About the Album: WICKED, STARRING KRISTIN CHENOWETH, IDINA MENZEL AND JOEL GREY. Decca Broadway proudly presents the original cast recording of WICKED, Broadway's most talked about new musical. The box office is already over $10 Million! With a score by Stephen Schwartz (Broadway's Pippin, Godspell), libretto by Winnie Holzman (TV's My So-Called Life) and based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical is a prequel to the legendary classic, THE WIZARD OF OZ. WICKED explores the early life of the witches of Oz: Glinda and Elphaba. One witch, born with emerald green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED stars Tony Award¨ winner Kristin Chenoweth (You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown) as Glinda, Idina Menzel (Rent) as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Tony¨ and Oscar¨ Winner Joel Grey (Cabaret) as The Wizard. The Original Cast Recording -- featuring an essay by Wicked novelist Gregory Maguire, original color photos from the show and a complete libretto. Label: Decca BroadwayRelated Articles  Original WICKED Cast Album Streams Increase Ahead of Movie Soundtrack by Josh Sharpe - November 21, 2024 With the Wicked movie and accompanying soundtrack finally arriving tomorrow, Broadway fans are returning to a tried-and-true classic. This past week, listeners are increasingly tuning into the Wicked Original Broadway cast album on Spotify.  WICKED Cast Recording Streams Continue to Increase Ahead of Film Following New Trailer by Josh Sharpe - May 16, 2024 As we prepare for the highly-anticipated Wicked movie musical, fans are returning to the iconic Original Broadway Cast Recording. The day after the new trailer dropped, over a dozen songs from the album received significant spikes on Spotify in the U.S. Check out how songs like 'Dear Old Shiz' and 'No One Mourns the Wicked' have increased in streams!  WICKED Cast Recording Streams Increase Ahead of New Film by Michael Major - February 14, 2024 As we prepare for the highly-anticipated Wicked movie musical, fans are returning to the iconic Original Broadway Cast Recording. The day after the teaser trailer dropped, over a dozen songs from the album received significant spikes on Spotify in the U.S. Check out how songs like 'Defying Gravity' and 'Popular' have increased in streams!  BWW Blog: The Most Popular Musical Theatre Songs of the Most Popular Musicals (According to Spotify) by Student Blogger: Madison Moore - February 18, 2021 While many may consider musical theatre to be rather niche (and it is compared to a lot of other mainstream entertainment, don’t get me wrong), it might surprise them just how popular many of the more mainstream musicals are. Back to Upcoming Releases... |
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