CITIZENS OF OZ
Good news! She's dead!
The Witch of the West is dead!
The wickedest witch there ever was
The enemy of all of us here in Oz
Is dead!
Good news!
Good news!
OZIAN
(Spoken)
Look! It's Glinda!
GALINDA
(Spoken)
Fellow Ozians
(Sung)
Let us be glad
Let us be grateful
Let us rejoicify that goodness could subdue
The wicked workings of you-know-who
Isn't it nice to know
That good will conquer evil?
The truth we all believe'll by and by
Outlive a lie
For you and
MALE OR FEMALE OZIAN
No one mourns the wicked
FEMALE OZIAN
No one cries "They won't return!"
OZIANS
No one lays a lily on their grave
MALE OZIAN
The good man scorns the wicked!
FEMALE OZIANS
Through their lives, our children learn
OZIANS
What we miss, when we misbehave
GALINDA
And Goodness knows
The wicked's lives are lonely
Goodness knows
The wicked die alone
It just shows when you're wicked
You're left only
On your own
OZIANS
Yes, goodness knows
The wicked's lives are lonely
Goodness knows
The wicked cry alone
Nothing grows for the wicked
They reap only
What they've sown
GALINDA
(Spoken)
Are people born wicked?
Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?
After all, she had
A father. She had a mother, as so many do
FATHER (FREX)
How I hate to go and leave you lonely.
MOTHER (MELENA)
That's alright - it's only just one night.
FATHER (FREX)
But know that you're here in my heart
While I'm out of your sight
GALINDA
(Spoken)
And like every family - they had their secrets…
LOVER
Have another drink, my dark-eyed beauty
I've got one more night left, here in town
So have another drink of green elixir
And we'll have ourselves a little mixer
Have another swallow, little lady,
And follow me down…
GALINDA
(Spoken)
And of course, from the moment she was born, she was - well - different
MIDWIFE (NANNY)
It's coming
FATHER (FREX)
Now?
MIDWIFE (NANNY)
The baby's coming
FATHER (FREX)
And how!
MIDWIFE (NANNY) and FATHER (FREX)
I see a nose
I see a curl
It's a healthy, perfect,
Lovely, little
MIDWIFE (NANNY)
AAAHHH!!!!
FATHER (FREX)
(Spoken)
Sweet Oz!
MOTHER (MELENA)
(Spoken)
What is it? what's wrong?
MIDWIFE (NANNY)
How can it be?
FATHER (FREX)
What does it mean?
MIDWIFE (NANNY)
It's atrocious
FATHER (FREX)
It's obscene!
MIDWIFE (NANNY) and FATHER (FREX)
Like a froggy, ferny cabbage
The baby is unnaturally
ALL
Green!
FATHER (FREX)
(Spoken)
Take it away; take it away!
GALINDA
(Spoken)
So you see - it couldn't have been easy!
OZIANS
No one mourns the wicked!
Now at last, she's dead and gone!
Now at last, there's joy throughout the land
And goodness knows
Who spurn what Goodnesses
Goodness knows
The wicked die alone
GALINDA
She died alone
OZIANS
Woe to those
Who spurn what Goodness is
They are shown
No one mourns the Wicked
GALINDA
Good news!
OZIANS
No one mourns the Wicked!
GALINDA
Good news!
OZIANS and GALINDA
No one mourns the Wicked!
Wicked!
Wicked!
Wicked Musical Album Lyrics
Wicked Musical Lyrics
- Cristy Candler - No One Mourns The Wicked
- Wicked Cast - Dear Old Shiz
- Idina Menzel - The Wizard And I
- Kristin Chenoweth - What is this feeling?
- William Youmans - Something Bad
- Michelle Federer - Dancing Through Life
- Kristin Chenoweth - Popular
- Idina Menzel - Im Not That Girl
- Kristin Chenoweth - One short day
- Joel Grey - A Sentimental Man
- Kristin Chenoweth - Defying Gravity
- Kristin Chenoweth - Thank goodness
- Joel Grey - Wonderful
- Kristin Chenoweth - I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)
- Norbert Leo Butz - As Long as You're Mine
- Idina Menzel - No Good Deed
- Wicked Cast - March of the Witch Hunters
- Kristin Chenoweth - For Good
- Kristin Chenoweth - Finale
- Wicked Cast - The Wicked Witch of the East
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Wicked Cast - Dear Old Shiz
Ozian (male):
(spoken)
Glinda! Is it true - you were her friend?!
GLINDA:
(spoken)
Well - it depends on what you mean by "friend." I did
Know her. That is, our paths did cross. At school:
STUDENTS:
O hallowed halls and vine-draped walls
The proudliest sight there is(Male: Sight there is)
When grey and sere our hair hath turned
We shall still revere the lessons learned
(Females)In our days at dear old Shiz (Males: dear old Shiz)
Our days at dear old
GALINDA:
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ol:
STUDENTS AND GALINDA:
Dear old Shiz-zzzz
(spoken)
Glinda! Is it true - you were her friend?!
GLINDA:
(spoken)
Well - it depends on what you mean by "friend." I did
Know her. That is, our paths did cross. At school:
STUDENTS:
O hallowed halls and vine-draped walls
The proudliest sight there is(Male: Sight there is)
When grey and sere our hair hath turned
We shall still revere the lessons learned
(Females)In our days at dear old Shiz (Males: dear old Shiz)
Our days at dear old
GALINDA:
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ol:
STUDENTS AND GALINDA:
Dear old Shiz-zzzz
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Idina Menzel - The Wizard And I
MADAME MORRIBLE:
(spoken)
Oh, Miss Elphaba
(sung/spoken)
Many years I have waited
For a gift like yours to appear
Why, I predict the Wizard
Could make you his
Magic grand vizier!
My dear, my dear
I'll write at once to the Wizard
Tell him of you in advance
With a talent like yours, dear
There is a defint-ish chance
If you work as you should
You'll be making good:
ELPHABA:
Did that really just happen?
Have I actually understood?
This weird quirk I've tried
To suppress or hide
Is a talent that could
Help me meet the Wizard
If I make good
So I'll make good
When I meet the Wizard,
Once I prove my worth,
And then I'll meet the Wizard
What I've waited for since,
(Spoken: Since birth!)
And with all his Wizard wisdom,
By my looks, he won't be blinded
Do you think the Wizard is (Spoken: dumb?)
Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded?
(Spoken: No!) He'll say to me,
"I see who you truly are -
A girl on whom I can rely!"
And that's how we'll begin
The Wizard and I:
Once I'm with the Wizard
My whole life will change
'Cuz once you're with the Wizard
No one thinks you're strange!
No father is not proud of you,
No sister acts ashamed
And all of Oz has to love you
When by the Wizard, you're acclaimed
And this gift or this curse
I have inside
Maybe at last, I'll know why
When we are hand in hand -
The Wizard and I!
And one day, he'll say to me, "Elphaba,
A girl who is so superior,
Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside
Have a matching exterior?
And since folks here to an absurd degree
Seem fixated on your verdigris
Would it be all right by you
If I de-greenified you?"
And though of course,
That's not important to me
"All right, why not?" I'll reply
Oh, what a pair we'll be
The Wizard and I;
Yes, what a pair we'll be
The Wizard and...
Unlimited
My future is unlimited
And I've just had a vision
Almost like a prophecy
I know - it sounds truly crazy
And true, the vision's hazy
But I swear, someday there'll be
A celebration throughout Oz
That's all to do with me!
And I'll stand there with the Wizard,
Feeling things I've never felt
And though I'd never show it,
I'd be so happy, I could melt!
And so it will be
For the rest of my life,
And I'll want nothing else
Till I die
Held in such high esteem
When people see me, they will scream
For half of Oz's favorite team;
The Wizard
And I!!!
(spoken)
Oh, Miss Elphaba
(sung/spoken)
Many years I have waited
For a gift like yours to appear
Why, I predict the Wizard
Could make you his
Magic grand vizier!
My dear, my dear
I'll write at once to the Wizard
Tell him of you in advance
With a talent like yours, dear
There is a defint-ish chance
If you work as you should
You'll be making good:
ELPHABA:
Did that really just happen?
Have I actually understood?
This weird quirk I've tried
To suppress or hide
Is a talent that could
Help me meet the Wizard
If I make good
So I'll make good
When I meet the Wizard,
Once I prove my worth,
And then I'll meet the Wizard
What I've waited for since,
(Spoken: Since birth!)
And with all his Wizard wisdom,
By my looks, he won't be blinded
Do you think the Wizard is (Spoken: dumb?)
Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded?
(Spoken: No!) He'll say to me,
"I see who you truly are -
A girl on whom I can rely!"
And that's how we'll begin
The Wizard and I:
Once I'm with the Wizard
My whole life will change
'Cuz once you're with the Wizard
No one thinks you're strange!
No father is not proud of you,
No sister acts ashamed
And all of Oz has to love you
When by the Wizard, you're acclaimed
And this gift or this curse
I have inside
Maybe at last, I'll know why
When we are hand in hand -
The Wizard and I!
And one day, he'll say to me, "Elphaba,
A girl who is so superior,
Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside
Have a matching exterior?
And since folks here to an absurd degree
Seem fixated on your verdigris
Would it be all right by you
If I de-greenified you?"
And though of course,
That's not important to me
"All right, why not?" I'll reply
Oh, what a pair we'll be
The Wizard and I;
Yes, what a pair we'll be
The Wizard and...
Unlimited
My future is unlimited
And I've just had a vision
Almost like a prophecy
I know - it sounds truly crazy
And true, the vision's hazy
But I swear, someday there'll be
A celebration throughout Oz
That's all to do with me!
And I'll stand there with the Wizard,
Feeling things I've never felt
And though I'd never show it,
I'd be so happy, I could melt!
And so it will be
For the rest of my life,
And I'll want nothing else
Till I die
Held in such high esteem
When people see me, they will scream
For half of Oz's favorite team;
The Wizard
And I!!!
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Kristin Chenoweth - What is this feeling?
GALINDA:
(spoken) Dearest darlingest Momsie and Popsicle:
ELPHABA:
(spoken) My dear Father:
BOTH:
There's been some confusion
Over rooming here at Shiz:
ELPHABA:
But of course, I'll care for Nessa:
GALINDA:
But of course, I'll rise above it:
BOTH:
For I know that's how you'd want me to respond
(Spoken:) Yes
There's been some confusion
For you see, my roommate is:
GALINDA:
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar
And altogether quite impossible to describe:
ELPHABA:
Blonde.
GALINDA:
What is this feeling,
So sudden and new?
ELPHABA:
I felt the moment
I laid eyes on you;
GALINDA:
My pulse is rushing;
ELPHABA:
My head is reeling;
GALINDA:
My face is flushing;
BOTH:
What is this feeling?
Fervid as a flame,
Does it have a name?
Yes! Loathing
Unadulterated loathing
GALINDA:
For your face;
ELPHABA:
Your voice;
GALINDA:
Your clothing;
BOTH:
Let's just say - I loathe it all
Ev'ry little trait, however small
Makes my very flesh begin to crawl
With simple utter loathing
There's a strange exhilaration
In such total detestation
It's so pure, so strong!
Though I do admit it came on fast
Still I do believe that it can last
And I will be loathing
Loathing you
My whole life long!
STUDENTS:
Dear Galinda, you are just too good
How do you stand it? I don't think I could!
She's a terror! She's a Tartar!
We don't mean to show a bias,
But Galinda, you're a martyr!
GALINDA:
Well; these things are sent to try us!
STUDENTS:
Poor Galinda, forced to reside
With someone so disgusticified
We just want to tell you:
We're all on your side!
We share your;
BOTH:
What is this feeling
So sudden and new?
I felt the moment I laid eyes on you
My pulse is rushing
My head is reeling
Oh, what is this feeling?
Does it have a name?
Yes
Ahhh
STUDENTS (BACKGROUND):
Loathing Unadulterated loathing
For her face, her voice, her clothing
Let's just say - we loathe it all
Ev'ry little trait however small
Makes our very flesh being to crawl
AHHH!
ALL:
Loathing!
STUDENTS:
Loathing
BOTH:
There's a strange exhilaration
STUDENTS:
Loathing
BOTH:
In such total detestation
STUDENTS:
Loathing
BOTH:
It's so pure, so strong
STUDENTS:
So strong!
BOTH:
Though I do admit it came on fast
Still I do believe that it can last
And I will be...
STUDENS (BACKGROUND):
Loathing...
BOTH:
Loathing
For forever...
STUDENTS (BACKGROUND):
Loathing...
BOTH:
Loathing,
Truly deeply loathing you
Loathing you
My whole Life long!
STUDENTS:
Loathing
Unadulterated loathing
ELPHABA:
Boo!
GALINDA:
AH!
(spoken) Dearest darlingest Momsie and Popsicle:
ELPHABA:
(spoken) My dear Father:
BOTH:
There's been some confusion
Over rooming here at Shiz:
ELPHABA:
But of course, I'll care for Nessa:
GALINDA:
But of course, I'll rise above it:
BOTH:
For I know that's how you'd want me to respond
(Spoken:) Yes
There's been some confusion
For you see, my roommate is:
GALINDA:
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar
And altogether quite impossible to describe:
ELPHABA:
Blonde.
GALINDA:
What is this feeling,
So sudden and new?
ELPHABA:
I felt the moment
I laid eyes on you;
GALINDA:
My pulse is rushing;
ELPHABA:
My head is reeling;
GALINDA:
My face is flushing;
BOTH:
What is this feeling?
Fervid as a flame,
Does it have a name?
Yes! Loathing
Unadulterated loathing
GALINDA:
For your face;
ELPHABA:
Your voice;
GALINDA:
Your clothing;
BOTH:
Let's just say - I loathe it all
Ev'ry little trait, however small
Makes my very flesh begin to crawl
With simple utter loathing
There's a strange exhilaration
In such total detestation
It's so pure, so strong!
Though I do admit it came on fast
Still I do believe that it can last
And I will be loathing
Loathing you
My whole life long!
STUDENTS:
Dear Galinda, you are just too good
How do you stand it? I don't think I could!
She's a terror! She's a Tartar!
We don't mean to show a bias,
But Galinda, you're a martyr!
GALINDA:
Well; these things are sent to try us!
STUDENTS:
Poor Galinda, forced to reside
With someone so disgusticified
We just want to tell you:
We're all on your side!
We share your;
BOTH:
What is this feeling
So sudden and new?
I felt the moment I laid eyes on you
My pulse is rushing
My head is reeling
Oh, what is this feeling?
Does it have a name?
Yes
Ahhh
STUDENTS (BACKGROUND):
Loathing Unadulterated loathing
For her face, her voice, her clothing
Let's just say - we loathe it all
Ev'ry little trait however small
Makes our very flesh being to crawl
AHHH!
ALL:
Loathing!
STUDENTS:
Loathing
BOTH:
There's a strange exhilaration
STUDENTS:
Loathing
BOTH:
In such total detestation
STUDENTS:
Loathing
BOTH:
It's so pure, so strong
STUDENTS:
So strong!
BOTH:
Though I do admit it came on fast
Still I do believe that it can last
And I will be...
STUDENS (BACKGROUND):
Loathing...
BOTH:
Loathing
For forever...
STUDENTS (BACKGROUND):
Loathing...
BOTH:
Loathing,
Truly deeply loathing you
Loathing you
My whole Life long!
STUDENTS:
Loathing
Unadulterated loathing
ELPHABA:
Boo!
GALINDA:
AH!
Writer: KAREN ANN POOLE, PAUL JOHN HARRIS, IAN KENNETH MASTERSON
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, MUSIC SALES CORPORATION
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, MUSIC SALES CORPORATION
William Youmans - Something Bad
DOCTOR DILLAMOND
(spoken) Oh, Miss Elphaba - The things one hears these
Days. Dreadful things:
(sung) I've heard of an Ox A professor from Quox
No longer permitted to teach
Who has lost all powers of speech
And an Owl in Munchkin Rock
A vicar with a thriving flock
Forbidden to preach
Now he only can screech!
Only rumors - but still -
Enough to give pause
To anyone with paws
Something bad is happening in Oz:
ELPHABA
Something bad? Happening in Oz?
DILLAMOND
Under the surface
Behind the scenes
Something baaaaaaad:
(spoken) Sorry: "Bad":
ELPHABA(spoken) Doctor Dillamond - If something bad is happening
To the Animals, someone's got to tell the Wizard.
That's why we have a Wizard!
(sung) So nothing bad:
DILLAMOND
(spoken) I hope you're right!
BOTH
Nothing all that bad:
DILLAMOND
Nothing truly baaaaaad.
