So, how does its Stephen Schwartz score, reinterpreted by Grande and Cynthia Erivo, hold up?
The Witch Is Dead fromThe Wizard of Oz.
And thats just one ofWickeds many brilliant allusions to that 1939 film, starring Judy Garland.
Photo: Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
Unlike the multi-beat belt of that word on the Broadway recording, here, its uttered in affecting disbelief.
But the magicreallystarts with Erivos first lyric: Did that really just happen?
Side note: It was this scene in the movie that took me most by surprise.
Erivos final belt should win her all of the accolades.
