Evolution of "The Wizard and I" (Wicked)

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16 жыл бұрын

Stephen Schwartz discusses how he created the song, "The Wizard and I" and the evolution from the original song "Making Good" from an Evening with Stephen Schwartz
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@ludwigvanbeethoven8793 6 жыл бұрын

"im not gonna play the whole thing" gets carried away and plays the whole thing

@ronyorobio7096 4 жыл бұрын

He skept the part when Elphy imagines that the Wizard could de-green her.

@guinnberger2681 10 жыл бұрын

In the original "Making Good" form, the lyrics sound resentful and determined to force people to apologize for misjudging Elphaba. In "The Wizard and I," however, she's hopeful that the "wonderful" wizard will magically see through her uncanny looks and prickly personality, and give her the chance to prove her goodness so that other people will see who she really is, and love her. That makes me cry every time, because everyone knows it won't happen that way. Fabulous song.

@lekoman 10 жыл бұрын

I am such a fan of his, and Wicked is very high on my list of favorite shows... but man did he get it right not becoming a singer. Songwriting is definitely his strength.

@KenBernardez 6 жыл бұрын

lekoman This was such a shallow thing to say.

@iAmMadeOfSoup 6 жыл бұрын

lol he's not terrible but he's a great pianist too

@Jakthun 12 жыл бұрын

It's so beautiful because you can truly notice he feels what he sings... Even if his vocals aren't that good, it's still very special

@entertainer1987 15 жыл бұрын

"Making Good" was originally written for Stephanie J. Block. She did the VERY early workshop stages of the show, but the producers wanted to attract the fans from different shows and since Idina was so well-known to theatre fans and was nominated for a Tony she was chosen to originate the role.

@katygzlg 10 жыл бұрын

Stephen schtwartz is amazing , and is an excelent person

@syworld82 9 жыл бұрын

This is such an insight into how they really tried to keep the integrity of the Elphabas. Even Shoshana Bean who is probably the Rule Breaker/over riffer Elphaba... has really kept the integrity of this song by not over belt riffing until the end of the song in the same way that Idina does not Belt until the end of the song...This really opened my eyes to appreciating Shoshana and Idinas version even further...

@pakamausi 14 жыл бұрын

Gotta love Stephen Scwartz :D I love how he kept saying "I won't play the entire thing..." every time he demonstrated the earlier versions - but in the end he did sing "The Wizard and I" all the way through XD

@AimlessSky 10 жыл бұрын

So interesting how the show involve before it hits the stage. Julia Murney got to sing "Defying Gravity" first, Stephanie J. Block got to be in the initial readings and have the song "Making Good", Idina Menzel got a new song written for her that intensify Elphie for her voice "Wizard and I", and became the Original in the end. Basically, all three who auditioned for the role got something special in return! =O

@JosephJohnson-gu5fw 5 жыл бұрын

Murney is one of my favorite vocalists. Her vibrato is insane and adds something witchy to this role that some of the other girls don't.

@iAmMadeOfSoup 5 жыл бұрын

And all got to play the part

@rebeccah6736 4 жыл бұрын

I've literally never thought of Wizard and I as a wait-for-it song, but I just went back and listened to the soundtrack after watching this and... that's exactly what it is. Like there's so many points of build up in the song that always resolves down so that the finale can finally punch you in the face. I've grown up listening to Wicked, and I feel like I've listened to it for the first time again.

@skippyruff3365 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate how he wasn’t focusing on his singing abilities but more on the heart of the song. Very impactful

@mithramusic5909 15 жыл бұрын

He wrote all the music too...which only makes him more amazing.

@OfficialLexieI 8 жыл бұрын

I love how he kept parts of the melody of the 2nd version of Making Good.

@spencerbeckart 11 жыл бұрын

You know, I almost don't think it matters that he doesn't have a "beautiful" voice. He holds so much emotion when he sings that you almost forget he isn't a naturally gifted singer.