(spoken) Sorry: "Bad":
ELPHABA
It couldn't happen here
In Oz
(spoken) Oh, Miss Elphaba - The things one hears these
Days. Dreadful things:
(sung) I've heard of an Ox A professor from Quox
No longer permitted to teach
Who has lost all powers of speech
And an Owl in Munchkin Rock
A vicar with a thriving flock
Forbidden to preach
Now he only can screech!
Only rumors - but still -
Enough to give pause
To anyone with paws
Something bad is happening in Oz:
ELPHABA
Something bad? Happening in Oz?
DILLAMOND
Under the surface
Behind the scenes
Something baaaaaaad:
(spoken) Sorry: "Bad":
ELPHABA(spoken) Doctor Dillamond - If something bad is happening
To the Animals, someone's got to tell the Wizard.
That's why we have a Wizard!
(sung) So nothing bad:
DILLAMOND
(spoken) I hope you're right!
BOTH
Nothing all that bad:
DILLAMOND
Nothing truly baaaaaad.
(spoken) Sorry: "Bad":
ELPHABA
It couldn't happen here
In Oz
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Michelle Federer - Dancing Through Life
FIYERO
The trouble with schools is
They always try to teach the wrong lessons
Believe me, I've been kicked out
Of enough of them to know
They want you to become less callow
Less shallow
But I say: why invite stress in?
Stop studying strife
And learn to live the unexamined life
Dancing through life
Skimming the surface
Gliding where turf is smooth
Life's more painless
For the brainless
Why think too hard
When it's so soothing
Dancing through life
No need to tough it
When you can slough it off as I do
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It's just life
So keep dancing through
Dancing through life
Swaying and sweeping
And always keeping cool
Life is fraught-less
When you're thoughtless
Those who don't try
Never look foolish
Dancing through life
Mindless and careless
Make sure you're where less trouble is rife.
Woes are fleeting
Blows are glancing
When you're dancing
Through life
(spoken) So - what's the most swankified place in town?
GALINDA
(spoken) That would be the Ozdust Ballroom.
FIYERO
(spoken) Sounds perfect.
Let's go down to the Ozdust Ballroom
We'll meet there later tonight
We can dance till it's light
Find the prettiest girl
Give 'er a whirl
Right on down to the Ozdust Ballroom
Come on - follow me
You'll be happy to be there
ALL
Dancing through life
Down at the Ozdust
FIYERO
If only because dust
Is what we come to
ALL
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It's just life
FIYERO
So keep dancing through
BOQ
(spoken) Miss Galinda - I hope you'll save at least one
Dance for me. I'll be right there. Waiting. All night.
GALINDA(spoken) Oh - that's so kind. But you know what would
Be even kinder?
(sung) See that tragically beautiful girl
The one in the chair
It seems so unfair
We should go on a spree
And not she
Gee
I know someone would be my hero
If that someone were to go invite her
BOQ
(spoken) Well, maybe - I could invite her!
GALINDA
Oh, Bick, really?
You would do that for me?
BOQ
(spoken) I would do anything for you, Miss Galinda
GALINDA
(spoken) So...
FIYERO
(spoken) So I'll be picking you up around eight?
GALINDA(spoken) After all -
(sung) Now that we've met one another
FIYERO AND GALINDA
It's clear we deserve each other
GALINDA
You're perfect
FIYERO
You're perfect
BOTH
So we're perfect together
Born to be forever
Dancing through life
NESSAROSE
(spoken) Oh, Elphaba - isn't it wonderful?
(sung) Finally, for this one night
I'm about to have a fun night
With this Munchkin boy
Galinda found for me
And I only wish there were
Something I could do for her
To repay her
Elphaba, see?
We deserve each other
And Galinda helped it come true
We deserve each other,
Me and Boq
(spoken) Please, Elphaba try to understand.
ELPHABA
I do:
Galinda listen - Nessa and I were talking about you
Just now.
GALINDA
(spoken) And I was just talking about you! I thought you
Might want to wear this hat to the party tonight!
(sung) It's really, uh, sharp, don't you think?
You know black is this year's pink
You deserve each other
This hat and you
You're both so smart
You deserve each other
So here, out of the goodness of my heart.
BOQ
(spoken) Listen, Nessa.
NESSAROSE
(spoken) Yes?
BOQ
Uh - Nessa
I've got something to confess, a
Reason why, well -
Why I asked you here tonight
Now I know it isn't fair
NESSAROSE
(spoken) Oh, Boq, I know why.
BOQ
(spoken) You do?
NESSAROSE
It's because I'm in this chair
And you felt sorry for me
Well - isn't that right?
BOQ
(spoken) No! No! It's because, because,
(sung) Because you are so beautiful!
NESSAROSE
Oh, Boq, I think you're wonderful!
And we deserve each other
Don't you see, this is our chance?
We deserve each other
Don't we, Boq?
BOQ
(spoken) You know what?
(sung) Let's dance.
NESSAROSE
(spoken) What?!
BOQ
Let's dance!
ALL
Dancing through life
Down at the Ozdust
If only because dust
Is what we come to!
And the strange thing
Your life could end up changing
While you're dancing
Through!
The trouble with schools is
They always try to teach the wrong lessons
Believe me, I've been kicked out
Of enough of them to know
They want you to become less callow
Less shallow
But I say: why invite stress in?
Stop studying strife
And learn to live the unexamined life
Dancing through life
Skimming the surface
Gliding where turf is smooth
Life's more painless
For the brainless
Why think too hard
When it's so soothing
Dancing through life
No need to tough it
When you can slough it off as I do
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It's just life
So keep dancing through
Dancing through life
Swaying and sweeping
And always keeping cool
Life is fraught-less
When you're thoughtless
Those who don't try
Never look foolish
Dancing through life
Mindless and careless
Make sure you're where less trouble is rife.
Woes are fleeting
Blows are glancing
When you're dancing
Through life
(spoken) So - what's the most swankified place in town?
GALINDA
(spoken) That would be the Ozdust Ballroom.
FIYERO
(spoken) Sounds perfect.
Let's go down to the Ozdust Ballroom
We'll meet there later tonight
We can dance till it's light
Find the prettiest girl
Give 'er a whirl
Right on down to the Ozdust Ballroom
Come on - follow me
You'll be happy to be there
ALL
Dancing through life
Down at the Ozdust
FIYERO
If only because dust
Is what we come to
ALL
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It's just life
FIYERO
So keep dancing through
BOQ
(spoken) Miss Galinda - I hope you'll save at least one
Dance for me. I'll be right there. Waiting. All night.
GALINDA(spoken) Oh - that's so kind. But you know what would
Be even kinder?
(sung) See that tragically beautiful girl
The one in the chair
It seems so unfair
We should go on a spree
And not she
Gee
I know someone would be my hero
If that someone were to go invite her
BOQ
(spoken) Well, maybe - I could invite her!
GALINDA
Oh, Bick, really?
You would do that for me?
BOQ
(spoken) I would do anything for you, Miss Galinda
GALINDA
(spoken) So...
FIYERO
(spoken) So I'll be picking you up around eight?
GALINDA(spoken) After all -
(sung) Now that we've met one another
FIYERO AND GALINDA
It's clear we deserve each other
GALINDA
You're perfect
FIYERO
You're perfect
BOTH
So we're perfect together
Born to be forever
Dancing through life
NESSAROSE
(spoken) Oh, Elphaba - isn't it wonderful?
(sung) Finally, for this one night
I'm about to have a fun night
With this Munchkin boy
Galinda found for me
And I only wish there were
Something I could do for her
To repay her
Elphaba, see?
We deserve each other
And Galinda helped it come true
We deserve each other,
Me and Boq
(spoken) Please, Elphaba try to understand.
ELPHABA
I do:
Galinda listen - Nessa and I were talking about you
Just now.
GALINDA
(spoken) And I was just talking about you! I thought you
Might want to wear this hat to the party tonight!
(sung) It's really, uh, sharp, don't you think?
You know black is this year's pink
You deserve each other
This hat and you
You're both so smart
You deserve each other
So here, out of the goodness of my heart.
BOQ
(spoken) Listen, Nessa.
NESSAROSE
(spoken) Yes?
BOQ
Uh - Nessa
I've got something to confess, a
Reason why, well -
Why I asked you here tonight
Now I know it isn't fair
NESSAROSE
(spoken) Oh, Boq, I know why.
BOQ
(spoken) You do?
NESSAROSE
It's because I'm in this chair
And you felt sorry for me
Well - isn't that right?
BOQ
(spoken) No! No! It's because, because,
(sung) Because you are so beautiful!
NESSAROSE
Oh, Boq, I think you're wonderful!
And we deserve each other
Don't you see, this is our chance?
