Wicked The Musical Documentary Part 1

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BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL DOCUMENTARY
The documentary about Broadway musicals!

Wicked is a Tony Award-winning Broadway and West End musical, with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. The story is based on the best-selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, a parallel novel of L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz.

Wicked tells the story of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. (In the album notes, Gregory Maguire explained that he derived the name "Elphaba" from the initials of L. Frank Baum.) Their friendship struggles through their opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, their reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. The plot is set mostly before Dorothy's arrival from Kansas, and includes several references to well-known scenes and dialogue in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as a backstory.

The musical debuted on Broadway on October 30, 2003. It was produced by Universal Pictures and directed by Joe Mantello, with musical staging by Wayne Cilento. Its original stars were Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and Joel Grey as the Wizard.[1] Although the production received mixed reviews and was panned by The New York Times, it has proved to be a favorite among patrons. The Broadway production's success spawned productions in Chicago, Los Angeles, London's West End, Tokyo, Melbourne, and Stuttgart, as well as two North American tours that have visited over 30 cities in Canada and the United States. [2]

Wicked has broken box office records around the world, holding weekly-gross-takings records in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, and London, and the record for biggest opening in the West End (£100,000 in the first hour on sale).[3] Both the West End production and the 2 North American tours have been seen by over two million patrons.[4] The show was nominated for ten 2004 Tony Awards, winning those for Best Actress, Scenic Design and Costume Design. It also won six Drama Desk Awards.

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• Idina
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• Winnie
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[lilpie1807]

the narrator/host sounds like julie andrews (the one from mary poppins and sound of music)

[wickedthemusical08]

Is is...she narrated the whole thing!

[3xsweetiepiex3]

The book is so creepy with a lot of shall we say "adult themes". Very surprising they decided to make a musical of it, though it has been changed a lot.

[KJaishiteru96]

@lilpie1807 It IS julie andrews :D I adore herr

[ingtra1]

hofully i'm going to see this on West End in 3 weeks

[Lilithly]

@miniwidge well we do know her face xD but since mary poppins and the sound of music aren´t very popular here we don´t know her name. people would probably be like "wahh- isn´t that that grandma from princess diaries?" when they saw her ;)

[miniwidge]

@Lilithly didn't mean to be elitist... I really did think she was pretty much known internationally

[Lilithly]

@Raffi705 you´ve seen all the others life? japanese, german, british, dutch..etc.etc....wow!! o.O can people stop writing these kinds of comments, please? -.-

[Lilithly]

@miniwidge really depends on what country you come from ^^; not many people know her where i live.