I’ve been to a Broadway musical just once — to see “Wicked” more than a decade ago — and it was everything I hoped it would be.

But for pure entertainment value, it’s hard to beat the shortened performance of “Wicked” that I saw recently at the Treasure Valley Children’s Theater in Boise. Especially considering what these theater campers went through.

Think about it. The kids showed up on a Monday, knowing that by the end of the week, they would be performing an iconic Broadway smash hit. If that wasn’t daunting enough, the kids didn’t get a script until the day before their performance before family and friends.

Keep in mind, these scripts are not found in cereal boxes. It’s practically a matter of finding a Broadway custodian who was lucky enough to sweep up a few script lines during

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