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WickedPor João Emanoel

Em 26/11/2012

Música e Letras: Stephen Sondheim

Livro: Winnie Holzman

Baseado em: “Wicked“ de Gregory Maguire 

Direção: Joe Mantello

Coreografia: Wayne Cilento

Wicked   estreou no Teatro Gershwin na Broadway em 30 de Outubro de 2003, após

completar os tryouts pre-Broadway no Teatro Curran em San Francisco em Maio de

2003. O elenco original incluía Idina Menzel como Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth como

Glinda, e Joel Grey como o Mágico. A produção original da Broadway venceu 3 Tony

Awards e 6 Drama Desk Awards, e seu CD recebeu um Grammy Award. Wicked, 9 anos

após estrear na Broadway, no dia 30 de Outubro de 2012, foi nomeado o 12º show da

Broadway há mais tempo em cartaz na história, com 3741 apresentações.

Números Musicais

Primeiro Ato

-No One Mourns the Wicked – Glinda e os Cidadãos de Oz

-Dear Old Shiz – Estudantes e Galinda

-The Wizard and I – Madame Morrible e Elphaba

-What is this Feeling? – Glinda, Elphaba e Estudantes-Something Bad – Doutor Dillamond e Elphaba

-Dancing Through Life – Fiyero, Galinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba e Estudantes

-Popular – Galinda

-I’m Not That Girl – Elphaba

-One Short Day – Elphaba, Glinda e os Cidadãos da Cidade Esmeralda

-A Sentimental Man – O Mágico

-Defying Gravity – Glinda, Elphaba, Guardas e os Cidadãos de Oz

Segundo Ato

-No One Mourns the Wicked (reprise) – Cidadãos de Oz

-Thank Goodness – Glinda, Madame Morrible e Cidadãos de Oz

-The Wicked Witch of the East – Elphaba, Nessarose e Boq

-Wonderful – O Mágico e Elphaba

-I’m Not That Girl (reprise) – Glinda

-As Long as You’re Mine – Elphaba e Fiyero

-No Good Deed – Elphaba

-March of the Witch Hunters – Boq e Cidadãos de Oz

-For Good – Glinda e Elphaba

-Finale – Todos

Sinopse

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Wicked   retrata a Bruxa Malvada do Oeste, aqui conhecida como Elphaba, como uma

vítima incompreendida cujo infame comportamento resulta em uma reação contra o

governo corrupto do Mágico charlatão. Ele descreve a vida de Elphaba focando a

faculdade e os anos imediatamente depois de que seu relacionamento com a bonita e

ambiciosa Galinda Upland, a Bruxa Boa do Norte, desempenha um papel formativo. O

musical começa com Chistery e os outros Macacos Alados saindo do Relógio do

Dragão do Tempo e arrumando o palco.

Primeiro Ato

Enquanto os cidadãos de Oz celebram a morte da Bruxa Malvada do Oeste, Glinda

desce no palco em sua bolha para confirmar as circunstâncias do derretimento da

Bruxa. Ela lembra que a moça de pele verde, Elphaba, que cresceria para virar a Bruxa,

nasceu durante um caso entre a outrora mulher do Governador Munchkin e um

estranho misterioso com uma garrafinha de elixir verde. Todos sentiram repulsa porElphaba desde o momento em que ela nasceu, e sendo assim, Glinda pede aos Ozians

para enfatizar (No One Mourns the Wicked) com seu lado da história. O restante da

trama é um flashback estendido através dos acontecimentos das vidas de Glinda e

Elphaba.

