Wicked, Behind the Scenes

This behind the scenes video of what goes in to a broadway play from the director's standpoint really intrigued me. Joe Mantello seems to be a phenomenal director in the fact that he is open to anyone's suggestions for how the play should modified. He stated that he attended each rehearsal and stood in as the audience and observed how things were shaping up. Joe said that he erased what he had learned the previous rehearsal so that he went into each rehearsal with a fresh set of eyes. Prior to Wicked calling in Joe Mantello as a director the play lacked the direction it has now taken. The Wicked Witch of the West is often looked at as a horrible villain but this play shows a different side of the her that people would not expect and the audience responded very well.