We deserve each other
Don't we, Boq?
BOQ
(spoken) You know what?
(sung) Let's dance.
NESSAROSE
(spoken) What?!
BOQ
Let's dance!
ALL
Dancing through life
Down at the Ozdust
If only because dust
Is what we come to!
And the strange thing
Your life could end up changing
While you're dancing
Through!
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Kristin Chenoweth - Popular
GLINDA:
(Spoken)
Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project!
ELPHABA:
(Spoken)
You really don't have to do that...
GALINDA:
(Spoken)
I know, that's what makes me so nice!
(Sung)
Whenever I see someone less fortunate than I,
And let's face it, who isn't less fortunate than I?
My tender heart tends to start to bleed.
And when someone needs a makeover,
I simply have to take over!
I know, I know exactly what they need!
And even in your case,
Though it's the toughest case I've yet to face,
Don't worry, I'm determined to succeed!
Follow my lead,
And yes indeed, you will be...
POPULAR!
You're gonna be popular!
I'll teach you the proper poise,
When you talk to boys,
Little ways to flirt and flounce,
ooh!
I'll show you what shoes to wear!
How to fix your hair!
Everthing that really counts to be...
POPULAR!
I'll help you be popular!
You'll hang with the right cohorts,
You'll be good at sports,
Know the slang you've got to know.
So let's start,
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go!
Don't be offended by my frank analysis,
Think of it as personality dialysis,
Now that I've chosen to become a
Pal, a sister and advisor,
There's nobody wiser!
Not when it comes to...
POPULAR!
I know about popular.
and with an assist from me,
to be who you'll be,
instead of dreary who you were...
Well, are.
There's nothing that can stop you,
from becoming popu-ler... lar...
la la, la la!
We're gonna make you pop-u-lar!
When i see depressing creatures,
With unprepossessing features,
I remind them on their own they have
To - think - of
Celebrated heads of state,
Or specially great communicators!
Did they have brains or knowledge?
Don't make me laugh!
They were POPULAR!
Please!
It's all about popular.
It's not about aptitude,
It's the way you're viewed,
So it's very shrewd to be,
Very very popular
like ME!
(Spoken)
Why, Miss Elphaba, look at you. you're beautiful!
ELPHABA:
(Spoken)
I, I have to go...
GALINDA:
(Spoken)
You're welcome...
(Sung)
And though you protest,
Your disinterest,
I know clandestinely,
You're gonna grin and bear it!
Your new found popularity!
Aah!
La la, la la!
You'll be popular!
Just not quite as popular as ME!
(Spoken)
Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project!
ELPHABA:
(Spoken)
You really don't have to do that...
GALINDA:
(Spoken)
I know, that's what makes me so nice!
(Sung)
Whenever I see someone less fortunate than I,
And let's face it, who isn't less fortunate than I?
My tender heart tends to start to bleed.
And when someone needs a makeover,
I simply have to take over!
I know, I know exactly what they need!
And even in your case,
Though it's the toughest case I've yet to face,
Don't worry, I'm determined to succeed!
Follow my lead,
And yes indeed, you will be...
POPULAR!
You're gonna be popular!
I'll teach you the proper poise,
When you talk to boys,
Little ways to flirt and flounce,
ooh!
I'll show you what shoes to wear!
How to fix your hair!
Everthing that really counts to be...
POPULAR!
I'll help you be popular!
You'll hang with the right cohorts,
You'll be good at sports,
Know the slang you've got to know.
So let's start,
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go!
Don't be offended by my frank analysis,
Think of it as personality dialysis,
Now that I've chosen to become a
Pal, a sister and advisor,
There's nobody wiser!
Not when it comes to...
POPULAR!
I know about popular.
and with an assist from me,
to be who you'll be,
instead of dreary who you were...
Well, are.
There's nothing that can stop you,
from becoming popu-ler... lar...
la la, la la!
We're gonna make you pop-u-lar!
When i see depressing creatures,
With unprepossessing features,
I remind them on their own they have
To - think - of
Celebrated heads of state,
Or specially great communicators!
Did they have brains or knowledge?
Don't make me laugh!
They were POPULAR!
Please!
It's all about popular.
It's not about aptitude,
It's the way you're viewed,
So it's very shrewd to be,
Very very popular
like ME!
(Spoken)
Why, Miss Elphaba, look at you. you're beautiful!
ELPHABA:
(Spoken)
I, I have to go...
GALINDA:
(Spoken)
You're welcome...
(Sung)
And though you protest,
Your disinterest,
I know clandestinely,
You're gonna grin and bear it!
Your new found popularity!
Aah!
La la, la la!
You'll be popular!
Just not quite as popular as ME!
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Idina Menzel - Im Not That Girl
Hands touch, eyes meet
Sudden silence, sudden heat
Hearts leap in a giddy whirl
He could be that boy
But I'm not that girl
Don't dream too far
Don't lose sight of who you are
Don't remember that rush of joy
He could be that boy
I'm not that girl
Ev'ry so often we long to steal
To the land of what-might-have-been
But that doesn't soften the ache we feel
When reality sets back in
Blithe smile, lithe limb
She who's winsome, she wins him
Gold hair with a gentle curl
That's the girl he chose
And Heaven knows
I'm not that girl
Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart
I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl...
Sudden silence, sudden heat
Hearts leap in a giddy whirl
He could be that boy
But I'm not that girl
Don't dream too far
Don't lose sight of who you are
Don't remember that rush of joy
He could be that boy
I'm not that girl
Ev'ry so often we long to steal
To the land of what-might-have-been
But that doesn't soften the ache we feel
When reality sets back in
Blithe smile, lithe limb
She who's winsome, she wins him
Gold hair with a gentle curl
That's the girl he chose
And Heaven knows
I'm not that girl
Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart
I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl...
Writer: SARAH BUXTON, BOB DI PIERO
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Kristin Chenoweth - One short day
Elphaba (Spoken):
"Come with me, to the Emerald City"
Tourists:
One short day
in the Emerald city
Glinda (Spoken):
"Oh, I've always wanted to see the Emerald City"
Tourists:
One short day
in the Emerald City
One short day
in the Emerald City
One short day
Full of so much to do
Ev'ry way that you look in the city
There's something exquisite
That you'll want to visit
before the days through
Elphaba:
There are buildings as tall as Quoxwood trees
Glinda:
Dress salons
Elphaba:
And libraries
Glinda:
Palaces
Elphaba:
Museums
Both:
A hundred strong
There are wonders like I've never seen
Glinda:
It's all grand
Elphaba:
And it's all green
Both:
I think we've found the place where we belong!
I wanna be
In this hoi polloi
Elphaba:
So I'll be back for good someday!
Both:
To make my life and make my way
But for today, we'll wander and enjoy
Tourists:
One short day
In the Emerald City
One short day
To have a lifetime of fun
One short day
Glinda and Elphaba:
And were warning the city
Now that we're in here
You'll know we've been here
All:
Before we are done!
Glinda (Spoken):
"Elphie-come on-we'll be late for Wizomania!"
Wizomania Chorus:
Who's the mage
Whose major itinerary
Is making all Oz merrier?
Who's the sage
Who's sagely sailed in to save our posteriors?
Whose enthuse for hot air ballooning
Has all of Oz honeymooning?
Woo - oo -oo
Wizn't he wonderful?
(Our wonderful Wizard!)
Audience: Wizomania Chorus:
One short day Who's the mage
In the Emerald City Whose major itinerary
One short day Is making all Oz merrier
To have a lifetime Whose the sage who
Of fun Sagely sailed in to save
What a way Our posteriors
To be seeing the city
Elphaba and Glinda:
Where so many roam to
We'll call it home too
And then just like now we can say,
Were just two friends
Elphaba:
Two good friends
Glinda:
Two best friends
All:
Sharing one wonderful
one short...
Guard (Spoken):
"The wizard will see you now!"
All:
...day!
"Come with me, to the Emerald City"
Tourists:
One short day
in the Emerald city
Glinda (Spoken):
"Oh, I've always wanted to see the Emerald City"
Tourists:
One short day
in the Emerald City
One short day
in the Emerald City
One short day
Full of so much to do
Ev'ry way that you look in the city
There's something exquisite
That you'll want to visit
before the days through
Elphaba:
There are buildings as tall as Quoxwood trees
Glinda:
Dress salons
Elphaba:
And libraries
Glinda:
Palaces
Elphaba:
Museums
Both:
A hundred strong
There are wonders like I've never seen
Glinda:
It's all grand
Elphaba:
And it's all green
Both:
I think we've found the place where we belong!
