In the story of Wicked , Elphaba, a shy, fiery, and smart young girl with green skin and strong magical powers, attended Shiz University. However, after the headmistress of Shiz, Madam Morrible, took Nessa into her own care at the university, Elphaba was forced to find a roommate in none other than Galinda. She was another strong witch and a match for Elphaba.
Though they were vastly different from each other, their rivalry in class quickly formed into a unique friendship. The Wizard of Oz never gives these character this sort of backstory: but when you learn about Wicked , you realize the complexities that these archetypal characters have in a way that makes you see the story of Wicked in a whole new light. And the witches aren't the only characters to be fully fleshed out!
That's the thing about Wicked the musical and the book it is based on : it shifts the focus fully from Dorothy and onto what was happening in Oz before she ever arrived. The two girls were joined at Shiz by some other classmates and professors whom are vital characters in the musical.
Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical centres on two witches: Elphaba, a prickly but principled witch who has been ostracised since birth because of her bright green skin, and Glinda, a pretty, blonde social climber who is forced to share a room with Elphaba at university.
But because I know you, I have been changed for good. Before Wicked came along, female friendships in Broadway musicals had been few and far between. Wicked was essentially a love story between two women. And I think that just happened at a point where the culture was ready for it. The Oz of Wicked is not all rainbows and yellow brick roads, though — in fact, it is something closer to a totalitarian state, one in which talking animals are being stripping of their voice and forced into cages.
When Elphaba, in her quest to fight for the rights of the oppressed, becomes increasingly radicalised, the Wizard and his sidekicks conspire to paint her as the villain. Beneath the showtunes, the humour and the camp is a nuanced examination of good and evil, and an indictment of elitism, racism, fascism, scapegoating and the corrupting nature of power. Only occasionally do its analogies slip into heavy-handedness the figure for scapegoating is a literal goat — but this is a musical after all.
We hope that we threaded that in, in a subtle and entertaining way. You added so much. It was hitting people a different way. Holzman, who back in was best known for creating the TV series My So-Called Life, had only written one, unsuccessful musical when the opportunity to write Wicked came along.
I always thought I would do more than one, and I feel this yearning. The pair were brought together by a mutual friend, who invited them to lunch to discuss a possible Disney musical. I think it should be a Broadway musical. I knew automatically it was going to be a big thing in my life.
Unbelievably, Wicked did not receive any wins, walking away emptyhanded. However, the Broadway production did scoop up some awards.
Her name came directly from L. Sounding out the three letters becomes El-ph-b and so Elphaba was born. All the hats, wands and brooms have stunt doubles of sorts so the magic can still happen on stage. To achieve the desired green colour, makeup artists use Chromacake , a MAC product.
So do spacemen. The Grammy Award-winning original Broadway cast recording of Wicked has sold nearly four million copies. A movie adaptation of Wicked has been rumoured to premiere from as early as Performances of Wicked are currently at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.
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