Wicked (musical)

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Wicked is a hit Broadway musical that reimagines the backstory of the witches from "The Wizard of Oz," featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
actStructure two-act musical
award Drama Desk Award
surface form: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
awardRecipient Idina Menzel
basedOn Wicked (novel)
surface form: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
basedOnAuthor Gregory Maguire
bookBy Winnie Holzman
broadwayOpeningDate 2003-10-30
broadwayStatus long-running
broadwayTheatre Gershwin Theatre
castRecordingLabel Decca Records
surface form: Decca Broadway
character Boq
Fiyero
Madame Morrible
Nessarose
The Wizard
choreographer Wayne Cilento
composer Stephen Schwartz
costumeDesigner Susan Hilferty
director Joe Mantello
genre fantasy musical
musical theatre
inspiredBy The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
inspiredByAuthor L. Frank Baum
language English
lightingDesigner Kenneth Posner
lyricist Stephen Schwartz
mainCharacter Wicked Witch of the West
surface form: Elphaba

Glinda the Good Witch
surface form: Glinda
notableSong Defying Gravity
For Good
Popular
The Wizard and I
What Is This Feeling?
orchestrator William David Brohn
originalElphabaActor Idina Menzel
originalFiyeroActor Norbert Leo Butz
originalGlindaActor Kristin Chenoweth
premiereDate 2003-05-28
premiereLocation Curran Theatre, San Francisco
producer David Stone
Marc Platt
Universal Stage Productions
setDesigner Eugene Lee
setting Land of Oz
soundDesigner Tony Meola
subject backstory of the witches of Oz
theme friendship
power and corruption
prejudice

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subject surface form: Popular Song
this entity surface form: Popular (song from the musical Wicked)
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subject surface form: Popular Song
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"Popular Song" originalShow Wicked (musical)
subject surface form: Popular Song
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The Scorch Trials (novel) featuresOrganization Wicked (musical)
subject surface form: The Scorch Trials
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Kenneth Posner notableWork Wicked (musical)
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Richard H. Blake notableWork Wicked (musical)
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Richard H. Blake performedIn Wicked (musical)
this entity surface form: Wicked (Broadway production)
Stephen Oremus notableWork Wicked (musical)
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The Araca Group notableWork Wicked (musical)
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Annaleigh Ashford notableWork Wicked (musical)
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