I wanna be
In this hoi polloi
Elphaba:
So I'll be back for good someday!
Both:
To make my life and make my way
But for today, we'll wander and enjoy
Tourists:
One short day
In the Emerald City
One short day
To have a lifetime of fun
One short day
Glinda and Elphaba:
And were warning the city
Now that we're in here
You'll know we've been here
All:
Before we are done!
Glinda (Spoken):
"Elphie-come on-we'll be late for Wizomania!"
Wizomania Chorus:
Who's the mage
Whose major itinerary
Is making all Oz merrier?
Who's the sage
Who's sagely sailed in to save our posteriors?
Whose enthuse for hot air ballooning
Has all of Oz honeymooning?
Woo - oo -oo
Wizn't he wonderful?
(Our wonderful Wizard!)
Audience: Wizomania Chorus:
One short day Who's the mage
In the Emerald City Whose major itinerary
One short day Is making all Oz merrier
To have a lifetime Whose the sage who
Of fun Sagely sailed in to save
What a way Our posteriors
To be seeing the city
Elphaba and Glinda:
Where so many roam to
We'll call it home too
And then just like now we can say,
Were just two friends
Elphaba:
Two good friends
Glinda:
Two best friends
All:
Sharing one wonderful
one short...
Guard (Spoken):
"The wizard will see you now!"
All:
...day!
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Joel Grey - A Sentimental Man
I am a sentimental man
Who always longed to be a father
That's why I do the best I can
To treat each citizen of Oz as a son
Or daughter
So Elphaba, I'd like to raise you high
'Cause I think everyone deserves the chance to fly
And helping you with your ascent
Allows me to feel so parental
For I am a sentimental man
Who always longed to be a father
That's why I do the best I can
To treat each citizen of Oz as a son
Or daughter
So Elphaba, I'd like to raise you high
'Cause I think everyone deserves the chance to fly
And helping you with your ascent
Allows me to feel so parental
For I am a sentimental man
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Kristin Chenoweth - Defying Gravity
GALINDA
(Spoken)
Why couldn't you have stayed calm, for once! Instead of flying off the handle!
(Sung)
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy how you've
Hurt your cause forever
I hope you think you're clever
ELPHABA
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy too
I hope you're proud how you would
Grovel in submission
To feed your own ambition
GALINDA & ELPHABA
So though I can't imagine how
I hope you're happy
Right now
GALINDA
(Spoken)
Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry!
(Sung)
You can still be with the Wizard
What you've worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted -
ELPHABA
(Spoken)
I know
(Sung)
But I don't want it - No!
I can't want it anymore
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by
The rules of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes
And leap...
It's time to try defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
And you can't pull me down
GALINDA
Can't I make you understand
You're having delusions of grandeur?
ELPHABA
I'm through accepting limits
'Cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try I'll never know
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down!
(Spoken)
Galinda, come with me. Think of what we could do together!
(Sung)
Unlimited
Together we're unlimited
Together we'll be the greatest team
There's ever been - Glinda!
Dreams the way we planned 'em
GALINDA
If we work in tandem
GALINDA & ELPHABA
There's no fight we cannot win
Just you and I, defying gravity
With you and I defying gravity
ELPHABA
They'll never bring us down!
(Spoken)
Well, are you coming?
(GLINDA decides to stay behind.)
GALINDA
I hope you're happy
I hope your happy now that your choosing this -
ELPHABA
(Spoken)
You too
(Sung)
I hope it brings you bliss
GALINDA & ELPHABA
I really hope you get it
And you don't live to regret it
I hope you're happy in the end
I hope you're happy my friend
ELPHABA
So if you care to find me
Look to the Western sky!
As someone told me lately
Everyone deserves the chance to fly
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who ground me
Take a message back from me!
Tell them how I am defying gravity
I'm flying high, defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!!
GALINDA
I hope you're happy
CITIZENS OF OZ
Look at her
She's wicked
Get her!!
ELPHABA
Bring me down!
CITIZENS OF OZ
No one mourns the wicked
So we got to bring her -
ELPHABA
Ahhhh!
CITIZENS OF OZ
--Down!
(Spoken)
Why couldn't you have stayed calm, for once! Instead of flying off the handle!
(Sung)
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy how you've
Hurt your cause forever
I hope you think you're clever
ELPHABA
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy too
I hope you're proud how you would
Grovel in submission
To feed your own ambition
GALINDA & ELPHABA
So though I can't imagine how
I hope you're happy
Right now
GALINDA
(Spoken)
Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry!
(Sung)
You can still be with the Wizard
What you've worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted -
ELPHABA
(Spoken)
I know
(Sung)
But I don't want it - No!
I can't want it anymore
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by
The rules of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes
And leap...
It's time to try defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
And you can't pull me down
GALINDA
Can't I make you understand
You're having delusions of grandeur?
ELPHABA
I'm through accepting limits
'Cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try I'll never know
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down!
(Spoken)
Galinda, come with me. Think of what we could do together!
(Sung)
Unlimited
Together we're unlimited
Together we'll be the greatest team
There's ever been - Glinda!
Dreams the way we planned 'em
GALINDA
If we work in tandem
GALINDA & ELPHABA
There's no fight we cannot win
Just you and I, defying gravity
With you and I defying gravity
ELPHABA
They'll never bring us down!
(Spoken)
Well, are you coming?
(GLINDA decides to stay behind.)
GALINDA
I hope you're happy
I hope your happy now that your choosing this -
ELPHABA
(Spoken)
You too
(Sung)
I hope it brings you bliss
GALINDA & ELPHABA
I really hope you get it
And you don't live to regret it
I hope you're happy in the end
I hope you're happy my friend
ELPHABA
So if you care to find me
Look to the Western sky!
As someone told me lately
Everyone deserves the chance to fly
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who ground me
Take a message back from me!
Tell them how I am defying gravity
I'm flying high, defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!!
GALINDA
I hope you're happy
CITIZENS OF OZ
Look at her
She's wicked
Get her!!
ELPHABA
Bring me down!
CITIZENS OF OZ
No one mourns the wicked
So we got to bring her -
ELPHABA
Ahhhh!
CITIZENS OF OZ
--Down!
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Kristin Chenoweth - Thank goodness
CITIZENS OF OZ
Ev'ry day, more wicked!
Ev'ry day, the terror grows!
All of Oz is ever on alert!
That's the way with Wicked -
Spreading fear where e'er she goes
Seeking out new victims she can hurt!
A HYSTERICAL WOMAN
Like some terrible green blizzard
Throughout the land she flies:
AN OUTRAGED MAN
Defaming our poor Wizard
With her calumnies and lies!
ALL
She lies!
Save us from the Wicked!
Shield us so we won't be hexed!
Give us warning:
Where will she strike next?
Where will she strike next?
Where will she strike next!?
GLINDA
(spoken) Fellow Ozians - as terrifying as terror is, let us put
aside our panic for this one day: and celebrate!
(sung) Oh what a celebration
We'll have today
CROWD
Thank Goodness!
GLINDA
Let's have a celebration
The Glinda way!
CROWD
Thank Goodness!
MORRIBLE
Fin'lly a day that's
Totally Wicked-Witch free!
CROWD
We couldn't be happier
Thank Goodness!
GLINDA
Yes -
We couldn't be happier,
Right, dear?
Couldn't be happier
Right here
Look what we've got
A fairy-tale plot
Our very own happy ending
Where we couldn't be happier -
True, dear?
Couldn't be happier
And we're happy to share
Our ending vicariously
With all of you
He couldn't look handsomer
I couldn't feel humbler
We couldn't be happier
Because happy is what happens
When all your dreams come true!
MORRIBLE(spoken) And Glinda dear, we're happy for you! As Press
Secretary, I have striven to ensure that all of Oz
knows the story of your braverism:
(sung) The day you were first summoned
To an audience with OzAnd although he would not tell you why initially
When you bowed before his throne
He decreed you'd hence be known
As Glinda the Good - officially!
Then with a jealous squeal
The Wicked Witch burst from concealment
Where she had been lurking -surrpetitially!
PEOPLE IN CROWD
I hear she has an extra eye
That always remains awake
I hear that she can shed her skin
As easily as a snake!
I hear some rebel Animals
Are giving her food and shelter!
I hear her soul is so unclean
Pure water can melt her!
FIYERO
What!?
CROWD
Melt her!?
Please - somebody go and melt her!
