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| | Wicked - Showtimes - Cast - Awards - Theater - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | The current stars, Megan Hilty and Shoshana Bean, seem tentative onstage, devoid of idiosyncrasies. |
 | | Hilty adds a bit of a goofy charm to the perfect Glinda, but she can't seem to locate the jokes in her lines or find the lift in the bouncy tune "Popular." Ms. |
 | | Bean, who has a precise and impressive singing voice, is more believable as an outcast than Idina Menzel, but her characterization is generic, which also could be said of David Ayers, who plays the love interest of both witches, Fiyero. |
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