Over time she opens up — slowly — to the assistance of others. In the end, she actually needs help, and help she gets from Cogburn who symbolically becomes her surrogate father. Here are the lyrics of the hymn, which by the way is the song that’s sung when the end credits roll:...
We also learn how the socalled Wicked Witch of the West sought to save Oz from his menace. In so doing, she is cast out, vilified and portrayed as the true villain.Wicked is laced with political correctness.Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the music and lyrics, says: 'The Wizard in the ...
Several lyrics were changed throughout the show (I haven’t yet found a site with all the changes collected in one place). In some cases, I wondered why the changes were made, as they felt merely “different,” not necessarily “better.” But in a couple places, they made a big diffe...