You’ve been talking about it (and posting its songs) all over the blog. Clearly this cultural phenomenon deserves a thread of its own.
110 thoughts on ““Wicked,” the Musical”
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You’ve been talking about it (and posting its songs) all over the blog. Clearly this cultural phenomenon deserves a thread of its own.
Comments are closed.
Haven’t seen the musical, but i want to. I read the book
first post again!! (the third time in the two weeks ive been posting)
arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
I know you don’t want to hear this, but somebody has to say it… You are out of control. I mean, come on. They’re just shoes… let it go!
YES!! *fifth post dance* Must do chores but wicked rocks & will chat bout when i come back!!!!!
i luv “ASOUE” the quags rock!
YAY!!!! A WICKED THREAD! Y’know, people, this has an eerie connection with the March Muse. I mean, she would never have become wicked if people hadn’t been prejudiced about her color. Though, I admit, green is a little harder to deal with than black.
I love the songs. And I’m not gonna put up any more of them. But thats okay, because if you Google Wicked musical lyrics or something like that, you’ll find ’em.
I have a friend who’s obsessed with Wicked. My interests tend more toward the Broadway production The Lion King, which i saw in New York over the summer. It was really cool.
Wicked. Hmm. Overrated. Like progress. And being nice to people.
Ikol: And talking in short sentences?
Rhonda: Maybe.
Stig: Perhaps. I don’t know. Ask Queenie.
i think i saw that
it was O-K
I read the book and didn’t like it much.
what is it about? (somthing to do with wizard of oz right?)
Lion King is cool too. Wicked (the musical) is NOT overrated, although I agree it’s better than the book.
Yaaaaaaaaaay for Wicked! I knows most of the songs. Go me.
wicked???IM SO CONFUSED……..
Wicked is a book/musical about the wicked witch of the west who isnt really evil just misunderstood. Again, Yaaaaaaaaaaaay for Wicked! Wait. Was post 14 mine? Whoops. Yes it was.
Just for those who dont know, VF and i are sisters and work off the same computer so sometimes get our names mixed up.
I think I’ll and I defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye im defying gravity
And you cant bring me down…
Cant I make you understand?
Youre having delousions of grandure…
Im through acccepting limits
Cause someone says there so
Some things I cannot change
Untill I try Ill never know
Too long Ive been afraid of
Losing love I guess Ive lost
Well if thats love, it comes at
Much too high a cost!
Oh yeah, first to post part of a Wicked song!
Fiyero!
ELAKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
AH TUM AH TUM ELAKA NAHMEN
ELAKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
AH TUM AH TUM ELAKA 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
LET HIM NEVER DIE
LET HIM NEVER DIE
ELAKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
AH TUM AH TUM ELAKA NAHMEN
ELAKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
AH TUM AH TUM ELAKA…ELAKA…
WHAT GOOD IS THIS CHANTING?
I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT I’M READING
I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT TRICK I OUGHT TO TRY
FIYERO WHERE ARE YOU?
ALREADY DEAD OR BLEEDING?
ANOTHER DISASTER I CAN ADD TO MY
GENEROUS SUPLY!
NO GOOD DEED GOES GOES UNPUNISHED
NO ACT OF CHARITY GOES UNRESENTED
NO GOOD DEED GOES GOES UNPUNISHED
THATS MY NEW CREED
MY ROAD OFGOOD INTENTIONS
LED WHERE SUCH ROADS ALWAYS LEAD
NO GOOD DEED GOES
GOES UNPUNISHED
Theres more to but i wont post that now
All futher posts in Wicked should be made in green.
I saw Wicked a year ago last November, with Idina Menzel. It was amazing. I even bought the soundtrack.
I read the book last summer, though, and it was just perverted.
I loved the play. It was amazing. The soundtrack is awesome, the play is funny, and the actors and actressess are really good.
The book was just perverted.
That was a little scary.
I’m reading the book right now. It is v. v. good. I’d like to read more of this guy’s works. I’ll never look at the Wicked Witch of the Whatever the same way again.
And yes, the book was a bit erotic.
The book is alright. It was a pretty interesting/new idea, but Gregory Maguire didn’t do enough with it. There was all this oppurtunity to give the characters/cultures stronger personalities etc., but he pretty much gave up halfway. The first half of the book is good, but after that, it pretty much goes downhill, as he gives in to simplifying it and taking shortcuts. Not highly recommended, as far as books go.
The musical wasn’t all that great either. I saw it live in NYC last year, but we had the second cast and the understudies for the second cast in our show, so it wasn’t as nice as the recordings I have. I was expecting a lot from it, which is why I was diappointed. They’ve changed the plot around a bit, to make it more Hollywood, but it isn’t handled too well. I came away not all that excited, even though it was the first Broadway I’d seen live and all that.
