Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Curtain Calls
CURTAIN CALLS:
1. Male Ensemble
2. Chistery and Witch’s Father/ Ozian Official
3. Female Ensemble
4. Doctor Dillamond
5. Nessarose and Boq
6. Madame Morrible
7. Fiyero
8. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
9. Glinda and Elphaba
Act 2: Scene 9
SCENE 9
(In the Wizard’s Private Chambers.)
MORRIBLE
I don’t see why you’re so despondiary. I think it went quite well. They seemed thrilled to shreds with their brains and their hearts and everything.
(GLINDA makes a sudden and unexpected entrance.)
MORRIBLE
Oh Glinda, I thought you’d be out festivating.
GLINDA
This was Elphaba’s.
MORRIBLE
What?
WIZARD
What’s that you say?
GLINDA
It was a keepsake. I t was her mother’s. I’ve only seen a little green bottle like this one other time. And it was right here, in this room. You offered me a drink from it.
WIZARD
This belonged to her mother?
YOUNG WIZARD’S VOICE
HAVE ANOTHER DRINK
MY DARK-EYED BEAUTY…
WIZARD
Oh my lord.—
(Sings)
I AM A SENTIMENTAL MAN
WHO ALWAYS LONGED TO BE
A FATHER…
(The WIZARD sinks to his knees, heartbroken, realizing he has had his own daughter “liquidated.”)
GLINDA
So she was yours all along.
MORRIBLE
That’s it. That’s why she had such power: She was a child of both world.
GLINDA
I want you to leave Oz. I’ll make the pronouncement myself: that the strains of Wizardship have been too much, and you’re taking an indefinite—leave of absence. Did you hear what I said?
WIZARD
Yes, Your Goodness.
GLINDA
You’d better go get your balloon ready!
(The WIZARD stumbles off, a broken man, as GLINDA turns to MADAME MORRIBLE.)
GLINDA
Guards!
MORRIBLE
Glinda dear, I know we’ve had our minuscule differenceations in the past—
GLINDA
Madame, have you ever considered how you’d fare? In captivity?
MORRIBLE
What? I don’t—
GLINDA
Captivity. Pri-son. Personally I don’t think you’d hold up very well. You see, my personal opinion is that you do not have what it takes. I hope you prove me wrong. I doubt you will! Take her away!
(The GUARDS take MORRIBLE away.)
CELEBRANTS
GOOD NEWS! SHE’S DEAD!
THE WITCH OF THE WEST IS DEAD!
THE WICKEDEST WITCH THERE EVER WAS
THE ENEMY OF ALL OF US HERE IN OZ
IS DEAD!
GOOD NEWS!
GOOD NEWS…
THE SCARECROW
It worked!
ELPHABA
Fiyero! I thought you’d never get here.
THE SCARECROW
Go ahead touch. I don’t mind. You did the best you could. You saved my life.
ELPHABA
You’re still beautiful.
THE SCARECROW
You don’t have to lie to me.
ELPHABA
It’s not lying, it’s looking at things another way.
CELEBRANTS
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED
NOW AT LAST SHE’S DEAD AND GONE
NOW AT LAST THERE’S JOY THROUGHOUT THE LAND
GLINDA
Fellow Ozians. Friends… We have been through a frightening time. And there will be other times, and other things that frighten us. But if you’ll let me, I’d like to try to help. I’d like to be—Glinda the Good.
CROWD
GOOD NEWS!
THE SCARECROW
It’s time to go.
ELPHABA
We can never come back to Oz, can we?
THE SCARECROW
No.
ELPHABA
I only wish…
THE SCARECROW
What?
ELPHABA
That Glinda could know that we are alive.
THE SCARECROW
She can’t know, not if we want to be safe. No one can ever know.
CROWD
GOOD NEWS…
THE SCARECROW
Come.
GLINDA
WHO CAN SAY IF I’VE BEEN
CHANGED FOR THE BETTER
BUT…
ELPHABA AND GLINDA
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
CROWD
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED…
GLINDA
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
ELPHABA AND GLINDA
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED…
CROWD
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED…
WICKED…
WICKED!
END OF ACT II
Act 2: Scene 8
SCENE 8
(Back at Kiamo Ko Castle.)
ELPHABA
Oh for Oz sake! Stop crying I can’t listen to it anymore! You want see your Aunt Em and Uncle what’s-his-name again? Then get those shoes off your feet! Squealy little brat takes a dead woman’s shoes, must’ve been raised in a barn! Chistery! Oh Chistery, there you are. Where are the others? Chistery, please if you don’t at least try to keep speaking you’ll never…
(GLINDA arrives unexpectedly.)
ELPHABA
Go away.
GLINDA
They’re coming for you.
ELPHABA
Go away!
GLINDA
Let the little girl go and that poor little dog, Dodo. I know you don’t want to hear this but somebody’s got to say it: You are out of control! I mean, come on, they’re just shoes let it go! Elphaba, you can’t go on like this.
ELPHABA
I can do anything I want, I am the Wicked Witch of the West!
(One of the Monkeys flies in with a note.)
ELPHABA
At last! What took you so long? What’s this? Why are you bothering me with this?
GLINDA
What is it? What’s wrong? It’s Fiyero, isn’t it? Is he…?
