JUNE 8, 2004 --

'Twas two nights after the Tonys
And more people, perhaps, than ever,
Waited outside Wicked's theater
The better, of course to remember
They waited at the rail
They waited down below
Some aloft seemed to sail
Some could stay no longer and had to go

First Kristin arrived to sign
Then Irina gave out autographs
Both working along this crowd-line
Eliciting smiles, and even laughs

One last photo of Irina
Wistful does she seem?
And look again more closely
She doesn't see her image's gleam.

Crowds await the stars of "Wicked"