Wicked - The untold story of the witches of Oz

Welcome to the magical thread of WICKED!

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Wicked is a musical with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a 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 Galinda, the Good Witch of the North. 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 is 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 Galinda, and Joel Grey as the Wizard. 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, along with two North American tours that have visited over 30 cities in Canada and the United States.
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). The West End production has played to more than 1.4 million people, and the North American tour has been seen by over two million patrons. 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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*****
My personal favourite musical ever.

I post some videos of the songs from the musical. They are really good.

Defying Gravity by Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel
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Popular by Kristin Chenoweth
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For Good by Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel
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Wizard and I by Idina Menzel
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As Long As You Are Mine by Idina Menzel and Norbert Leo Butz
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Oh.. I like them a LOT. What about you?

Thanks cassi!!

Wicked is awesome and everyone should at least watch the videos and give it a go!!!

Wicked appreciation here we come!

I'm so excited.... I get to see it this spring!!! I had to sit online for four and a half hours for tickets but I got them!!! Yay!

Have so much fun Phoebs!!!
I love love love Wicked. I got to see it off Broadway last winter. I cried...everyone laughed at me. IT'S AMAZING!!

Fluffernutter wrote:Have so much fun Phoebs!!!
I love love love Wicked. I got to see it off Broadway last winter. I cried...everyone laughed at me. IT'S AMAZING!!

i've cried both times i've seen it (ahem... with idina mezel...ahem)!!! i love it, unashamedly....

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I am NOT obsessed and have No idea what you're talking about...

I want to watch it...

There is a full piece up in youtube. I will see If I can find it.

Oh I found this is the first part of the musical. It has not good quality but. I think we can survive. Cause there is no better quality than that.

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My friend saw Wicked on Dec 23rd cuz it's in Detroit right now so I was really mad at her cuz she didn't take me with her! but on New Years i saw it on the internet so i was happy. i loved it!

Yey. I am happy that few of us are loving it!

I wish I had seen it! My sister said it was amazing..I absolutely Idina Menzel

I wish to go see it live, but It is highly impossoble for me right now.

Is there a video of it? *is completely ignorant*