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It dawned upon me that as much as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of Gaston Leroux’s novel, “The Phantom of the Opera”, not everyone liked it and ended up favoring other versions. One version focused on the romantic man behind the mask. Another version focused on the horror without the music. Yeah, you knew that no…
As of this writing, the movie adaptation of the hit musical “Wicked” is already being conceptualized. This is according to Mark Platt when he was interviewed by the entertainment website Film Divider. What exactly did he say if the interview is to be relied upon? Yes. But it’s not set in stone. The process of…
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…
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 (spoken) For both of us (sung) Now it’s up to you: GLINDA I’ve heard it said That people come into our lives for a reason…
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…
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 Though they beat him Let him feel no pain Let his bones never break And however they try To destroy him…
ELPHABA Kiss me too fiercely Hold me too tight I need help believing You’re with me tonight My wildest dreamings Could not foresee 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 borderline And if it turns out It’s over…
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:
WIZARD 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 – worshiped, even Just because the folks in…
NESSAROSE (spoken)Elphaba, shut up! First of all, I can’t harbor a fugitive, I am an unelected official. And why should I help you? You fly around Oz trying to rescue 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…
