Wicked: For Good vs. Broadway Musical: Biggest Differences | E! News
Wicked for Good has officially hit theaters and we’re breaking down the biggest differences between the movie and the Broadway musical. Warning, this story contains spoilers from Wicked for Good, Wicked Part One, and Wicked the Broadway musical. While part one changed very little for its big screen adaptation, Wicked for Good took more liberties with act two of the musical, adding two new songs, including No Place Like Home and The Girl in the Bubble, and expanding much of the story fans first saw on stage. While the stage show second act begins with the number thank goodness, it doesn’t appear in the movie for some time. Instead, it is used to celebrate the completion of the yellow brick road as well as Fiero and Glenda’s engagement. Unlike in the musical, Alphaba crashes this celebration and attempts to warn the citizens of Oz about the wizard’s evil ways using her broom to write in the sky, much like the character of the Wicked Witch does in the original Wizard of Oz film from 1939. As for There’s No Place Like Home, we see Alphaba reunite with Doulsece Bear as she tries to stop the talking animals from leaving Oz. It is here where she sings one of the movies new songs while attempting to remind them of how wonderful Oz could be if everyone cared about each other and work together. While not present in the stage production, aside from the appearance of his tale, the Cowardly Lion voiced by Coleman Domingo has an expanded role in the film. In new lyrics added to the wicked witch of the east, Nessa Rose reminisces about their past at Shiz and she blames Alphaba for her misfortune. In the musical, Alphaba enchants her sister’s silver shoes, which helps Nessa Rose get out of her wheelchair and begin walking. In the movie, however, Alphaba enchants the shoes to make Nessa Rose float as she returns to her wheelchair. Unlike the musical, moviegoers are treated to a peak at Glenda and Fiero’s wedding. It’s just before this celebration that Alphaba makes her way to the Emerald City where she’s discovered by the wizard. The wizard and Glenda attempt to convince her to work with them as they sing Wonderful, which includes several new verses and is only sung by the wizard in the musical. And Alphaba isn’t the only one with a new song as Glenda laments how her life has turned out with the girl in the bubble. The song leads her to the realization that it’s time for her bubble to pop as she leaves the Emerald City and tracks down Alphaba to warn her of what the wizard has planned. As they do in the musical, Alphaba and Fiero fake her death, allowing the two of them to be together. But the movie gives us more of what happens to everyone else. The movie even pays homage to the musical with its final shot as Glenda and Alphaba are seen in a flashback recreating the musical’s iconic poster. [Music]
‘Wicked: For Good’ has officially hit theaters concluding the story of the Witches of Oz. Find out what was changed from the Broadway musical for the film starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
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