@ZombalayaQ 2 жыл бұрын

This is actually one of my favorite versions of The Wizard and I. I come back to it allll the time

@Pyramid132420 11 жыл бұрын

When people see me they will scream for half of Oz's favorite team! Stephen Schwartz and I!!! ;)

@themarquis336 2 жыл бұрын

No one is talking about the guts and confidence it takes to publicly show pieces of your work that were not very good and basically failures and use them to explain how a creative process works. Maybe it’s just me, but I think it’s incredibly brave.

@supersingerevan 14 жыл бұрын

i want him to release a solo album. there is so much emotion in his voice when he sings, i get chills just listening to him.

@aaronbalzer2647 7 жыл бұрын

EvanBellTheatre He has at least one album out, perhaps two, I don't remember

@KeshiaFowler 3 жыл бұрын

I what a album of all the songs he cut from shows

@JHParee 7 жыл бұрын

I hope none of you take it this way, but I could watch him play piano all day.

@stemajor7 5 жыл бұрын

Love the harmony in “he’ll say to me I see who you truly are...” Goosebumps. In fact, there’s lots more of those goosebumps moments in Wicked.

@DewkyShewt 9 жыл бұрын

your such a good singer dude, amazing.

@Unplugged516 15 жыл бұрын

In '98, when Schwartz and Julia Murney did a benefit concert at the Westport Country Playhouse, he had already written both the first "Making Good" AND "Defying Gravity" the difference? originally, "Defying Gravity" was somewhat legit and NOT the big belting anthem. It was a few steps higher, much much slower tempo, and was considered a ballad. Chord progressions also had a minor foundation (opposed to standard pop major) to them. so the whole structure sounded EXTREMELY different..

@ZombalayaQ 2 жыл бұрын

The cry when he sings "Help me meet the Wizard" 😍😍

@foxtatertot 3 жыл бұрын

I read about the original "Making Good" from "The Grimmerie", so it's super cool hearing the original version.

@anjabukvic9908 2 жыл бұрын

Now I really wish to hear full versions of the previous two songs!💚🎹🎼🎵🎶

@fuzzlylizzy 14 жыл бұрын

I LOVE watching him play piano! His hand motions are so... interesting! Love Love Love Stephen Schwartz.

@wickedly4 10 жыл бұрын

this was AWESOME.

@04elliottg 15 жыл бұрын

Could this get any better? This is perfection!!!

@marilianunesc 11 жыл бұрын

This is so amazing!!!!!! Loved it! He's such a full of soul and smartness genius!

@tbraun84 14 жыл бұрын

...genius. I loved learning about the process behind what ended up being a huge hit.

@ronyorobio7096 4 жыл бұрын

Majestic. I wish I could watch ALL the clips associated to Wicked.

@abidyson8076 11 жыл бұрын

He's in tune, and he's a composer not a singer.

@gotGodgrace 15 жыл бұрын

Lucky you!! What a awesome artist !!

@pfgum2 12 жыл бұрын

I pray that someday I can be remotely close to him in the GENIUS category.

@koichissimo 4 жыл бұрын

Just amazing.

@TheCrazyCoasterKid 12 жыл бұрын

Irony + foreshadowing = WIN!

@xretroman 7 жыл бұрын

I actually liked hearing a guy sing that

@gotGodgrace 15 жыл бұрын

Thank for sharing..I had no idea!!

@coolbean08 15 жыл бұрын

i would have loved to go to this evening!

@alanpease8474 Жыл бұрын

That was beyond brilliant and gave me some insight into the workings of this musical genius' mind.

@MvyMkr 16 жыл бұрын

The more I listen to the 1st "Making Good" I love it! Have it on my ipod! I know TWAI is better, but I love the musicality of it! And I hadn't heard the second one so thank you SO MUCH for that!!! And I found it incredibly interesting as a MASSIVE Idina fan to see how her personal style was utilised to create that bit of musical goldust!!! Thanks again!

@caesaria 13 жыл бұрын

outrageously interesting and entertaining

@grimadventuresofm 16 жыл бұрын

wow, this was really interesting to watch=) thanks for posting!

@eddiemaggs7172 9 жыл бұрын

This is such an insight!!