FIYERO
(spoken) Do you hear that - water will melt her?! People
are so empty-headed, they'll believe anything!
GLINDA
(spoken) Fiyero! Oh - yes, thanks plenty, dearest! He's gone to
fetch me a refreshment. He's so thoughtful that way!
(sung) That's why I couldn't be happier
No, I couldn't be happier
Though it is, I admit
The tiniest bit
Unlike I anticipated
But I couldn't be happier
Simply couldn't be happier
(spoken) Well - not "simply":
(sung) 'Cause getting your dreams
It's strange, but it seems
A little - well - complicated
There's a kind of a sort of : cost
There's a couple of things get: lost
There are bridges you cross
You didn't know you crossed
Until you've crossed
And if that joy, that thrill
Doesn't thrill you like you think it will
Still -
With this perfect finale
The cheers and ballyhoo
Who
Wouldn't be happier?
So I couldn't be happier
Because happy is what happens
When all your dreams come true
Well, isn't it?
Happy is what happens
When your dreams come true!
CROWD
We love you, Glinda, if we may be so frank
GLINDA
Thank Goodness!
CROWD
For all this joy, we know who we've got to thank:
Thank Goodness!
That means the Wizard, Glinda:
GLINDA
And fiance!
CROWD
They couldn't be goodlier
She couldn't be lovelier
We couldn't be luckier
GLINDA
I couldn't be happier
CROWDThank Goodness:
GLINDA AND CROWD
Today!
Thank Goodness for today!
Ev'ry day, more wicked!
Ev'ry day, the terror grows!
All of Oz is ever on alert!
That's the way with Wicked -
Spreading fear where e'er she goes
Seeking out new victims she can hurt!
A HYSTERICAL WOMAN
Like some terrible green blizzard
Throughout the land she flies:
AN OUTRAGED MAN
Defaming our poor Wizard
With her calumnies and lies!
ALL
She lies!
Save us from the Wicked!
Shield us so we won't be hexed!
Give us warning:
Where will she strike next?
Where will she strike next?
Where will she strike next!?
GLINDA
(spoken) Fellow Ozians - as terrifying as terror is, let us put
aside our panic for this one day: and celebrate!
(sung) Oh what a celebration
We'll have today
CROWD
Thank Goodness!
GLINDA
Let's have a celebration
The Glinda way!
CROWD
Thank Goodness!
MORRIBLE
Fin'lly a day that's
Totally Wicked-Witch free!
CROWD
We couldn't be happier
Thank Goodness!
GLINDA
Yes -
We couldn't be happier,
Right, dear?
Couldn't be happier
Right here
Look what we've got
A fairy-tale plot
Our very own happy ending
Where we couldn't be happier -
True, dear?
Couldn't be happier
And we're happy to share
Our ending vicariously
With all of you
He couldn't look handsomer
I couldn't feel humbler
We couldn't be happier
Because happy is what happens
When all your dreams come true!
MORRIBLE(spoken) And Glinda dear, we're happy for you! As Press
Secretary, I have striven to ensure that all of Oz
knows the story of your braverism:
(sung) The day you were first summoned
To an audience with OzAnd although he would not tell you why initially
When you bowed before his throne
He decreed you'd hence be known
As Glinda the Good - officially!
Then with a jealous squeal
The Wicked Witch burst from concealment
Where she had been lurking -surrpetitially!
PEOPLE IN CROWD
I hear she has an extra eye
That always remains awake
I hear that she can shed her skin
As easily as a snake!
I hear some rebel Animals
Are giving her food and shelter!
I hear her soul is so unclean
Pure water can melt her!
FIYERO
What!?
CROWD
Melt her!?
Please - somebody go and melt her!
FIYERO
(spoken) Do you hear that - water will melt her?! People
are so empty-headed, they'll believe anything!
GLINDA
(spoken) Fiyero! Oh - yes, thanks plenty, dearest! He's gone to
fetch me a refreshment. He's so thoughtful that way!
(sung) That's why I couldn't be happier
No, I couldn't be happier
Though it is, I admit
The tiniest bit
Unlike I anticipated
But I couldn't be happier
Simply couldn't be happier
(spoken) Well - not "simply":
(sung) 'Cause getting your dreams
It's strange, but it seems
A little - well - complicated
There's a kind of a sort of : cost
There's a couple of things get: lost
There are bridges you cross
You didn't know you crossed
Until you've crossed
And if that joy, that thrill
Doesn't thrill you like you think it will
Still -
With this perfect finale
The cheers and ballyhoo
Who
Wouldn't be happier?
So I couldn't be happier
Because happy is what happens
When all your dreams come true
Well, isn't it?
Happy is what happens
When your dreams come true!
CROWD
We love you, Glinda, if we may be so frank
GLINDA
Thank Goodness!
CROWD
For all this joy, we know who we've got to thank:
Thank Goodness!
That means the Wizard, Glinda:
GLINDA
And fiance!
CROWD
They couldn't be goodlier
She couldn't be lovelier
We couldn't be luckier
GLINDA
I couldn't be happier
CROWDThank Goodness:
GLINDA AND CROWD
Today!
Thank Goodness for today!
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Joel Grey - Wonderful
I never asked for this or planned it in advance
I was merely blown here by the winds of chance
I never saw myself as a Solomon or Socrates
I knew who I was
One of your dime a dozen mediocrities
Then suddenly I'm here
Respected, worshipped, even
Just because the folks in Oz
Needed someone to believe in
Does it surprise you
I got hooked, and all too soon?
What can I say?
I got carried away
And not just by balloon
"Wonderful"
They called me "Wonderful"
So I said "Wonderful", if you insist
I will be "Wonderful"
And they said "Wonderful"
Believe me, it's hard to resist
'Cause it feels wonderful
They think I'm wonderful
Hey, look who's wonderful
This corn-fed hick
Who said: "It might be keen
To build a town of green
And a wonderful road of yellow brick!"
See, I never had a family of my own
So, I guess I just - wanted to give the citizens of Oz everything
So you lied to them
Elphaba
Where I'm from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true
We call it "history"
A man's called a traitor or liberator
A rich man's a thief or philanthropist
Is one a crusader or ruthless invader?
It's all in which label
Is able to persist
There are precious few at ease
With moral ambiguities
So we act as though they don't exist
They call me "Wonderful"
So I am wonderful
In fact it's so much who I am
It's part of my name
And with my help, you can be the same
At long, long last receive your due
Long overdue
Elphaba, the most celebrated
Are the rehabilitated
There'll be such a whoop-de-doo
A celebration throughout Oz
That's all to do with you
Wonderful
They'll call you wonderful
It does sound wonderful
Trust me, it's fun
When you are wonderful
It would be wonderful
Wonderful, wonderful
One!
Two!
And
I was merely blown here by the winds of chance
I never saw myself as a Solomon or Socrates
I knew who I was
One of your dime a dozen mediocrities
Then suddenly I'm here
Respected, worshipped, even
Just because the folks in Oz
Needed someone to believe in
Does it surprise you
I got hooked, and all too soon?
What can I say?
I got carried away
And not just by balloon
"Wonderful"
They called me "Wonderful"
So I said "Wonderful", if you insist
I will be "Wonderful"
And they said "Wonderful"
Believe me, it's hard to resist
'Cause it feels wonderful
They think I'm wonderful
Hey, look who's wonderful
This corn-fed hick
Who said: "It might be keen
To build a town of green
And a wonderful road of yellow brick!"
See, I never had a family of my own
So, I guess I just - wanted to give the citizens of Oz everything
So you lied to them
Elphaba
Where I'm from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true
We call it "history"
A man's called a traitor or liberator
A rich man's a thief or philanthropist
Is one a crusader or ruthless invader?
It's all in which label
Is able to persist
There are precious few at ease
With moral ambiguities
So we act as though they don't exist
They call me "Wonderful"
So I am wonderful
In fact it's so much who I am
It's part of my name
And with my help, you can be the same
At long, long last receive your due
Long overdue
Elphaba, the most celebrated
Are the rehabilitated
There'll be such a whoop-de-doo
A celebration throughout Oz
That's all to do with you
Wonderful
They'll call you wonderful
It does sound wonderful
Trust me, it's fun
When you are wonderful
It would be wonderful
Wonderful, wonderful
One!
Two!
