Two books trace the history of the musical 'Wicked'. One is Carol de Giere's book, 'Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked' [New York: Applause Books, 2008]. The other is 'Wicked: The Grimmerie, A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hit Broadway Musical' [Hyperion, 2005]. It's authored by theater critic David Coté, photographer Joan Marcus, and composer lyricist Stephen Lawrence Schwartz [b. March 6, 1948].
The musical's book - the spoken, not sung, script - was written by Winnie Holzman, a television writer and actress. The composer is Stephen Schwartz. It is based on a book by Gregory Maguire.
The Making of Wicked
The book 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' came out in 1995. 'Wicked: the musical' (only the best musical ever) came out in 2003.
Wicked the musical did not open until October 30th, 2003.
Böse is a literal German translation of the musical title 'Wicked'.
The history of the Wicked Witch of the West is available at four accessible sources. One is the 1900 book version of The Wizard of Oz. Another source is the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz. Still another source is the 1995 book version Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. And yet another is the 2003 musical version of Wicked.
Wicked the musical Premiered on Broadway October 30th, 2003!
Wicked is a musical as well as a book. Both the musical and book include drama.
Wicked - musical album - was created on 2003-11-10.
The book 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' came out in 1995. 'Wicked: the musical' (only the best musical ever) came out in 2003.
No character of that name exists in the musical. That character may be in the novel, "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire, but not in the Broadway musical.
No, but there is a Popular Broadway Musical called "Wicked" that contains the song"The Wizard and I"
Wicked the musical did not open until October 30th, 2003.
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The musical Wicked is a proper noun. All proper nouns should be capitalised.
The musical Wicked! is 2 hrs, 30 min. Intermission is another 15 min.
You can read the novel the musical was based on Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. But be warned that the book is very different to the musical, with dark themes and adult content.
Yes, The songs in Wicked were created specifically for they Musical.
Böse is a literal German translation of the musical title 'Wicked'.