During Wicked'siconic "Defying Gravity" scene ... fighting against. As Elphaba steals the ancient Grimmerie and flies away, the weather changes from bright and sunny to dark and cloudy, a change ...

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Cynthia Erivo is reflecting on what it was like to shave her head for her Oscar-nominated role as Elphaba in Wicked: Part One ...

“Defying Gravity,” in both the stage musical and film, serves as the moment that Elphaba “transforms” into the Wicked Witch of the West that Wizard of Oz fans know, with the added context ...

(His song about “the unexamined life” raises sexual suspicion that emerges in Elphaba’s big number, “Defying Gravity.”) Identity politics are further confused by the Italianate features ...

Because if you’re going to, I don’t know, perhaps end on a ‘Defying Gravity,’ let’s say, then you have Elphaba that needs to be the most pivotal moment of her life. So then you need to ...

The 34-year-old comedian and actor hinted that the touching duet between Elphaba, played by Cynthia Erivo, and Glinda, played by Ariana Grande, is going to surpass the success of Defying Gravity ...

In the first part of the movie, the reserved Elphaba and bubbly Glinda become roommates and then friends despite their different personalities. The show-stopping song “Defying Gravity” closes ...

Stephen Schwartz composed Defying Gravity for the musical Wicked that opened in 2003. It is a vocal duet between two witches, Elphaba and Glinda, and is one of the biggest songs of the musical ...