@jesusantoniomjr 11 жыл бұрын

He's truly AMAZING!!!!

@gracesolidum3029 10 жыл бұрын

Wow he is amazing!!!

@NebTtoille 13 жыл бұрын

I love the first making good. and this IS very good

@ryanburke4633 9 жыл бұрын

I love this music

@MissMiffed 12 жыл бұрын

I LOVE him so much!

@adameyelashlover 16 жыл бұрын

Wow he really gets into it, huh? I really enjoyed seeing that process!

@amyclarke41 8 жыл бұрын

song writing gold☺

@divawarrior6402 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a treat!

@mleedancer 13 жыл бұрын

i love this making good song. both versions. but the wizard and i is still my favorite.! :)

@waynesworld91 11 жыл бұрын

He's trying to sing a part he wrote for Idina while playing the piano...also he's a composer, not a singer.

@katiekc5573 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: He actually wrote Elphaba for Stephanie J Block, she's another amazing broadway queen. She was Elphaba for the workshops but then they wanted a bigger name for Elphaba so they got Idina. Stephanie then went on the originate Liza Minnelli in The Boy From Oz.

@veraelphie0306 Жыл бұрын

@@katiekc5573 he did not. The Wizard and I and No Good Deed were written for Idina's voice. Making Good was a scrapped song, but the only one to be truly written with Stephanie's voice in mind. Long story short: SJB FANS, *stop. Rewriting. The story.* The most Stephanie did for Wicked was a few reads in the workshop phase right before Idina auditioned, one show in San Francisco, and her full run as Elphaba. Idina built the role from the ground up. You can thank her for Elphaba, not Stephanie. If Stephanie would have been the original Elphaba, Defying Gravity itself would have been far less grand, and end on a "dooooown" belt.

@Krtss3344 11 жыл бұрын

He's really not bad :)

@FamousIsabelle 10 жыл бұрын

clever and brilliant :)

@summergirltx 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting these!! So cool to hear him talk about and perform his own work.

@carlosalejandroalvarenga4913 7 жыл бұрын

_YAAAY, THEY'RE KICKING!_

@iAmMadeOfSoup 5 жыл бұрын

I WAS GONNA TEXT THAT TO YOU

@supersingerevan 14 жыл бұрын

woah! thanks!

@mithramusic5909 15 жыл бұрын

The high note is an E, which is pretty easy for most guys, particularly higher baritones and tenors, to hit in their octave. It's really, really hard to belt it as a female, though.

@iAmMadeOfSoup 6 жыл бұрын

MithraMusic not for me at all. I'm a soprano female who has a 4 octave range so that's probably why

@francishaegen1348 5 жыл бұрын

You sure you belt in chest voice and not just sing it in head voice? (:

@WickedFan6 11 жыл бұрын

hes such a genius

@rhysvale9147 4 жыл бұрын

why am I seeing this in my recommended 11 years later- not complaining though

@GirlsTripTV 4 жыл бұрын

Big smile!

@loudip6493 16 жыл бұрын

Even Steven Schwartz riffs his own music :-P

@fontenayperi 12 жыл бұрын

i loved Making Good

@EllaABo 10 жыл бұрын

Liar liar pants on fire, you did the entire song.

@guinnberger2681 10 жыл бұрын

He did the beginning and the end, but he left out a lot of the middle...

@tia8245 6 жыл бұрын

Why does it matter because without this guy Wicked would not even exist

@xxbroadwayfreakxx 15 жыл бұрын

yay! they're kicking! lol love SS

@04elliottg 16 жыл бұрын

08:48 - 09:40 Just purely speachless. What an amazing guy. Genius.

@everybodysalone 9 жыл бұрын

Greatness

@DanielleMcOrmond 15 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@KeshiaFowler 3 жыл бұрын

This is a reallly good song

@BallerinaAnnieV 11 жыл бұрын

Genius!

@DuelMedia 12 жыл бұрын

They should so have one show where he actually plays the Wizard!! XD

@AirTravel415 5 ай бұрын

He should have a cameo in the movie

@Unplugged516 15 жыл бұрын

Negative. It also featured Scott Coulter singing a few cut songs from POCHANTAS and HUNCHBACK. very very interesting concert....