Na Universidade Shiz, o par se conhece dentre os estudantes reunindo-se com seus

amigos (Dear Old Shiz). Elphaba mal se surpreende quando todos os estudantes,

incluindo a popular, mas

 At Shiz University, the pair first meet amongst students reuniting with their friends ("Dear Old

Shiz"). Elphaba is hardly surprised that all the students, including the popular but shallow

Galinda, revile her. The only reason that Elphaba is sent to Shiz is to take care of her beautiful,

wheelchair-bound younger sister  Nessarose, who is presented with a bejeweled pair of  Silver 

Shoes, being their father's favorite. Despite Elphaba and Galinda's instant mutual

loathing, Madame Morrible, Shiz's headmistress, makes them roommates. Elphaba has been

excluded from Madame Morrible's Sorcery Seminar, but when Elphaba betrays an innate

magical talent in sudden anger, Morrible notes that her talents may be of use to the Wizard of 

Oz. Elphaba dreams of what she and the Wizard could accomplish together ("The Wizard and

I"). Galinda and Elphaba later write home about their unfortunate room-mate assignments

("What is this Feeling?"). The students gather in a history class taught by Doctor Dillamond, aGoat and Shiz's only Animal professor, who keeps mispronouncing Galinda's name as "Glinda".

 After dismissing the class upon the discovery of an anti-Animal slogan on the blackboard (which

reads, "Animals should be seen and not heard"), Doctor Dillamond confides in Elphaba that

something is causing the Animals of Oz to lose their powers of speech ("Something Bad").

Elphaba believes that the Wizard is the only one who can help.

Fiyero, a Winkie prince, then arrives at Shiz and immediately impresses his own brand of 

mindless, cavalier and carefree living on the students ("Dancing Through Life"). Besotted with

Galinda, a Munchkin named Boq asks her to accompany him to a party at the Ozdust Ballroom,

but having felt "perfect together" with Fiyero, Galinda asks him to invite Nessarose instead.

Nessarose, not realising Galinda's real motives for getting Boq to ask her out, is delighted, andtells Elphaba that she wishes she could repay Galinda somehow. Later, Galinda discovers a

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black pointed hat in a box and gives it to Elphaba as a mock present. Elphaba, remembering

how happy Galinda had made Nessarose (and not realising that she had ulterior motives), asks

Madame Morrible to reconsider Galinda in her Sorcery Seminar, in return. When, however,

Elphaba arrives to the party wearing the hat, she is only ridiculed. Defiant and unfazed, she

proceeds to dance alone without musical accompaniment. Feeling guilty, Galinda joins her,

marking the start of their friendship. Meanwhile, Boq convinces Nessarose that it was not pity

that prompted him to ask her out, but the fact that she is "so beautiful", not realizing the full

extent of Nessarose's affections towards him.

Back in their dorm, Elphaba tells Galinda that her father hates her, for good reason. When her 

mother became pregnant again, she had been fed milk-flowers to prevent her second child from

being born green-skinned; the milk-flowers instead caused Nessarose to be born prematurely,

which left her crippled whilst her mother died in childbirth. Feeling sympathetic, Galinda decides

to give Elphaba a personality makeover, making her admirable to fellow students ("Popular ").

The next day, Doctor Dillamond is arrested by Ozian officials. The new history teacher arrives

with a caged Lion cub as the subject of an in-class experiment, revealing that Animals are to bekept in a new invention he has created, called a cage, the benefit of which is that Animals raised

in them will not have the power of speech. He reveals that soon all Animals will be turned dumb,

and Elphaba is outraged. She and Fiyero steal the cub and set it free, and as Elphaba begins to

discover romantic feelings towards Fiyero, she personally reaffirms that she "wasn't born" to be

loved ("I'm Not that Girl"). Madame Morrible finds her, announcing that Elphaba has been

granted an audience with the Wizard in the Emerald City. 

 At the train station, Galinda, Fiyero, Nessarose and Boq see Elphaba off, all happy for her 

accomplishment. When it becomes apparent that Boq is not genuinely interested in Nessarose,

Galinda feels guilty and suggests that Boq is not the right person for Nessarose, who in turn

insists that it is herself "that's not right." Elphaba expresses concern about leaving her younger sister, but a protesting Nessarose insists she will manage without her and leaves. In an attempt

to impress Fiyero, Galinda announces that she will change her name to "Glinda" in honor of 

Doctor Dillamond's persistent mispronunciation. Fiyero fails to notice and leaves. Glinda breaks

into tears. Feeling badly for Glinda, Elphaba invites her along to see the Wizard.

