Imformation on wicked the musical biography pdf

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General Questions and Answers about Wicked to consider

(Music teachers - see music section below)

1.

How did Wicked the musical begin?

It was Stephen Schwartz's idea to turn Gregory Maguire's novel into a musical. Carol de Giere's biography of Wicked's composer Stephen Schwartz reveals the full story in the first of 14 chapters about the show.

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Here is a PDF of that chapter ."Landing in Oz" - How Wicked got started in Defying Gravity [PDF file opens in a new window. Used with permission.] Enjoy the full book with 15 chapters on Wicked:

DEFYING GRAVITY and BOOKS on WICKED

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What is a backstory? See definition on Wicked tells the "backstory" of The Wizard of Oz.

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