All in all: decent, but nothing more.
I’m such a ray of sunshine.
Well, we can’t all come and go by BUBBLE!
Zallie, I must disagree with the show, b/c I liked it…maybe the cast had something to do with it, like you said…
Gregory Maguire DID write a sequel to Wicked, but I haven’t read it. One of the reasons I like the musical AND book is b/c they both play on identification as “good” or “bad” and because they’re both about being an individual…I did not see the show with Idina Menzel (although I hear shes great:))
I love the musical, it makes the book look so….boring.
A lot of my friends love Wicked, too, some even sang some songs for the school talent show, a good 25% have the T-shirt.
The thread is a really good idea, and now, to quote Wicked….
Did that really just happen
Have I actually understood
This weird cork Ive tried to surpress
Or hide
Is a talent,
That could help me meet the Wizard,
If I make good, so I’ll make
Good
Much more, but I’ll either do that later or you will have to buy the CD or see the show.
oooooo, cool, I just did first post for the day.
Excuse me, 28, I think that’s quirk. And Jadestone, you already posted that song.
I really love The Wizard and I! I think I’ll ignore my “I’m not gonna post any more songs on the blog and make you find the lyrics yourself” thing because I love it so much.
When I meet the Wizard
Once I prove my worth
And then I meet the Wizard
What I’ve waited for since: since birth!
And with all his Wizard wisdom
By my looks, he won’t be blinded
Do you think the Wizard is dumb?
Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded?
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 and 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-greenify 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’ll 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 fav’rite team:
The Wizard and I!
Was that too long?
wicked is the best ever!
i havnt seen it . probably cause the only place i could see it is on broadway which is ridiculousklly expensice
Violetfire. That was not too long. ANY post about wicked could NOT be too long. Altho I think Defying Gravity is a better song than The Wizard and I…
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!
That’s my favorite CD IN THE WORLD!!!
go wicked the best musical! altough i am also obsesed with les meserables, which i have seen, i love wicked! whoo!!!
I IS PLATYING THE WICKED SONGS FOR BAND!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!
We’re playing Wicked, we’re playing Wicked yaaaaaaaaaay for us!!!!
(#33):
Actually, now it’s on tour across the U.S. & in Chicago in addition to still being on Broadway.
–D_Q
I fell dumb, because I haven’t seen it either. I guess I could blame it on my parents:D:. They’re the ones who are not taking me to broadway. THEY’RE THE ONES WHE ARE DEPRIVING ME OF THE…THE…JOY OF BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, WITH LOVELY (SNIFF) COSTUMES AND MAGNIFICENT SCENERY:evil:!!!!
Or it could be that I live in Arizona. Well, it’s getting kinda boring writing with no resposis, cause I’m doing this late at night, so I’m going to call it quits. Bye.
I fell dumb, because I haven’t seen it either. I guess I could blame it on my parents:D. They’re the ones who are not taking me to broadway. THEY’RE THE ONES WHE ARE DEPRIVING ME OF THE…THE…JOY OF BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, WITH LOVELY (SNIFF) COSTUMES AND MAGNIFICENT SCENERY:evil:!!!!
Or it could be that I live in Arizona. Well, it’s getting kinda boring writing with no resposis, cause I’m doing this late at night, so I’m going to call it quits. Bye.
Whoops, didn’t mean to do that
Wicked is the best Musical ever! You have got to see it! It’s amazing!
Okey Dokey! heh heh, that sounds cool.
Arizona? Holy Zarquon singing fish! There’s a city in Arizona, I forget which one, that was Douglas Adams’s favorite city in the whole world. Innsbruck, maybe.
Hmmm…
Jadestone, we sang defying gravity in chorus. Which song r you doing?
I searched for an innsbruck, and couldn’t find any. There’s and Itak, but it’s on the indian reservation, and then there’s some golf corses. But I really don’t know.
I haven’t seen the musical but I read the book and really liked it. I love getting lost in an alternate reality and it was easy to do that with Wicked. Of course, it was a gloomy reality and Elphaba was doomed, so there were some major clouds on the horizon of this alternate reality. That was a little stressful. So I don’t know if I’d read it again. I’m curious about the sequel, though. I’ll probably read that one of these days.
I guess that last comment wasn’t about the musical, really. Oh well.
That’s fine. We welcome anything related to Wicked.
And man, are you up early!
Or staying up REALLY late!
Wicked gets too much attention. There’s so much other stuff out there! You know? The book was supposed to be fooginally absymal.
Maybe we should have a thread on plays altogether.
