Wicked: For Good turns one of The Wizard of Oz‘s (1939) most pivotal moments on its head, and it gives the musical a whole ...

Somewhere over the rainbow in a movie theater near you, Wicked fans are rejoicifying over the new movie musical that made its highly anticipated debut Nov. 22. According to the Broadway musical's ...

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Stephen Schwartz, the composer of Wicked‘s Broadway score, wanted to ensure continuity between the film and the play. In a Q&A posted to his website, Schwartz spoke of moments connecting the origin ...

The Library of Congress has acquired rare music and lyric sketches from composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, best known for their collaboration on the score of the 1939 film The ...

The most popular song from the Broadway musical “Wicked” may very well be “Popular,” but the cinematic piece de resistance in Jon M. Chu’s magnificently mounted movie version turns out to be a ...

Bella Zigler with the Toto puppet, Cage Elliott as the Scarecrow, Austin Clark as the Tinman, Colby Lovins as the Lion, and Amelia Maddox as Dorothy, sing “We’re Off to See the Wizard” during a ...

"Wizard: The Musical Journey of Oz Composer Harold Arlen" opens with a video montage that includes a testimonial from Tony Bennett: "Everybody knows those songs, but they don't know Harold Arlen's ...