Wicked Broad Way Musical Page #7

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Synopsis: Wicked is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, itself a retelling of the classic 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz.
Year:
2003
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[Scene 17 - Defying Gravity]

Glinda:
Elphie, wait! Where are you going?

Elphaba:
Oh no! There are no more stairs! This might be the attic...

Glinda:
Elphaba, listen to me...

Elphaba:
I have to barricade the door! She Picks Up A Broom And Places It Over A Trap Door.

Glinda:
Elphaba, why couldn't you have stayed calm for once instead of flying off the handle?

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY HOW YOU'VE HURT YOUR CAUSE FOREVER

I HOPE YOU THINK YOU'RE CLEVER

Elphaba:

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY TOO

I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD HOW YOU WOULD GROVEL IN SUBMISSION

TO FEED YOUR OWN AMBISSION

Both:

SO THOUGH I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY

RIGHT NOW...

Morrible:
Citizens of Oz, there is an enemy that must be found and captured! Believe nothing she says. She's evil. Responsible for the mutilation of these poor, innocent monkeys! Her green skin is but an outward manifestation of her twisted nature! This distortion... this repulsion... this... Wicked Witch!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Scene Fades To Elphaba & Glinda.

Glinda:
Don't be afraid...

Elphaba:
I'm not... it's the Wizard who should be afraid... of me!

Glinda:
Elphie, just say you're sorry before it's too late.

YOU CAN STILL BE WITH THE WIZARD

WHAT YOU'VE WORKED AND WAITED FOR

YOU CAN HAVE ALL YOU EVER WANTED...

Elphaba:
I know...

BUT I DON'T WANT IT

NO, I CAN'T WANT IT

ANYMORE...

SOMETHING HAS CHANGED WITHIN ME

SOMETHING IS NOT THE SAME

I'M THROUGH WITH PLAYING BY THE RULES

OF SOMEONE ELSE'S GAME!

TOO LATE FOR SECOND GUESSING

TOO LATE TO GO BACK TO SLEEP

IT'S TIME TO TRUST MY INSTINCTS

CLOSE MY EYES...

AND LEAP:

IT'S TIME TO TRY DEFYING GRAVITY

I THINK I'LL TRY DEFYING GRAVITY

AND YOU CAN'T PULL ME DOWN

Glinda:

CAN'T I MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND

YOU'RE HAVING DELUSIONS OF GRANDURE?

Elphaba:

I'M THROUHG EXCEPTING LIMITS

'CUZ SOMEONE SAYS THEY'RE SO

SOME THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE,

BUT 'TIL I TRY I'LL NEVER KNOW!

TOO LONG I'VE BEEN AFRAID OF

LOSING LOVE I GUESS I'D LOST

WELL IF THAT'S LOVE,

IT COMES AT MUCH TOO HIGH A COST!

I'D SOONER BUY DEFYING GRAVITY

KISS ME GOODBYE I'M DEFYING GRAVITY

AND YOU CAN'T PULL ME DOWN!

The Guards Bang On The Locked Door.

Guard:
Open this door, in the name of his supreme Ozness!

Elphaba:
Ah May Ah Tay Ah Tum Ditum...

Glinda:
As Elphaba Continues Chanting. What are you doing?! Stop it!

That's what started all this in the first place... that hideous levitation spell! STOP!!!

Elphaba Stops Chanting.

Glinda:
Well... Where are your wings? Maybe you're not as powerful as you think you are...

A Broomstick Floats Across The Room Towards Elphaba.

Elphaba:
I told you, Glinda... I did it, I tell ya!

The Guards Bang On The Door Once Again.

Elphaba:
Quick! Get on!

Glinda:
What?

Elphaba:
Come with me... think of what we could do... together.

UNLIMITED, TOGETHER WE'RE UNLIMITED

TOGETHER WE'LL BE THE GREATEST TEAM THERE'S EVER BEEN, GLINDA

DREAMS THE WAY WE PLANNED 'EM

Glinda:

IF WE WORK IN TANDEM

Both:

JUST YOU AND I DEFYING GRAVITY

WITH YOU AND I DEFYING GRAVITY

Elphaba:

THEY'LL NEVER BRING US DOWN.

Well, are you coming?

Glinda:
Elphie, you're trembling... here, put this around you...

She Drapes A Black Cape Around Her.

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY

NOW THAT YOU'RE CHOOSING THIS

Elphaba:
You too.

I HOPE IT BRINGS YOU BLISS

Both:

I REALLY HOPE YOU GET IT

AND YOU DON'T LIVE TO REGRET IT

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY IN THE END!

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY...

MY FRIEND...

Elphaba Runs Off. The Guards Break Down The Door.

Guard:
There she is! Don't let her get away!

They Grab Hold Of Glinda.

Glinda:
What in Oz?! Let go of me! Do you hear me? Let go!

Elphaba:
It's not her. She has nothing to do with. I'm the one you want. It's me. Hahahahaha. It's me! Up here! It's me!

She Rises Up Center Stage Holding Her Broom.

Elphaba:

SO IF YOU CARE TO FIND ME,

LOOK TO THE WESTERN SKY

AS SOMEONE TOLD ME LATELY,

EVERYONE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO FLY!

AND IF I'M FLYING SOLO,

AT LEAST I'M FLYING FREE!

TO THOSE WHO GROUND ME,

TAKE A MESSAGE BACK FROM ME!

TELL THEM HOW I AM DEFYING GRAVITY!!!

I'M FLYING HIGH DEFYING GRAVITY!!!

AND SOON I'LL MATCH THEM IN RENOWN

AND NOBODY:

IN ALL OF OZ...

NO WIZARD THAT THERE IS OR WAS

IS EVER GONNA BRING

ME DOWN!!!

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Winnie Holzman

Winnie Holzman is an American dramatist, screenwriter and poet. She is known for having created the ABC television series My So-Called Life, which earned her an Emmy Award nomination for writing in 1995, as well as her work writing for thirtysomething and Once and Again. Holzman has garnered fame for her work on Broadway, most notably for writing the book for the smash stage musical Wicked. more…

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