WICKED SIGNED BROADWAY MUSICAL BY CAST IDINA MENZEL RP

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This is an auction for a color copy of the ENTIRE script from the opening night of the broadway musical "WICKED" These are autographs of: Idina Menzel Kristin Chenoweth Stephen Schwartz Carole Shelley SUMMARY Wicked is a musical with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman . The story is based on the best-selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire , a parallel novel of L. Frank Baum 's classic story The Wonderful Wizard of OZ from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz . Wicked tells the story of Elphaba , the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Galinda , the Good Witch of the North . Their friendship struggles through their opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, their reactions to the Wizard 's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. The plot is set mostly before Dorothy 's arrival from Kansas , and includes several references to well-known scenes and dialogue in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as a backstory. The musical debuted on Broadway on October 30, 2003. It is produced by Universal Pictures and directed by Joe Mantello , with musical staging by Wayne Cilento . Its original stars were Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Galinda, and Joel Grey as the Wizard. Although the production received mixed reviews and was panned by The New York Times , it has proved to be a favorite among patrons. The Broadway production's success spawned productions in Chicago , Los Angeles , London's West End , Tokyo , Melbourne , and Stuttgart , along with two North American tours that have visited over 30 cities in Canada and the United States. Wicked has broken box office records around the world, holding weekly-gross-takings records in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, and London, and the record for biggest opening in the West End ( £ 100,000 in the first hour on sale). [3 The West End production has played to more than 1.4 million people, and the North American tour has been seen by over two million patrons. The show was nominated for ten 2004 Tony Awards , winning those for Best Actress , Scenic Design and Costume Design . It also won six Drama Desk Awards . Stephen Schwartz discovered the 1995 Maguire novel while on holiday and immediately realized its potential for dramatic adaptation. Schwartz met Maguire in Connecticut in 1998 and persuaded him to release the rights for a stage production. Schwartz considered how best to condense the novel's complicated plot into a sensible script. [6 ] To this end, he collaborated with Emmy Award -winning writer Winnie Holzman to develop the outline of the plot over the course of a year. [7 ] While the draft followed Maguire's idea of retelling the story of the 1900 children's book from the perspective of its main villain, the storyline of the stage adaptation "goes far afield" from the novel. As Holzman observed in an interview with Playbill , "It was [Maguire's] brilliant idea to take this hated figure and tell things from her point of view, and to have the two witches be roommates in college, but the way in which their friendship develops – and really the whole plot – is different onstage." [8 ] Schwartz justified the deviation, saying "Primarily we were interested in the relationship between Galinda – who becomes Glinda – and Elphaba...the friendship of these two women and how their characters lead them to completely different destinies." [9 ] In addition to this change in focus, changes include Fiyero's appearance as the scarecrow, Elphaba's survival at the end, Nessarose's using a wheelchair instead of being born without arms, and Doctor Dillamond not being murdered. The book, lyrics, and score for the musical were developed through a series of readings. For these developmental workshops, Kristin Chenoweth , the Tony Award-winning actress whom Stephen Schwartz had in min... read more

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