Within “Wicked’s” storyline, “Defying Gravity” marks Elphaba’s reaction to discovering the Wizard of Oz does not actually have the magical powers that he claims to hold. Elphaba goes ...

“Defying Gravity,” in both the stage musical and film, serves as the moment that Elphaba “transforms” into the Wicked Witch of the West that Wizard of Oz fans know, with the added context ...

Because if you’re going to, I don’t know, perhaps end on a ‘Defying Gravity,’ let’s say, then you have Elphaba that needs to be the most pivotal moment of her life. So then you need to ...

“Defying Gravity” Kebede had already gone through ... Kebede joins a sisterhood of green-clad Black women who have played Elphaba, a list that includes Saycon Sengbloh and Lilli Cooper ...

Stephen Schwartz composed Defying Gravity for the musical Wicked that opened in 2003. It is a vocal duet between two witches, Elphaba and Glinda, and is one of the biggest songs of the musical ...

performed by Grande's Elphaba counterpart. Both ladies are also Oscar nominees, with Erivo up for Best Actress and Grande up for Best Supporting Actress. The film also locked nominations for Best ...

She sings the Act 1 showstopper “Defying Gravity,” shooting into the air ... a sisterhood of green-clad Black women who have played Elphaba, a list that includes Saycon Sengbloh and Lilli ...

The yellow brick road and the wizard’s palace in Oz, the setting for part one’s grand “Defying Gravity” finale, separates them in the middle. Erivo’s Elphaba looks right at home in her ...

“Defying Gravity” Kebede had already gone through ... Kebede joins a sisterhood of green-clad Black women who have played Elphaba, a list that includes Saycon Sengbloh and Lilli Cooper ...

She sings the Act 1 showstopper “Defying Gravity,” shooting into the air ... a sisterhood of green-clad Black women who have played Elphaba, a list that includes Saycon Sengbloh and Lilli ...