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Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo, left) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) are school rivals who become best friends in the musical "Wicked," a prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" based on the Broadway show.
Midway through the song, Menzel works in Elphaba’s famous “Defying Gravity” riff, while Chenoweth hits one of Glinda’s iconic high notes. “ ‘One Short Day’ is just one big Easter egg ...
Case in point, Brooks lit the Glinda-led number “Popular” as one long sunrise scene. The third act of the film, though, is largely driven by Elphaba’s arc.
In the Land of Oz, the citizens of Munchkinland celebrate the death of the Wicked Witch of the West.A child asks Glinda the Good why evil is present, and Glinda reflects on the question by discussing the Witch's backstory: born from an affair between the wife of then-Governor Thropp and a traveling salesman, she was rejected from birth due to her green skin, which caused her to suffer a ...
Cynthia Erivo, left, stars as Elphaba and pop star Ariana Grande plays good witch Glinda in "Wicked," in theaters Nov. 22. 'Wicked' premiere photos: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo's best looks
Glinda is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum for his Oz novels. She first appears in Baum's 1900 children's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and is the most powerful sorceress in the Land of Oz, ruler of the Quadling Country South of the Emerald City, and protector of Princess Ozma.
As Glinda, she really became the character, as evidenced by her body language and behavior. The exaggerated hair toss ("Toss, toss"), her passive aggressive tone towards Elphaba and her flirty ...
But it also elongates the number, putting in a far greater deal of scene work and action sequences, including Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) attempting to escape the Emerald ...