(#51):
I disagree rhat Wicked gets too much attention.
However, I’ll definately agree that there’s lots of shows out there that don’t get nearly get enough attention.
But I suppose that at the end of the day both of those mean pretty much the same thing.
D_Q is back!
or was D_Q allways?
DLOD does not know
I like Defying Gravity too, but my favorite is 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
(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
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 ELPHABA
Like a comet pulled Like a ship blown
From orbit as it Off it’s mooring
Passes a sun, like By a wind off the
A stream that meets Sea, like a seed
A boulder, half-way Dropped by a
Through the wood Bird in the 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.
the show is amazing, but the technical aspects more so. from the huge set pieces covered with spinning gears to the lavish costumes of not only the emerald city citizens, but also the munchkins. of course you can totally tell that i am not just a drama freak, i am a drama techie. *the lighting was impressive as well*
Yeah. I agree. Even though I haven’t actually seen it yet.
But I can imagine it in my mind.
everyone should see the show. i saw it with the cast that came right after the original cast, and, listening to the soundtrack, i think the second cast was a little bit better than the first.
I saw the musical. It was awesome. It is currently in my city
It’s in mine too, but I haven’t seen it.
Isn’t it only a musicle, Clara?
Woops, I forgot about the book.
45- We are plang parts of all of them in band. I is not in choir.
47- The sequil was good, its called Son Of A Witch, the title of which caused several boys in my class to make comments. It is good. Anyone read Connfessions of an Ugly Stepsister?
56- Go drama techies! I is one too.
I would be a techie if i could, but my dang school doesn’t have a drama club. *growls at school*
I love Wicked. I saw it once an Hopefully will see it in New York! People haven’t mentioned some of the grreatest songs. Defying Gravity, and What is this Feeling (loathing) , and Popular. Wicked hasn’t come to Phila. But it’s already sold out. Peopledo anything read the book, buy the song book, buy the CD do anything that has to do with the musical Wicked
In Defying gravity it’s not Kiss Me good Bye I’m defying gravity it’s It’s time I try defying gravity
Welcome back, Elizabeth!
GALINDA
(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
Tho’ 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 ploys
When you talk to boys
Little ways to flirt and flounce
I’ll show you what shoes to wear
How to fix your hair
Everything 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 be come a pal, a
Sister and adviser
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 bee
Instead of dreary who-you-were…… are
There’s nothing that can stop you
From becoming popular…. laar:
La la la la
We’re gonna make
You popular
When I see depressing creatures
With unprepossessing features
I remind them on their own behalf
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
La la la la
You’ll be popular –
Just not as quite as popular
As me!
It’s here, it’s finally here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wiked is in my home town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YaAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! okay, maybe it’s in August, but at least I’ll eventually see it.
i loved the book even though it was totally messed up esp. at the end (but not as weird as the sequal). i hate all the songs except For Good because my friend who thinks she can sing is obsessed with the musical and she taught Popular to my other friend who thinks she can sing and now neither of them will shut up!!! : evil :
whoops i meant to write an evil smiley.
How sad
I sing them all the time too.
Why is there no space between the S in Bluemorpho’s and the G in ghost?
WHERE ARE YOU PEOPLE?!?!?!?!?!
Oh, I think I saw his sequel at the library, is q. new (quite)
It is called “Son of a Witch” or something..sweet wordplay
Didn’t read it though
I think my sister (Jadestone) read it, but I didn’t get a chance. Wonder where she got it…
Jess B. (No those are not my initals, there my friends.)
Okay. Y’know, you could’ve told me off the blog and not revealed her name to the world.
HELLO-O-O-O?!?!?!?!?!?
…-cough-Rent-cough-
I still need to read Wicked. I don’t want to see the musical until I’ve read the book. -_-;
Moo.
It’s great. But the musical isn’t very similar. But also great.
We r going to see the musical in june! i is sssooooo happy! it is coming to detroit. yes!
YAY! I saw it….its currently in my city (Pgh, PA)
it was REALLY good!
I will. sometime. soon.
I love Wicked I’m listning to defying gravity right now
Wicked is in Philly right now It rocks
hmmmm…I’m skeptical….Should I read the book first to see if i like it?
i haven’t seen the musical, but three girls did Loathing for the talent show a few weeks ago. Sara kept putting her hat on my head. oh, the joys of sitting in front of someone wich such a strange costume. oh, and Shanto, what do ya say to doing a Le Fools v.2 next year?
88- No. The book and the play are very different. The people who have read the book will undersand why.
They’re very different
I love Wicked! yay! this thread should have a part 2 as it is kind of lost in the depths of old threads!
My favorite songs are No Good Deed and Defying Gravity. I want to see the show when it comes to my city. Does anyone know aproximately how much it would cost?
