PART 1!

REFERENTIAL rings in the new year with a 2 parter on the latest film adaptation of Act 1 of Wicked!

Welcome back to the ‘Session of The Witch’!

[an ongoing miniseries of episodes diving into the resurgence of witches in pop culture fiction and their thematic relationship to this moment in feminism, womanhood, queerness, misogynoir (and musicals!]

I’m joined by returning guest Miss Sundi to talk about the 20 year history Wicked the musical and its most recent film adaptation!

Directed by Jon M. Chu, ‘Wicked: Part 1’ is a film adaptation starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda..

The original musical featured music and lyrics by Stephan Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman and starred Idina Menzel as Elphaba and Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda. The musical itself was an adaptation of Gregory Macguire’s 1995 revisionist retelling of L. Frank Baum’s Wicked Witch of the West character (renamed Elphaba in tribute) from 1900’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz children’s novel.

Part 1 - 'The Music'

We recap of the story of Act 1 + a music commentary delving into the music of the musical track by track and note by note!

A recap
Mother Schwartz
The Glinda and Elphaba binary
Motifs
Glinda's double speak
Optional notes
Making Good
Jonathan Bailey is thriving
Back phrasing
High stamina 'I want' songs
LAR
Sharon D. Clarke
Fresher's week at Shiz
The Mics are on
Nessa Um Nessa
Madame Morrible's DBS
Men singing
Sopranos and Belters
BALLGOWN!
Mindful riffing
Lesbianism
Colours('Colors')
Musical Lesbianism

[Part 2 - 'The Movie'

A conversation about the history of the book, the shows musical origins and more of our thoughts on the recent film adaptation.]

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This one is for the musical nerds who found themselves awake at 2 am listening to Elphaba and Glinda high note compilations.

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