May 28, 2024: Wicked (2003)

Class Preparation

Recommended Reading: 

• Broadway: The American Musical: "Defying Gravity" pages 418-420
• Carol de Giere's Defying Gravity (2nd edition, 2018): Chapters 16-30 (almost half the book) deals with Wicked (pp. 233-386). Skim and linger as you will!
• ​Handout of Key Class 5 slides
• Class 5 Selected Lyrics (all Wicked​)

Links & Playlists

 Links:

• Wicked: ​Very Detailed Plot Synopsis

Playlists:

• Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast Recording with Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel & Joel Grey)
• Class 5 Videos
• An additional video--not on YouTube--of Idina Menzel singing "The Wizard and I" is available through this link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3wa5k