 After a day of bonding and sightseeing in the Emerald City ("One Short Day"), Elphaba and

Glinda meet the Wizard. Eschewing the special effects he employs for the benefit of most

visitors, he invites Elphaba to join him ("A Sentimental Man"). In testing Elphaba's true talents,

the Wizard asks Elphaba to perform a levitation spell on his monkey servant, Chistery, using the

Grimmerie  – an ancient book of spells. Madame Morrible delivers the book to Elphaba, having

 just become the Wizard's new "press secretary". Elphaba demonstrates an intrinsicunderstanding of the lost language contained in the book, and successfully gives Chistery

wings. However, Elphaba can see that he seems to be in pain and demands that Morrible and

the Wizard show her how to reverse the spell. Unfortunately, Morrible tells Elphaba "spells are

irreversible". The Wizard then reveals a cage full of winged monkeys, proving the extent of 

Elphaba's powers. He makes the comment that they (the monkeys) will make perfect spies.

 After Elphaba questions this comment, Morrible and the Wizard attempt to cover up what was

said, but it is too late; Elphaba now realizes that the Wizard and Morrible have been behind the

troubles in Oz all along. It was he who robbed the animals of their speech and created the

cages. Elphaba is shocked that her once-admired hero is actually a criminal and a fraud. Still,

the Wizard wants Elphaba to join him in "creating a really good enemy" for the Ozians using her 

powers.

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Unable to contemplate the situation, Elphaba grabs the Grimmerie and runs off within the

palace and Glinda runs after her. Realizing that she may know too much about his plans, the

Wizard sends Morrible and his guards after Elphaba and Glinda. They finally reach the attic of 

the palace where Elphaba uses a broom to barricade the door. Morrible's voice is then heard

outside a nearby window, warning all of Oz of this "Wicked Witch" and her horrible deed to the

innocent monkeys. Elphaba and Glinda now must choose which path their lives will take.

Ultimately, Glinda chooses to take a life living with the Wizard and becoming a public figure

within Oz. Elphaba, however, decides to use her newly learned powers of levitation to fly away

from the palace, against the Wizard and do what she believes is right. Using the Grimmerie, she

places a spell on the broom (with which she barricaded the door) and flies away from the palace

guards when they bust into the attic. But this public act of defiance convinces the Ozians of her 

true wickedness forever. ("Defying Gravity").

Act II

 A few months have passed and Elphaba's opposition of the Wizard's regime has earned her the

title "The Wicked Witch of the West" (reprise of "No One Mourns the Wicked"). Rumor has it thatthe witch's soul is so impure that pure water could melt her. Glinda, now the Wizard's assistant

and adored by everyone, pronounces herself engaged to Fiyero. Informing him that he has to

accept the fact that Elphaba does not want to be found, Glinda puts on a happy front despite

Fiyero's waning affections ("Thank Goodness").

Meanwhile, Elphaba arrives at her old home, the Governor's residence in Munchkinland,

seeking refuge. Nessarose is the Governor now, and laments that their father "died of shame"

after Elphaba rebelliously defied the Wizard. She criticizes Elphaba for not using her new-found

powers to help her own sister. Guilty, Elphaba enchants Nessarose's jeweled shoes, turning

them into the ruby slippers and enabling her to walk. Boq is summoned, and he bemoans that

Nessarose is as "wicked" as Elphaba for stripping the Munchkins of their rights and prohibitingthem from leaving Munchkinland. Nessarose explains that she did this to keep Boq with her, but

is sure that he will stay with her of his own accord now that she is no longer crippled. However,

Boq insists that he should now be free to pursue Glinda instead, going so far as to brandish a

knife when his "Madame Governor" refuses to let him go. Hurt and angry, Nessarose attempts

to cast a spell from the Grimmerie to make Boq lose his heart to her, however her ability to

understand the Lost Language of Spells is not as good as her sister's, and she mispronounces

the magic words which causes Boq to literally lose his heart. While Elphaba attempts to save

him, Nessarose reflects on how being "alone and loveless" has led to her wicked actions, and

fears that she deserves her infamous new title ("The Wicked Witch of the East"). Elphaba says

that nothing will ever be enough for her younger sister and leaves her for good, despite

Nessarose's frantic pleas for her sister to stay. When Boq wakes up, he is horrified to discover 

that Elphaba has transformed him into a Tin Man, so he could live without a heart, and a

desperate Nessarose lays the entire blame on her sister while Boq runs away in horror,

believing that Elphaba has cursed him for leaving her sister.

