As someone who has seen Wicked three times this documentary was very interesting for me to watch. What was very intriguing was the emphasis on collaboration. The play needed multiple leaders to come together and take charge of the various aspects of the work in order for everything to work cohesively. I can only imagine how it would have been to be Joe Mantello, who had never directed a a play of this size. The pressure could have been overwhelming, but the approach he took to the directing process was unique and successful. I found it especially interesting that he tried to come into each day with a clean slate. So that he was unbiased from the performance from the day before, and took the directing from there. It becomes relevant that in order for a musical of this magnitude to be successful it is a whole effort, that everyone in the production, and every element of the final product have to be working together.
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