Kuhan nyt näkis tän kokonaan.

how can it be a copy if it's totally non-replica? :/

@disneydanny2 I'm sure there are a lot of people here who know more about musicals in Finland than me, but since you asked, I would say that a typical Finnish musical production runs in theaters for few moths or maybe a bit more. I don't think any musical production has been running here for over a year in a row. But since we only have about 5,4 million people here in Finland, we don't have enough audience to fill up the theaters. :D And also, theatre isn't that popular here compared to the US.

@thekimmydoo Yeah, the songs are the same but I think that there are some minor changes in the script. But all in all the songs and the script are the same as in the original version :)

KZfaq won't let me add a link here but there's a petition going on for a Finnish Wicked-soundtrack / -dvd! Just google "wicked soundtrack adressi" and the 1st link that comes up is the right one :) Everybody, please sign it and spread the word!

the costumes look like a high school did the show but it interesting to see a change in like how the prduction looks

I wonder if they'll do a Finnish cast recording?

How did they do the defying gravity part?? It looks weird and almost middle schoolish... I don't like how dark it is in almost EVERYSCENE!! bring in some damn light!! I don't really care for this production but I wouldn't mind seein it just for the hell of it...

why do they carry those bubbles/balls around??? and what are they?

This...looks...so...COOL! XD Glinda reminds of a taller Cheno, sort of. Less irritating voice of course. I nadl want soemone to tape Defying Gravity and the melting, they both look sick. The Wizard lloks like Stalin (I'm told that's intentional) if he was sitting in a Lazy Boy and had a beer in hand, and I want to kidnap that Fiyero...sooo much better looking tahn Butz XD

Mikä on suomalaisen One Short dayn nimi`? Onko kellää äänitteenä?

this versions seems to much like a movie... i like glindas bubble and the melting scene and that is pretty muich it... i dont care for the wizards giant eye...

@teatterifriikki helo [: what is P A R A S is it a tv show in Finland or am I missing something totaly ovious Thanks [:

@Musicalzauber You know, Helsinki City Theater doesn't have as much money as theaters on Broadway or West End. And still... This production is not supposed to be exactly the same 'cause it's A NON-REPLICA production.

Er der nogen sangtekster er tilgængelige online på finsk?

...it's over way too soon. Sigh. One week, and it's over. I will miss this, a lot. "Ainiaaksi, asumaan jäät sydämeen."

En oo nähny esitystä, joten onko tuo 0:20 vaaleapukunen Elphaban sisko? Ja jos on, niin onko se myös se idän paha noita?

how did they do that melting scene :O?

Ah nyt olen kerran nähnyt. Menen vaikka yksin toisen kerran katsomaan jos ei muuta. Hitto kun näitä suomenkielisiä biisejä ei löydy mistään.

@Broadway13Fanatic So what? They have a budget. Obviously they opted for better effects over fancy costumes.

liian hyvä haluun nähdä uudestaan =( mun lenpi kohta alkaa 2.07 wicked on paras olin vähän aikaa sit siellä ja kaipaan jo nyt sitä miten jotku kestää?=( tai vihaa

i wanted to watch it soooooooooooooo bad but my finnish was (and still is) just not good enough. I would have been competely lost :p Though i'm sure few people would have turned up if it was in english

I hope this is good, but quite frankly i'm not going to go see it to critisize it but to enjoy it as much as i can. I know it can't be as good as the broadway production, i just want to see this musical soooo bad live and this is the only way i have the chance to do that.

0:52 HILARIOUS!

@Bomberzone1745 yes, ok. thank you :) that's what i wanted to say

Maria is so pretty, at 2.27 - 2.28

This Glinda kinda remeinds me of Kate Reinders.