Chu explains why Wicked ends on "Defying Gravity". The signature song, composed by Stephen Schwartz, was originally recorded by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth and released in 2003. It's sung ...
Wicked director Jon M Chu has explained ... sceptical in a movie", which led to some changes for 'Defying Gravity'. "If you just use the song itself the way it's used in the show, it doesn't ...
For this version of Wicked, the song does a different job, which made big changes necessary. In an interview with Variety, director Jon M Chu described making Defying Gravity work on the big ...
In fact, turning “Defying Gravity” into a hard rock song ... but Ellis and May perfected the song. She loved playing the Wicked Witch of the West. “One of the best things about playing ...
That's the challenge Wicked director Jon M ... "But something like 'Defying Gravity,' the song, if you just use the song itself the way it's used in the show, it doesn't actually feel like ...
Here’s how it works. Act 2 of Wicked reveals the time jump that's passed since "Defying Gravity" was belted out at the end of the first. The opening song is titled "Thank Goodness" and gives the ...
Chu wanted to make sure that the version of "Defying Gravity" in his film adaptation of Wicked could soar to new ... and you're suddenly in a song you don't even know you're in yet.
The infamous “Holding Space For Defying Gravity” interview about the 2024 film Wicked continues to collect ... idea that people were moved by the song. “I’ve seen, this week, people ...
including the chill-inducing "Defying Gravity," the upbeat "Popular" and Erivo's belting of "The Wizard and I." Here's how we ranked all of the songs from the movie Wicked. This song is the center ...
For two decades, audiences have marched to Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre and venues around the globe to absorb Elphaba’s tale in “Wicked ... think I’ll try defying gravity,” she ...
Chu said the movie adaptation of Wicked, in theaters Friday, wanted to focus on a closeup of star Cynthia Erivo during the climactic performance of the song "Defying Gravity." Erivo plays Elphaba ...