Category: Musicals

Gain x Wicked: For Good Fantabulous Floral Flings Laundry Detergent Review

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In 2025, the laundry detergent brand Gain, as well as many other brands, released collaboration collections to promote the movie, Wicked: For Good. The collection Gain released included a detergent and two in-wash scent boosters.

During a shopping trip to my favorite Walmart, I found the Gain collection for sale. It had the detergent and one of the two scent boosters. I debated if I wanted to buy them, but after shopping around the store some more, I decided to buy the detergent and scent boosters.

I originally planed on using the detergent and scent boosters and then write a review on this blog before the end of 2025. Unfortunately, things got in my way, causing me to delay using both the detergent and scent booster for my wash. Even though it is 2026, I wanted to talk about my experience using them in posts. As of the publishing of this post, the only product I was able to finish using is the detergent. Because of this, I want to talk about the detergent first.

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Wicked Part 1 Toys at Walmart

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Every year, toy companies like to release their best toys around Christmas time. This is also the time when movies with a target audience for children and families are released, as well as toys tied in with the film.

This year, I saw a lot of merchandise for Wicked Part 1. It was released in theaters in November 2024. Before the movie was released, the tie in toys were released.

At my local Walmart, these toys were released and some sold out quickly. Others were probably delayed and showed up after Black Friday. I enjoyed looking at the toys, so here are some of the highlights of the Wicked Part 1 toys.

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Wicked Part 1 Mini Backpacks at Walmart

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Musicals have been a major part of my life. I grew up watching musicals. As a teen, I used to listen to soundtracks to musicals just as much as any other singer or band I liked. As an adult, I had to let go of my passion for musicals due to adult obligations. Yet, I still try to keep up to date with what musicals are currently playing on Broadway.

One of the musical soundtracks I enjoyed listening to as a teen was Wicked. I loved Glinda, but I always felt like my life was more like Elphaba. Because of my love for both characters, I always have a hard time picking the kind of merchandise I like more.

In November, part 1 of the movie version of Wicked will be released. I really enjoy looking at the merchandise inspired by the movie and deciding which ones I like the most. One of the most fun items I found was the mini backpacks inspired by the movie.

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Universal Pictures’ Wicked Part 1 Movie Merchandise- Books, Toys, and More

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In late November 2024, Universal Pictures will release a movie version of the beloved musical Wicked in theaters. The movie will be release in two parts: The first in November 2024 and the second in 2025.

I am really excited about the movie, but I am also really excited to see the tie in merchandise relating to the movie. Even though it is August, the merchandise is already available for preorder or is available right now.

In anticipation of the movie, I compiled a post featuring all the tie-in merchandise I was able to find available for purchase or preorder. All the merchandise featured in this post is from Amazon. Also, all the release dates for the merchandise is also from Amazon and all the pictures of the products are from Amazon as well. Finally, this is not a sponsored post, there are no affiliate links or links to the products, and if there is a separate release date for a product, I will mention it as well.

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5 Romantic Musical Movies to Watch on Valentine’s Day

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Watching movies are great way to spend a holiday. Sometimes, watching certain genres of movies are more fun to watch on certain holidays than others. For me, musicals is that genre. Even though there are many musical movies that I can add to a list, I decided to focus on five movies in this post. I hope the movies I talk about in this list will give anyone who reads this post inspiration for their Valentine’s Day movie marathon! Continue reading “5 Romantic Musical Movies to Watch on Valentine’s Day” →

A Few Broadway Soundtracks I Want To Purchase

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Lately, I’ve been doing some major clean outs and organizing in my home. I found a lot of things I want to keep and others I want to get rid of. Even though I’m trying to decide what I want to keep and what I don’t want to, there are a few things I found missing from my collection. Some of them are music albums I never purchased!

Despite the holes in my music collection, there is one genre of music I’m the most upset about: Broadway musicals. I have always been a fan of Broadway musicals, but over the years I focused my interest in other things. Despite this, there are many soundtracks I wanted to own and believed I did, yet I didn’t. So, here are the musical soundtracks I want to own the most, yet don’t. Also, I want to own all the following soundtracks on CD. Not digitally. Yes, owning CDs will take up more room in my home, but I still like to own them in that format.

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5 Romantic Movies to Watch on Valentine’s Day

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Valentine’s Day is a great time to watch romanic movies. No matter if you are watching them alone or with someone special, here are five romance movies I recommend to watch on Valentine’s Day. Continue reading “5 Romantic Movies to Watch on Valentine’s Day” →

Camelot- Original Cast Recording Vinyl Record- What It Looks Like and Thoughts About Owning It

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This Sunday is the 75th annual Tony’s and I’m excited about it! I’m a theater fan most of my life and, after the pandemic closed Broadway and all theaters worldwide, I’m super excited about this year’s Tony’s. In order to celebrate (And release my theater fan side of me on the internet), I wanted to spend a week talking about musicals and other musical related topics. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make a post every day this week, but all the posts I will make will be musical or Broadway themed. For today’s post, I wanted to talk about the vinyl record version of the musical Camelot from 1961.

I found this record during a trip to Goodwill. The record still appears to be in playable condition, but as of the publishing of this post I have not tried to play it. I’m very happy to own it. I wanted to add vinyl records of musicals to my vinyl record collection, but all the ones I could find are too expensive or weren’t in good shape. When I found a copy of Camelot for sale at Goodwill, I happily purchased it. Despite not playing the record, I wanted to show what the original 1961 record looks like and talk about my thoughts about owning it. Continue reading “Camelot- Original Cast Recording Vinyl Record- What It Looks Like and Thoughts About Owning It” →

Full-Length Nutcracker Performances That You Can Watch on YouTube Now- 2021

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It’s the time of the year when ballets all over the world are performing the classic Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker. 2021 is the first year when audiences will be able to watch the performances in person after the start of the Corona/ Coivd-19 pandemic started in 2020. Even though many ballet companies are holding live performances of the ballet with live audiences, there are still many ballet companies that posted the full show of their Nutcracker performances on YouTube to watch. Here are my favorite versions of the ballet that can be see as of the publishing of this post.

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Book Review: Wicked: The Grimmerie, a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hit Broadway Musical

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Many years ago, I was a huge fan of musicals. One of the musicals I was a huge fan of was Wicked. Back then Wicked was new and the only merchandise available where I lived was the soundtrack featuring the original Broadway cast and a book called Wicked: The Grimmerie, a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hit Broadway Musical.

Since Halloween is coming later on this month, I wanted to write some posts that are more Halloween themed. Unfortunately, I don’t have access to all the Halloween themed possessions. Instead, I decided to write a review about Wicked, The Grimmerie. After all, the musical is about witches, magic, and premiered on Broadway on October 30, 2003.
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