And
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Kristin Chenoweth - I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)
GLINDA
Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart:
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl
Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart:
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Norbert Leo Butz - As Long as You're Mine
ELPHABA
Kiss Me too fiercely
Hold me too tight
I need help believing
You're with me tonight
My wildest dreamings
Could not forsee
Lying beside you
With you wanting me
And just for this moment
As long as you're mine
I've lost all resistance
And crossed some border line
And if it turns out
It's over too fast
I'll make every last moment last
As long as you're mine
FIYERO
Maybe I'm brainless
Maybe I'm wise
But you've got me seeing
Through different eyes
Somehow I've fallen
Under your spell
And somehow I'm feeling
It's up that I fell
BOTH
Every moment
As long as you're mine
I'll wake up my body
And make up for lost time
FIYERO
Say there's no future
For us as a pair
BOTH
And though I may know
I don't care
Just for this moment
As long as you're mine
Come be how you want to
And see how bright we shine
Borrow the moonlight
Until it is through
And know I'll be here holding you
As long as you're mine
FIYERO
(spoken)
What is it?(etc.)
ELPHABA
(spoken)
It's just for the first time,
I feel ... wicked
Kiss Me too fiercely
Hold me too tight
I need help believing
You're with me tonight
My wildest dreamings
Could not forsee
Lying beside you
With you wanting me
And just for this moment
As long as you're mine
I've lost all resistance
And crossed some border line
And if it turns out
It's over too fast
I'll make every last moment last
As long as you're mine
FIYERO
Maybe I'm brainless
Maybe I'm wise
But you've got me seeing
Through different eyes
Somehow I've fallen
Under your spell
And somehow I'm feeling
It's up that I fell
BOTH
Every moment
As long as you're mine
I'll wake up my body
And make up for lost time
FIYERO
Say there's no future
For us as a pair
BOTH
And though I may know
I don't care
Just for this moment
As long as you're mine
Come be how you want to
And see how bright we shine
Borrow the moonlight
Until it is through
And know I'll be here holding you
As long as you're mine
FIYERO
(spoken)
What is it?(etc.)
ELPHABA
(spoken)
It's just for the first time,
I feel ... wicked
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Idina Menzel - No Good Deed
ELPHABA
(spoken) Fiyero!
(sung) Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Let his flesh not be torn
Let his blood leave no stain
When they beat him
Let him feel no pain
Let his bones never break
And however they try
To destroy him
Let him never die:
Let him never die:
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka: eleka:
What good is this chanting?
I don't even know what I'm reading!
I don't even know what trick I ought to try
Fiyero, where are you?
Already dead of bleeding.
One more disaster I can add to my
Generous supply?
No good deed goes unpunished
No act of charity goes unresented
No good deed goes unpunished
That's my new creed
My road of good intentions
Led where such roads always lead
No good deed
Goes unpunished!
Nessa:
Doctor Dillamond:
Fiyero:
Fiyero!!
One question haunts and hurts
Too much, too much to mention:
Was I really seeking good
Or just seeking attention?
Is that all good deeds are
When looked at with an ice-cold eye?
If that's all good deeds are
Maybe that's the reason why
No good deed goes unpunished
All helpful urges should be circumvented
No good deed goes unpunished
Sure, I meant well -
Well, look at what well-meant did:
All right, enough - so be it
So be it, then:
Let all Oz be agreed
I'm wicked through and through
Since I can not succeed
Fiyero, saving you
I promise no good deed
Will I attempt to do again
Ever again
No good deed
Will I do again!
(spoken) Fiyero!
(sung) Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Let his flesh not be torn
Let his blood leave no stain
When they beat him
Let him feel no pain
Let his bones never break
And however they try
To destroy him
Let him never die:
Let him never die:
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka: eleka:
What good is this chanting?
I don't even know what I'm reading!
I don't even know what trick I ought to try
Fiyero, where are you?
Already dead of bleeding.
One more disaster I can add to my
Generous supply?
No good deed goes unpunished
No act of charity goes unresented
No good deed goes unpunished
That's my new creed
My road of good intentions
Led where such roads always lead
No good deed
Goes unpunished!
Nessa:
Doctor Dillamond:
Fiyero:
Fiyero!!
One question haunts and hurts
Too much, too much to mention:
Was I really seeking good
Or just seeking attention?
Is that all good deeds are
When looked at with an ice-cold eye?
If that's all good deeds are
Maybe that's the reason why
No good deed goes unpunished
All helpful urges should be circumvented
No good deed goes unpunished
Sure, I meant well -
Well, look at what well-meant did:
All right, enough - so be it
So be it, then:
Let all Oz be agreed
I'm wicked through and through
Since I can not succeed
Fiyero, saving you
I promise no good deed
Will I attempt to do again
Ever again
No good deed
Will I do again!
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Wicked Cast - March of the Witch Hunters
OZIANS
Go and hunt her
And find her
And kill her
VICIOUS WOMAN
(spoken) Good fortune, Witch Hunters!
OZIANS
Go and hunt her
And find her
And kill her
RABID MAN
(spoken) Kill the Witch!
OZIANS
Wickedness must be punished
Evil effectively eliminated
Wickedness must be punished
Kill the Witch!
TINMAN
(spoken) And this is more than just a service to the Wizard.
I have a personal score to settle with Elphaba...with
The Witch!
(sung) It's due to her I'm made of tin
Her spell made this occur
So for once I'm glad I'm heartless
I'll be heartless killing her!
CROWD
(Cheer)
And the lion also
Has a grievance to repay
If she'd let him fight his own battles
When he was young
He wouldn't be a coward today!
CROWD
Kill her! Kill the witch!
ALL
Wickedness must be punished
Brave Witch-Hunters, I would join you if I could
Because Wickedness must be punished
Punished
Punished
For good!
Go and hunt her
And find her
And kill her
VICIOUS WOMAN
(spoken) Good fortune, Witch Hunters!
OZIANS
Go and hunt her
And find her
And kill her
RABID MAN
(spoken) Kill the Witch!
OZIANS
Wickedness must be punished
Evil effectively eliminated
Wickedness must be punished
Kill the Witch!
TINMAN
(spoken) And this is more than just a service to the Wizard.
I have a personal score to settle with Elphaba...with
The Witch!
(sung) It's due to her I'm made of tin
Her spell made this occur
So for once I'm glad I'm heartless
I'll be heartless killing her!
CROWD
(Cheer)
And the lion also
Has a grievance to repay
If she'd let him fight his own battles
When he was young
He wouldn't be a coward today!
CROWD
Kill her! Kill the witch!
ALL
Wickedness must be punished
Brave Witch-Hunters, I would join you if I could
Because Wickedness must be punished
Punished
Punished
For good!
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Kristin Chenoweth - For Good
(Elphaba):
I'm limited
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...
(Glinda):
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba):
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
(Glinda):
Because I knew you
(Both):
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba):
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for
(Glinda):
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
(Both):
And none of it seems to matter anymore
(Glinda):
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
(Elphaba):
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
(Both):
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
(Glinda):
And because I knew you...
(Elphaba):
Because I knew you...
(Both):
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good...
I'm limited
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...
(Glinda):
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba):
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
(Glinda):
Because I knew you
(Both):
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba):
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for
(Glinda):
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
(Both):
And none of it seems to matter anymore
(Glinda):
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
(Elphaba):
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
(Both):
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
(Glinda):
And because I knew you...
(Elphaba):
Because I knew you...
(Both):
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good...
Writer: Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Kristin Chenoweth - Finale
CELEBRANTS
No one mourns the Wicked
Now at last she's dead and gone
Now at last there's joy throughout the land
ALL
Good news!
Good news:
GLINDA
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better
But:
ELPHABA AND GLINDA
Because I knew you:
CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked:
GLINDA
Because I knew you:
ELPHABA AND GLINDA
I have been changed:
CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked
Wicked:
Wicked!
No one mourns the Wicked
Now at last she's dead and gone
Now at last there's joy throughout the land
ALL
Good news!
Good news:
GLINDA
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better
But:
ELPHABA AND GLINDA
Because I knew you:
CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked:
GLINDA
Because I knew you:
ELPHABA AND GLINDA
I have been changed:
CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked
Wicked:
Wicked!
Writer: STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Wicked Cast - The Wicked Witch of the East
(Note:
This song is not included on the cast recording, because it contains spoilers, but is included in the original musical.
In order to shorten the scene over which the song takes place, only certain spoken lines are mentioned.)
NESSAROSE (spoken)
Elphaba, shut up! First of all, I can't harbor a fugitive, I am an unelected offical. And why should I help you? You fly
Around Oz trying to rescure animals you've never even met and not once have you ever thought to use your powers to rescue me!
All of my life, I've depended on you
(sung) How do you think that feels?
