Down the Yellow Brick Pod
Down the Yellow Brick Pod is a podcast community preserving and peeling back the curtain on the wonderful world of Oz and its irreversible impact on culture. Join good (trouble) witch co-hosts Emily Kay Shrader and Tara Tagliaferro over the rainbow for an escape! Past deep dives include the original 1900 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the MGM Classic, The Wiz, Return to Oz, Wicked, and more! New episodes drop every Sunday evening and we thank you for listening!
Down the Yellow Brick Pod
"Wicked The Musical" - Act 1, Scene 1: "No One Mourns the Wicked"
THE TIME HAS COME. Tara and EmKay continue their journey into Broadway's smash hit musical, 2003's "Wicked The Musical"! Rabbit holes include discussing the challenges of casting Elphaba and Glinda, breaking down musical motifs set in play in the opening song, highlighting Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, featured actors, and so much more!
Show Notes:
- Oz and the Musical: Performing the American Fairy Tale by Ryan Bunch
- Defying Gravity The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz
from Godspell to Wicked by Carol de Giere with a Foreword by composer Alan Menken - Wicked: A Musical Biography by Paul R. Laird
- Wicked: The Grimmerie by David Cote
- A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages by Kristin Chenoweth
- @TheOzVlog
- Scenery Bags
- Jan Neuberger
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Music by: Shane Chapman
Edited by: Emily Kay Shrader
Down the Yellow Brick Pod: A Wizard of Oz Podcast preserving the history and legacy of Oz