@joyceabraham7386 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the composer is great...as long as you don't get too close to him. He bites..hard!

@IJVin 13 жыл бұрын

@pakamausi It's because the first time you think he's going to play the whole thing, but he tells you he won't. Then the second time, you think he's going to play the whole song this time. But he tells you he won't. And /then/ at the end of this long video, he does play the whole song. It's an analogy.

@buffymovies 15 жыл бұрын

what happened was sjb was the voice type they wanted so they used her for the first readings and workshops, but they made clear that she wouldn't get the role because she had never been the lead in a broadway show before. so they ended up casting idina. but if i'm not mistaken they didn't have idina in mind until she actually auditioned

@latif87 5 жыл бұрын

Maaannnn what a genius

@iteachlit 15 жыл бұрын

Buffy has it mostly right. According to Steph (interviews), it was later in the process of mounting the show, when they saw how expensive it was going to be, that they decided to go with a "name" who had opened a Broadway show before. And "Making Good" was actually one of only three songs (+"One Short Day" and ALAYM) Stephen Schwartz had written before he began working with Steph. Incidentally, the original "Defying Gravity" (during the workshops) was a few steps HIGHER than it is now. ;)

@HelenaBoots 13 жыл бұрын

god could this guy get any more talented!???? xh

@MemeGamerPS5 2 жыл бұрын

Stephen is a genius

@jenalicerose 16 жыл бұрын

I loved Making Good! But TWAI is great too

@nataliemiller8394 6 жыл бұрын

does anyone know where/if i can get the first Making Good sheet music?

@MamaMaryEllensBlog 16 жыл бұрын

wow.. i love the version 2!!!i like his version of wizard and I too it sounds like Micheal McClean singing his own music.. an amazing musician and gives the singing a good try but it works though they cant sing hahaha :P Me loves Stephen I'm just say'n LOL

@EponineThropp 11 жыл бұрын

"They kicked!"

@xKaraAnnJx 15 жыл бұрын

Look at his hands goo!

@Jayjee762 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if this will be included in the movie

@iheartbroadwaygleek 11 жыл бұрын

his facial expressions

@seuss101 15 жыл бұрын

a kick line

@supahstah85 14 жыл бұрын

5:02-5:05 and I was like YAY THEY'RE KICKING! XD Awesome!

@alexisraelyan9640 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know why he doesn’t sing this part “One day he’ll say to me Elphaba , a girl who is so superior ... Is it allright by you , if I degreenify you ?”

@lucywalsh7158 4 жыл бұрын

Alex Israelyan he skipped part of the song

@patricia_armstrong 15 жыл бұрын

IVe read something that was recorded straight from the makers outh saying SJB did a reading but they thought Idina was right for the part.

@peterdaniel66 14 жыл бұрын

its amazing.. you can really hear Pippin in this song..

@Jiwpgakis 14 жыл бұрын

actually that wizard and i prototype was very good:P

@dramaqueenxilovepotc 15 жыл бұрын

Did he preform "Wizard and I" in a different key?

@MvyMkr 16 жыл бұрын

I got it off limewire...Check it out. If not I will try and get it on this computer to send it to you, but this is my laptop which doesn't have any music on it. But I will try if I have some time :-)

@JackxJewell 15 жыл бұрын

What did he mean by "kick?"

@iteachlit 15 жыл бұрын

"A reading"? She worked with Schwartz for over two years on the show, through many of its earliest manifestations. I'm not taking anything away from Idina at all...but it's not like SJB sang through the songs once or twice. Most of the Elphaba songs (except the three listed) were written for her voice, with her range and vocal qualities in mind. Idina had the recognizability they felt was necessary to open a show of this magnitude. That doesn't mean Stephanie was not right for the part.

@patricia_armstrong 15 жыл бұрын

entertainer1987 they wanted Idina way before stpehanie but she was doing another musical at the time

@dramaqueenxilovepotc 15 жыл бұрын

Ah. Okay. Thanks.