ooo feed meh, seymore! i love the little shop of horrors!!! i work with a 4th grader (he's 10) and i told him about it and for a good three months he was talking about it and singing the songs! i hope your brother gets the courage to do it! the way i always looked at it is, doing something and possibly making a fool of yourself is infinitely better than never trying and never knowing
he could be amazing if he gives himself the chance!
oh and yes! wicked was a novel first and they made it into a musical. the novel is actually a set of four books. they are a bit darker but that makes them good