I’ve read the book, I own the soundtrack, but I haven’t seen the show. I want to though. I have seen Mamma Mia and Les Miserables which were both good. I’ve also seen/been in a lot of other musicals but not as profesional touring shows.
LES MISERABLES IS THE BEST SHOW EVER!!!!!!!!
anyways, yeah my favorite Wicked songs are no good deed and defying gravity, as well as what is this feeling and the wizard and I!!!!!!
I’m going to see Wicked! I’m excited!
NO FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we wanted to go but all the tickets were sold out!!!!
waaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!
OMG i loooooooooooooooooove aaaalll of his books wicked is the best son of a witch was good to but wicked was better we live in wyoming so its hard to see any musicals about the closest place to see anything remotely decent is four hrs drive away in salt lake city and OMG i love the music to and i really really really wanna see it but mom won’t get tickets at all until she hears the music so she said but shes heard it now and STILL WONT BUY THE TWO STINKIN TICKETS!!! grr grrrr cant wait till next year cuz that’s the NY trip and maybe we can get tickets at that time or better yet we could find tickets when we visit family in washington state or somewhere…..
o dear. ooooh dear. that was all one loong runon sentance wasn’t it?
OH! the whole thing with the defying gravity scene… i read how they did it!! (ive been obbsessing over this play for a looong time)
see the person playing the witch steps onto this tiny little platform annd pushes some lever or something with her back, and that causes this thing to lock around her waste. once she is locked on, a comp. makes this lifting apparatus lift the platform, and lights and flapping capes or whatever hide the tech stuff. and the things the actor does with her upper body and the broom help as well, apparently. i really really wanna see it… for me knowing how it is done enhances the experience, rather than destroying the suspense and awe. muuuuuust talk my daaaarling mother *snickers* into getting us tickets…. i wil find a way!!
HELLO!? people?
hello!
has anyone noticed that the first chord they sing in “Wicked” (“Good news”) is really really weird?
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i getta see it! moms getting tickets for my bday! squee! yayness. happyhappyhappyhapppy WEEEEEEEEE!
i saw it in detroit a little while ago and it ROCKED!!! it was a little weird hearing new voices sing the songs after listening to the soundtrack so much, especially because the originals were amazing, but it was still really really good. i LOVE “defying gravity”!!!
OMG cant wait to see it.
103- I agree. hear different voices was odd but it was awesome!!
nine days. NINE DAYS AND I SEE IT!!!! and then AGAIN IN DENVER IN JUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!! TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I SAW IT! I SAW IT! I SAW IT! OMG I SAW IT!
havnt seen it but iv got ze cd its amence
106 ~ Wow: twice? I’d see it again, but you know…a hundred bucks isn’t anything to sneeze at. Still, if I had the money, it’d be worth it!
A Wicked thread? *cry* When I see Wicked online, I must cry, because I have wanted to see that musical for over a year now and I keep just missing it!!!
*rant*
Like, the girl scouts were going to it one summer, but it was after I’d signed up for camp that week. And then my sister saw it at her camp, she doesn’t even care about it, and I didn’t see it. But I stole her soundtrack. And then I went with the girl scouts to see the drowsy chaperone, and we passed Gershwin Theater. And now I find out I’m in eighth grade band, and the seventh grade band is going to see Wicked. Which is also totally unfair, because they saw Beauty and the Beast or something when they were in sixth grade, and after seeing Phantom in my sixth grade, my last year band just went to the Bardavon for some concert and now we’re going to Music In The Parks instead, and we don’t even get to go to a good MITP park, like the other middle school does (Lake Compounce), but we have to go to Six Flags and drive forever and make me miss the girl scout campout this year too, and I can’t stand heights and rollercoasters either. Just looking at them makes me dizzy. Literally. Anyway, back to Wicked.
*end rant*
I read the book. The middle was boring, school was pretty good, the beginning was OK, I liked the sort-of-end-y, climax-y part where Elphaba confronts Dorothy and then with the soul and stuff because it was well-written. I could feel the echoes. I’ll have to find the sequel sometime.
I heard the soundtrack. I liked Defying Gravity and For Good best. I thought Dancing Through Life was disappointing, because it to me revealed the most difference between the book and the musical. Fiyero kicked out of school? And the message was disappointing after having that be one of the only trombone melody parts when we played it at the end of last year when the teacher was trying out pieces for what was then next year.
My parents said it was still sold out last time they checked, when I went to see Hairspray over a year ago now.
*looks at Margaret* I thought you wre going to stuff me in a suitcase or something and take me!
I have to go now so I actually get sleep before the ELA tomorrow.