{"product_id":"various-artists-wicked-original-broadway-cast-recording-2-lp","title":"Various Artists - Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2 LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough best remembered for the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum's series of early 20th century novels about the fairyland Oz have inspired a number of theatrical and cinematic adaptations, beginning with a Broadway musical version of The Wizard of Oz for which Baum himself provided the libretto and lyrics that opened in 1903, only three years after the first publication of the initial book, and including the 1975 all-black Broadway musical The Wiz. In an era rife with sequels and \"prequels\" to successful properties that has reached back retroactively to include authorized and unauthorized re-imaginings of works such as Gone with the Wind, Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West purported to depict the back story of the villainess of The Wizard of Oz and her counterpart, Glinda the Good. Of course, Maguire's retelling was a revisionist interpretation in which the Wicked Witch turned out to be a misunderstood character with lots of justifications for turning \"bad\" (one of them being prejudiced reactions to her green skin color), while Glinda was made into more of a goody-goody than actually good, not to mention being something of a dumb-blonde cheerleader type. Theatrical composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin) saw the obvious stage possibilities, and his musical version, Wicked, opened on Broadway on October 30, 2003. In the adaptation, Glinda's role has been beefed up, the better to employ the talents of Tony-winning Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth, though the story still primarily concerns the young Wicked Witch (Idina Menzel), with Broadway veteran Joel Grey as the Wizard, and the story line has been softened, the better to attract a young audience conditioned by the Disney hits Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. On disc, the score will have a familiar sound to anyone who knows previous Schwartz efforts and their combination of traditional show music with '70s-style soft rock music and choral music. Soprano Chenoweth and alto Menzel are given very different kinds of songs to sing; Chenoweth gets the Broadway belting material, Menzel the more adult contemporary-type ballads. This is appropriate to the their characters. Glinda is superficial and showy, Elphaba (the Witch) so earnest that she is eventually embittered. The score is tuneful and the lyrics often witty. This is not great music, but it is craftsmanlike and certainly efficient for this somewhat questionable project. ~ William Ruhlmann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrincipal cast includes: Kristin Chenowith (Galinda, Glinda); Sean McCourt (Witch's Father); Cristy Canlder (Witch's Mother); Jan Neuberger (Midwife); Idina Menzel (Elphaba); Michelle Federer (Nessarose); Christopher Fitzgerald (Boq); Carole Shelley (Madame Morrible); William Youmans (Doctor Dillamond); Norbert Leo Butz (Fiyero); Sean McCourt (Ozian Official); Joel Grey (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz); Manuel Herrera (Chistery).\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Right Track Studios, New York, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Stage \u0026amp; Screen, Musical\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(184, 49, 47);\"\u003e Joco Records\u003c\/span\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Kristin Chenoweth, Sean McCourt, Cristy Candler, Jan Neuberger, Citizens Of Oz– No One Mourns The Wicked 6:41\u003cbr\u003eA2 Students– Dear Old Shiz 1:26\u003cbr\u003eA3 Carole Shelley, Idina Menzel– The Wizard And I 5:10\u003cbr\u003eA4 Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Students– What Is This Feeling? 3:32\u003cbr\u003eA5 William Youmans, Idina Menzel, Students– Something Bad 1:39\u003cbr\u003eB1 Norbert Leo Butz, Kristin Chenoweth, Christopher Fitzgerald, Michelle Federer, Idina Menzel, Students– Dancing Through Life 7:37\u003cbr\u003eB2 Kristin Chenoweth– Popular 3:44\u003cbr\u003eB3 Idina Menzel– I'm Not That Girl 2:59\u003cbr\u003eB4 Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Denizens Of The Emerald City– One Short Day 3:04\u003cbr\u003eB5 Joel Grey– A Sentimental Man 1:16\u003cbr\u003eC1 Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Guards Of Oz, Citizens Of Oz– Defying Gravity 5:54\u003cbr\u003eC2 Kristin Chenoweth, Carole Shelley, Citizens Of Oz– Thank Goodness 6:23\u003cbr\u003eC3 Joel Grey, Idina Menzel– Wonderful 4:57\u003cbr\u003eD1 Kristin Chenoweth– I'm Not That Girl (Reprise) 0:50\u003cbr\u003eD2 Idina Menzel, Norbert Leo Butz– As Long As You're Mine 3:46\u003cbr\u003eD3 Idina Menzel– No Good Deed 3:32\u003cbr\u003eD4 Christopher Fitzgerald, Citizens Of Oz– March Of The Witch Hunters 1:31\u003cbr\u003eD5 Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth– For Good 5:07\u003cbr\u003eD6 Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Citizens Of Oz– Finale 1:42\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joco Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48097534705923,"sku":"7ZZ0KW-A3ZD-00","price":33.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/phishstonesproducts.myshopify.com\/products\/various-artists-wicked-original-broadway-cast-recording-2-lp","provider":"PhishStones Products","version":"1.0","type":"link"}