All of my life, I've depended on you
And this hideous chair with wheels.
Scrounging for scraps of pity to pick up
And longing to kick up my heels.
ELPHABA (spoken)
Nessa, there isn't a spell for everything. The power is mysterious, it not like cobbiling up a pair of- wait. (beings
Chanting from the Grimmerie)
Oh Nessa, at last.
(sung)I've done what long ago I should
And finally from these powers something good
Finally, something good
NESSAROSE (spoken)
Boq! Boq, come quickly!
BOQ (spoken)
You did this for her?
NESSAROSE (spoken)
For both of us!
BOQ (spoken)
Oh Nessa... this changes everything.
NESSAROSE (spoken)
I know.
BOQ:
(spoken)Nessa
NESSAROSE
(spoken)Yes?
BOQ:
(sung)Oh, Nessa
Surely now I'll matter less to you
You won't mind my leaving her tonight.
NESSAROSE
(spoken)Leaving?
BOQ
(sung)Yes,
That ball thats being staged,
Announcing Glinda is engaged
To Fiyero
NESSAROSE
(spoken)Glinda?
BOQ
(sung)Yes Nessa, that's right
I've got to go appeal to her
Express the way I feel for her
(spoken) Nessa, I lost my heart to Glinda from the moment I first saw her. You know that.
NESSAROSE
(spoken)Lost your heart?
(sung)Well we'll see about that.
ELPHABA (spoken)
Nessa, let him go.
NESSAROSE
(sung)Did you think I'd let you leave me here flat?!
BOQ (spoken)
Don't come any closer!
NESSAROSE
(sung)You're going to lose your heart to me, I tell you!
If I have, I have to... magic spell you. (beings chanting from the Grimmerie)
(spoken) This is all your fault! If you had not shown me that horrenible book-
ELPHABA (spoken)
I've got to find another spell. It's the only thing that might work.
NESSAROSE:
(sung)Save him please, just save him.
My poor Boq, my sweet, my brave him.
Do not leave me till my sorry life has ceased.
ELHAPHA
(begins chanting in melody)
NESSAROSE
(sung)Alone and loveless here,
Just the girl in the mirror
Just her and me, Wicked Witch of the East!
We deserve each other.
This song is not included on the cast recording, because it contains spoilers, but is included in the original musical.
In order to shorten the scene over which the song takes place, only certain spoken lines are mentioned.)
NESSAROSE (spoken)
Elphaba, shut up! First of all, I can't harbor a fugitive, I am an unelected offical. And why should I help you? You fly
Around Oz trying to rescure animals you've never even met and not once have you ever thought to use your powers to rescue me!
All of my life, I've depended on you
(sung) How do you think that feels?
All of my life, I've depended on you
And this hideous chair with wheels.
Scrounging for scraps of pity to pick up
And longing to kick up my heels.
ELPHABA (spoken)
Nessa, there isn't a spell for everything. The power is mysterious, it not like cobbiling up a pair of- wait. (beings
Chanting from the Grimmerie)
Oh Nessa, at last.
(sung)I've done what long ago I should
And finally from these powers something good
Finally, something good
NESSAROSE (spoken)
Boq! Boq, come quickly!
BOQ (spoken)
You did this for her?
NESSAROSE (spoken)
For both of us!
BOQ (spoken)
Oh Nessa... this changes everything.
NESSAROSE (spoken)
I know.
BOQ:
(spoken)Nessa
NESSAROSE
(spoken)Yes?
BOQ:
(sung)Oh, Nessa
Surely now I'll matter less to you
You won't mind my leaving her tonight.
NESSAROSE
(spoken)Leaving?
BOQ
(sung)Yes,
That ball thats being staged,
Announcing Glinda is engaged
To Fiyero
NESSAROSE
(spoken)Glinda?
BOQ
(sung)Yes Nessa, that's right
I've got to go appeal to her
Express the way I feel for her
(spoken) Nessa, I lost my heart to Glinda from the moment I first saw her. You know that.
NESSAROSE
(spoken)Lost your heart?
(sung)Well we'll see about that.
ELPHABA (spoken)
Nessa, let him go.
NESSAROSE
(sung)Did you think I'd let you leave me here flat?!
BOQ (spoken)
Don't come any closer!
NESSAROSE
(sung)You're going to lose your heart to me, I tell you!
If I have, I have to... magic spell you. (beings chanting from the Grimmerie)
(spoken) This is all your fault! If you had not shown me that horrenible book-
ELPHABA (spoken)
I've got to find another spell. It's the only thing that might work.
NESSAROSE:
(sung)Save him please, just save him.
My poor Boq, my sweet, my brave him.
Do not leave me till my sorry life has ceased.
ELHAPHA
(begins chanting in melody)
NESSAROSE
(sung)Alone and loveless here,
Just the girl in the mirror
Just her and me, Wicked Witch of the East!
We deserve each other.
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which is in turn based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation.
The musical is told from the perspective of two witches of the Land of Oz. Its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy Gale arrives in Oz from Kansas. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (later known as the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (later known as Glinda the Good), whose friendship struggles through their opposing personalities, viewpoints, same love interest, reactions to the Wonderful Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's fall from grace.
Produced by Universal Stage Productions, in coalition with Marc Platt, Jon B. Platt, and David Stone, with direction by Joe Mantello and choreography by Wayne Cilento, the original production of Wicked premiered on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre in October 2003, after completing pre-Broadway tryouts at San Francisco's Curran Theatre in May and June of that year.
Its original stars included Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and Joel Grey as the Wizard. The original Broadway production won three Tony Awards and seven Drama Desk Awards, while its original cast album received a Grammy Award. On April 11, 2023, with its 7,486th performance, it surpassed Cats to become Broadway's fourth-longest running show. A typical performance of the show takes about two hours and 30 minutes, including an intermission.
The success of the Broadway production has spawned many productions worldwide, including a long-running West End production. Wicked has broken box-office records around the world, holding weekly-gross-takings records in Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, and London. In the week ending January 2, 2011, the London, Broadway, and both North American touring productions simultaneously broke their respective records for the highest weekly gross. In the final week of 2013, the Broadway production broke this record again, earning $3.2 million. In 2016, Wicked surpassed $1 billion in total Broadway revenue, joining The Phantom of the Opera and The Lion King as the only Broadway shows to do so. In 2017, Wicked surpassed The Phantom of the Opera as Broadway's second-highest grossing musical, trailing only The Lion King.
A two-part film adaptation, directed by Jon M. Chu starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Galinda, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, Michelle Yeoh as the Madame Morrible, and Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero is currently in the works. The first part is set for release on November 27, 2024, with the second part to follow a year later on November 26, 2025.
Genre(s):
Broadway, Broadway musical, musical The musical is told from the perspective of two witches of the Land of Oz. Its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy Gale arrives in Oz from Kansas. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (later known as the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (later known as Glinda the Good), whose friendship struggles through their opposing personalities, viewpoints, same love interest, reactions to the Wonderful Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's fall from grace.
Produced by Universal Stage Productions, in coalition with Marc Platt, Jon B. Platt, and David Stone, with direction by Joe Mantello and choreography by Wayne Cilento, the original production of Wicked premiered on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre in October 2003, after completing pre-Broadway tryouts at San Francisco's Curran Theatre in May and June of that year.
Its original stars included Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and Joel Grey as the Wizard. The original Broadway production won three Tony Awards and seven Drama Desk Awards, while its original cast album received a Grammy Award. On April 11, 2023, with its 7,486th performance, it surpassed Cats to become Broadway's fourth-longest running show. A typical performance of the show takes about two hours and 30 minutes, including an intermission.
The success of the Broadway production has spawned many productions worldwide, including a long-running West End production. Wicked has broken box-office records around the world, holding weekly-gross-takings records in Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, and London. In the week ending January 2, 2011, the London, Broadway, and both North American touring productions simultaneously broke their respective records for the highest weekly gross. In the final week of 2013, the Broadway production broke this record again, earning $3.2 million. In 2016, Wicked surpassed $1 billion in total Broadway revenue, joining The Phantom of the Opera and The Lion King as the only Broadway shows to do so. In 2017, Wicked surpassed The Phantom of the Opera as Broadway's second-highest grossing musical, trailing only The Lion King.
A two-part film adaptation, directed by Jon M. Chu starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Galinda, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, Michelle Yeoh as the Madame Morrible, and Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero is currently in the works. The first part is set for release on November 27, 2024, with the second part to follow a year later on November 26, 2025.
Length: 70:00
Released: January 1st, 2003
Year: 2003