Those are your nieces? Why do I get the feeling that you picked out their outfits for them?
My cousins, though they're young enough to be my nieces. I actually had nothing to do with their outfits, though I certainly approve.
Glad you liked the postcard - my nieces are both very grateful to you. I hear from my sister-in-law that they can't stop talking about the musical.
It brightened my afternoon.
It makes me happy that you and they enjoyed it so much, even though I had absolutely nothing to do with it.
Just what is the time-scale of the events? Glinda says at the beginning (paraphrasing from memory) "I did know her at school, but you must realize that was many years ago").
How long have they been students when Mme. Morrible hears back from the wizard and sends Elphaba to the Emerald City? She had said she'd "write at once to the wizard"; did she put it off, or did the wizard take his sweet time in replying?
How long between acts I and II? For the propaganda war between Elphaba and the wizard's camp to still be big news, I would guess a few weeks. None of the characters are still students in act II - have they all graduated?
That has always bothered me, too. The timeline I have agreed upon in my head, which may not be correct, this this:
Elphaba and Galinda go to school. Mme. Morrible writes to the Wizard.
The Wizard takes his sweet time responding. Elphaba heads to the Emerald City either just before or just after graduating. An indeterminate time later, Act II starts. One the one hand it seems like, as you said, it must be only a few weeks later since it's so fresh in everyone's minds. The Wizard could have made Glinda into a celebrity in that amount of time. On the other hand, Fiyero is Captain of the Guard, and it seems like it would take more than a few weeks for that, so who knows.
A few years later comes the scene in Munchkinland/As Long As You're Mine/etc. A few more years pass until For Good, just to let Elphaba brew a bit. Then it ends, and she dies.
It sounds more logical in my head before I typed it out. Thoughts?