The Wizard and I

Name ______block ______date ______“The Wizard and I” from Wicked music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's 1900 classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Broadway 2003 If I make good

"The Wizard And I" So I'll make good

(with Carole Shelley) When I meet the Wizard,

[MADAME MORRIBLE:] Once I prove my worth,

[spoken] And then I'll meet the Wizard

Oh, Miss Elphaba What I've waited for since,

[sung/spoken] [Spoken]

Many years I have waited Since birth!

For a gift like yours to appear [Sung]

Why, I predict the Wizard And with all his Wizard wisdom,

Could make you his By my looks, he won't be blinded

Magic grand vizier! Do you think the Wizard is

My dear, my dear [Spoken]

I'll write at once to the Wizard dumb?

Tell him of you in advance [Sung]

With a talent like yours, dear Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded?

There is a defin-ish chance [Spoken]

If you work as you should No!

You'll be making good: [Sung] He'll say to me,

[ELPHABA:] "I see who you truly are -

Did that really just happen? A girl on whom I can rely!"

Have I actually understood? And that's how we'll begin

This weird quirk I've tried The Wizard and I:

To suppress or hide

Is a talent that could Once I'm with the Wizard

Help me meet the Wizard My whole life will change Name ______block ______date ______“The Wizard and I” from Wicked music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's 1900 classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Broadway 2003 'Cuz once you're with the Wizard

No one thinks you're strange! Unlimited

No father is not proud of you, My future is unlimited

No sister acts ashamed And I've just had a vision

And all of Oz has to love you Almost like a prophecy

When by the Wizard, you're acclaimed I know - it sounds truly crazy

And this gift or this curse And true, the vision's hazy

I have inside But I swear, someday there'll be

Maybe at last, I'll know why A celebration throughout Oz

When we are hand in hand - That's all to do with me!

The Wizard and I!

And one day, he'll say to me, "Elphaba,

A girl who is so superior, And I'll stand there with the Wizard,

Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside Feeling things I've never felt

Have a matching exterior? And though I'd never show it,

And since folks here to an absurd degree I'd be so happy, I could melt!

Seem fixated on your verdigris And so it will be

Would it be all right by you For the rest of my life,

If I de-greenified you?" And I'll want nothing else

Till I die

And though of course, Held in such high esteem

That's not important to me When people see me, they will scream

"All right, why not?" I'll reply For half of Oz's favorite team;

Oh, what a pair we'll be The Wizard

The Wizard and I; And I!

Yes, what a pair we'll be

The Wizard and...