Dancing Through Life - Wicked The Musical

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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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[MsMarcieKate]

this is like the best song in the whole musical!!

[mikokat]

@gigigigihy How are you doing Wicked? The performance licenses aren't even available to Repertory Theatres let alone schools...

[Jade10923]

brainless lol i caught that

[harrypotterrocks1762]

@Emily4leafclover609

i agree. i guess to someone who hasn't seen the show, the songs wouldn't make sense, but after the musical they make perfect sense.

[Nuttterlover]

I adore Wicked. I saw it for the first time a few weeks ago and already know all the words to the songs !

[daniroxxoxo]

@kaighnyne luckyyyyy :)

[kaighnyne]

@daniroxxoxo

I might have one of my own...haha.

(He played Fiyero once, at a camp production.)

[disneydanny2]

did anyone else catch Norbert's lyric flub @ 2:17 he says "Till it lghts" I only knew about it fron readin the insert in the 5th anniversary CD

[mslovinlife934]

@Emily4leafclover609 sorry, disagree. am a member of an orchestra so i am always listening for the orchestra in different performances. have seen it live and am not saying that the songs are bad or anything, it's just that i prefer the little subrhytms and subtunes going on beneath the singers.

[Emily4leafclover609]

@mslovinlife934 I thought the same, but when you see the play you REALLy understand the songs!

[JujuRose9]

Boq and Nessa Now = Cute Boq and Nessa Later = OMG RUN FROM NESSA!!!

[mslovinlife934]

this musical is one of those in which the lyrics aren't really fantastic, but if you listen to the orchestration it really sounds great :)