Returning to the Wizard's palace, Elphaba tries to free the remaining winged monkeys. The

Wizard attempts to regain her favor by agreeing to set them free, recounting how the Ozians

hailed him as the Wonderful Wizard when he first came to Oz in a balloon from America. He

explains that she could, likewise, be hailed by everyone if she joins him ("Wonderful"). Upon

discovering the now-speechless Doctor Dillamond amongst the monkeys, however, Elphaba

rejects his offer. While attempting to escape, she bumps into Fiyero, who runs away with her,

confirming that he loves her in return. Glinda sees this and is crestfallen that she has been

betrayed by those closest to her (reprise of "I'm Not that Girl"). When Glinda states that Elphaba

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can be lured by spreading a rumor that Nessarose is in danger, the fiendish Madame Morrible

creates a cyclone that brings Dorothy's house to Oz and crushes Nessarose to death. During

this, Fiyero and Elphaba express their love in a dark forest (" As Long as You're Mine"), but

Elphaba senses that her sister is in danger. Before she flees to help, Fiyero explains to Elphaba

that his family has an empty castle far away. He promises her she can hide there and that he

will go to join her. She then flies to Nessarose, but she is too late, arriving just as Glinda sends

Dorothy and Toto off along the Yellow Brick Road. The palace guards capture Elphaba, but

Fiyero intervenes, allowing Elphaba to escape before surrendering himself. The guards drag

him to a nearby cornfield to be tortured or even killed, unless he tells them of Elphaba's

whereabouts. At the castle, Elphaba tries to cast any spell she can to save Fiyero, but thinking

she has failed, she begins to accept her reputation as "wicked" ("No Good Deed").

Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Boq  – now the Tin Man  – and the Cowardly Lion are sent to kill

Elphaba ("March of the Witch Hunters"). It is revealed that the Cowardly Lion is the lion cub

Elphaba set free; Boq claims that she turned him into a coward by not letting him fight his own

battles. Meanwhile, Elphaba captures Dorothy, refusing to release her until she relinquishes

Nessarose's ruby slippers –

the only things left of her dead sister. Glinda travels to Elphaba's

castle to warn her of the trouble and persuade her to let Dorothy go. Although Elphaba refuses,

the two women forgive each other for all grievances, acknowledging they have both made

mistakes. Elphaba makes Glinda promise not to clear her name and to take charge in Oz,

allowing Elphaba to disappear. To help her in her future, Elphaba gives the Grimmerie to

Glinda. The two friends embrace for the last time before saying goodbye forever, and

acknowledge that they are who they are because they knew each other ("For Good").

Immediately after, when Dorothy throws a bucket of water on Elphaba, the witch appears to

melt away. Glinda, not quite sure what has happened, sees that all that remains of her friend is

her black hat and a vial of green elixir. Back at the Emerald City, Glinda reminds the Wizard that

he has an identical bottle, and it is revealed that the Wizard is Elphaba's biological father, beingthe stranger with whom her mother had an affair. Madame Morrible surmises that Elphaba had

special powers because she was a child of both Oz and the outside world. Glinda orders the

Wizard to leave Oz in his balloon and sends Madame Morrible to prison before preparing to

face the citizens of Oz, returning to the opening scene of the show.

Meanwhile, Fiyero had in fact been turned into the Scarecrow when Elphaba had cast spells,

therefore saving him from the Ozian guards' spears in the cornfield. He opens a trap door in

Elphaba's castle, down which she had descended, only pretending to die for the benefit of the

others. While Elphaba and Fiyero leave Oz forever, Glinda continues her bittersweet celebration

with the citizens of Oz. They gaze up at the sky, individually appreciating their true friendship

and acknowledging that they have changed for the better because they knew each other ("Finale").