IT
AND YOU DON'T LIVE TO REGRET IT
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY IN THE END!
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY...
MY FRIEND... Elphaba Runs Off. The Guards Break Down The Door. Guard: There she is! Don't let her get away! They Grab Hold Of Glinda. Glinda: What in Oz?! Let go of me! Do you hear me? Let go! Elphaba: It's not her. She has nothing to do with. I'm the one you want. It's me. Hahahahaha. It's me! Up here! It's me! She Rises Up Center Stage Holding Her Broom. Elphaba: SO IF YOU CARE TO FIND ME,
LOOK TO THE WESTERN SKY
AS SOMEONE TOLD ME LATELY,
EVERYONE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO FLY!
AND IF I'M FLYING SOLO,
AT LEAST I'M FLYING FREE!
TO THOSE WHO GROUND ME,
TAKE A MESSAGE BACK FROM ME!
TELL THEM HOW I AM DEFYING GRAVITY!!!
I'M FLYING HIGH DEFYING GRAVITY!!!
AND SOON I'LL MATCH THEM IN RENOWN
AND NOBODY
IN ALL OF OZ...
NO WIZARD THAT THERE IS OR WAS
IS EVER GONNA BRING
ME DOWN!!! Ozians: LOOK AT HER, SHE'S WICKED
GET HER!!! Elphaba: BRING ME DOWN!!!! Ozians: NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED! SO WE'VE GOT TO BRING HER... Elphaba: AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Ozians: DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
END ACT I
ACT II [Scene 1 - Thank Goodness] The Act Opens With Ozians. Ozians: EVERY DAY THE WICKED
EVERY DAY THE TERROR GROWS
ALL OF OZ IS EVER ON ALERT
THAT'S THE WAY WITH WICKED-
SPREADING FEAR WHERE E'ER SHE GOES
SEEKING OUT NEW VICTIMS SHE CAN HURT! Ozian Woman: LIKE SOME TERRIBLE GREEN BLIZZARD
THROUGHOUT THE LAND SHE FLIES... Ozian Man: DEFAMING OUR POOR WIZARD Ozians: WITH HER CALUMNIES AND LIES
SHE LIES!
SAVE US FROM THE WICKED
SHIELD US SO WE WON'T BE HEXED
GIVE US WARNING
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE NEXT
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE NEXT
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE NEXT Glinda, Fiyero and Morrible Appear Onstage On APodium. Glinda: Fellow Ozians, as terrifying as terror is, let us put aside our panic for this one day... and celebrate!
OH WHAT A CELEBRATION WE'LL HAVE TODAY! Ozians: THANK GOODNESS! Glinda: LET'S HAVE A CELEBRATION THE GLINDA WAY! Ozians: THANK GOODNESS! Morrible: FINALLY A DAY THAT'S TOTALLY WICKED WITCH FREE All: WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
THANK GOODNESS! Morrible: And thank goodness for you, Glinda, and your handsome swain, our new captain of the guard. To Fiyero. Now you've been at the forefront of the hunt for the Wicked Witch, haven't you? Fiyero: Not really, but I don't like to think of her as a Wicked Witch. Morrible: Captain, how does it feel? Fiyero: Frustrating... but I became captain of the guard to find her, and I will keep searching! Morrible: No, being engaged! Ozians: Congratulotions! Fiyero: To Glinda - Confused. This is an engagement party? Glinda: Surprised? Fiyero: Yes! Glinda: Good, we hoped you'd be... the Wizard and I!
WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
RIGHT DEAR?
COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
RIGHT HERE
LOOK WHAT WE'VE GOT
A FAIRY TALE PLOT
OUR VERY OWN HAPPY ENDING
WHERE WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
TRUE DEAR?
COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE OUR ENDING VICARIOUSLY
WITH ALL OF YOU!
HE COULDN'T LOOK HANDSOMER
I COULDN'T BE HUMBLER
BECAUSE HAPPY IS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE... Morrible: And Glinda, dear, we're happy for you! As Press Secretary, I have striven to ensure that all of Oz knows the story of your braverism! How I vividly remember...
THE DAY YOU WERE FIRST SUMMONED
TO AN AUDIENCE WITH OZ,
AND ALTHOUGH HE WOULD NOT TELL YOU WHY INITIALLY
WHEN YOU BOWED BEFORE HIS THROWN
HE DECREED YOU'D HENCE BE KNOWN
AS GLINDA THE GOOD
OFFICIALLY! Fiyero: That's not how you described it to me. Glinda: Oh no, not exactly, but Whispers we'll talk about it later. Morrible: THEN WITH A JEALOUS SQUEEE
THE WICKED WITCH BURST FROM CONCEALMENT
WHERE SHE HAD BEEN LURKING
SURREPTITIALLY! Gasps From Among The Crowd. Ozian: I HEAR SHE HAS AN EXTRA EYE THAT ALWAYS REMAINS AWAKE! Ozian: I HEAR THAT SHE CAN SHED HER SKIN AS EASILY AS A SNAKE! Ozian: I HEAR SOME REBEL ANIMALS ARE GIVING HER FOOD AND SHELTER! Ozian: I HEAR HER SOUL IS SO UNCLEAN, PURE WATER CAN MELT HER! Fiyero: What? Ozians: MELT HER! PLEASE SOMEBODY GO AND MELT HER! Fiyero: Do you hear