Monday, March 5, 2012

`WICKED' SET HAS DRAGON, MONKEYS AND WITCHES (OH MY!).(PREVIEW)

Byline: CAMERON BLOCH Associated Press -

A smoke-breathing dragon flaps its wings and cranks its head. Monkeys fly from a tangle of vines that frames a giant fantasy clock. A witch in a sparkling blue gown travels on a bubble-blowing pendulum. And a green witch in a black hat flies her broomstick through billows of smoke.

All these special effects happen within the $1.5 million set of ``Wicked,'' a new musical at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway in New York City that tells the story of ``The Wizard of Oz'' from the viewpoint of the witches who made life such a challenge for Dorothy in the classic 1939 film.

``Wicked'' puts a new twist on a story …

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