ELPHABA
We’ve seen his face for the last time.
GLINDA
Oh no.
ELPHABA
You’re right. It’s time. I surrender.
GLINDA
Elphie, what is it?
ELPHABA
You can’t be fund here. You must go!
GLINDA
No!
ELPHABA
You must! Please!
GLINDA
I’ll go tell everyone the truth.
ELPHABA
No! They’ll only turn against you!
GLINDA
I don’t care!
ELPHABA
I do! Promise me you won’t try to clear my name.
GLINDA
Elphaba, no!
ELPHABA
Promise.
GLINDA
All right, I promise. But I don’t understand.
ELPHABA
I’M LIMITED
JUST LOOK AT ME—I’M LIMITED
AND JUST LOOK AT YOU—
YOU CAN DO ALL I COULDN’T DO, GLINDA…
(She gives GLINDA The Grimmerie.)
GLINDA
Elphie… You know I can’t read this.
ELPHABA
Well, then—you’ll have to learn.
(Sings)
BECAUSE NOW IT’S UP TO YOU
FOR BOTH OF US—
NOW IT’S UP TO YOU
GLINDA
Oh, Elphie…
ELPHABA
You’re the only friend I’ve ever had.
GLINDA
And I’ve had so many friends. But only one that mattered.
(Sings)
I’VE HEARD IT SAID
THAT PEOPLE COME INTO OUR LIVES FOR A REASON
BRINGING SOMETHING WE MUST LEARN
AND WE ARE LED
TO THOSE WHO HELP US
IF WE LET THEM
AND WE HELP THEM IN RETURN
WELL, I DON’T KNOW IF I BELIEVE THAT’S TRUE
BUT I KNOW I’M WHO I AM TODAY
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
LIKE A COMET PULLED FROM ORBIT
AS IT PASSES A SUN
LIKE A STREAM THAT MEETS A BOULDER
HALFWAY THRUGH THE WOOD
WHO CAN SAY IF I’VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?
BUT BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR GOOD…
ELPHABA
IT WELL MAY BE
THAT WE WILL NEVER MEET AGAIN
IN THIS LIFETIME
SO LET ME SAY BEFORE WE PART
SO MUCH OF ME
IS MADE OF WHAT I LEARNED FROM YOU
YOU’LL BE WITH ME
LIKE A HANDPRINT ON MY HEART
AND NOW WHATEVER WAY OUR STORIES END
I KNOW YOU HAVE RE-WRITTEN MINE
BY BEING MY FRIEND…
LIKE A SHIP BLOWN FROM ITS MOORING
BY A WIND OFF THE SEA
LIKE A SEED DROPPED BY A SKYBIRD
IN A DISTANT WOOD
WHO CAN SAY IF I’VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?
BUT BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
GLINDA
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
BOTH
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED
FOR GOOD…
ELPHABA
AND JUST TO CLEAR THE AIR
I ASK FORGIVENESS
FOR THE THINGS I’VE DONE YOU BLAME ME FOR
GLINDA
BUT THEN, I GUESS WE KNOW
THERE’S BLAME TO SHARE
BOTH
AND NONE OF IT SEEMS TO MATTER ANYMORE
GLINDA ELPHABA
LIKE A COMET PULLED LIKE A SHIP BLOWN OFF
FROM ORBIT ITS MOORING
AS IT PASSES A SUN BY A WIND OFF THE SEA
LIKE A STREAM THAT LIKE A SEED DROPPED BY
MEETS A
THROUGH THE WOOD
BOTH
WHO CAN SAY IF I’VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?
I DO BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER
GLINDA
AND BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
ELPHABA
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
BOTH
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR GOOD.
(The two friends embrace. And then… they hear the sound of footsteps.)
GLINDA
What was that?
ELPHABA
Hurry, no one can know you were here.
THE CROWD
…AND GOODNESS KNOWS
ELPHABA
Hide yourself—!
THE CROWD
THE WICKED’S LIVES ARE LONELY
GOODNESS KNOWS
THE WICKED DIE ALONE…
(From her hiding place, GLINDA witnesses what appears to be the melting of her friend.)
ELPHABA
Aaaahhhhh!
GLINDA
Elphie?
(After the witch hunters have left, she picks up ELPHABA’S hat.)
GLINDA
Oh, Elphie…
CHISTERY
Miss… Miss… Glinda…
(CHISTERY gives her a small green bottle left behind.)
Act 2: Scene 7
SCENE 7
(Outside the Wizard’s Palace, and angry mob has gathered. MORRIBLE and GLINDA observe them.)
OZIANS
GO AND HUNT HER
AND FIND HER
AND KILL HER
A VICIOUS WOMAN
Good fortune witch hunters!
OZIANS
GO AND HUNT HER
AND FIND HER
AND KILL HER
RABID MAN
Kill the witch!
OZIANS
WICKEDNESS MUST BE PUNISHED
EVIL EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATED
WICKEDNESS MUST BE PUNISHED
KILL THE WITCH!
(The TIN WOODMAN stands on a balcony above the crowd and addresses them fervently.)
THE TIN WOODMAN
And this is more than just a service to the Wizard. I have a personal score to settle with Elph—with the Witch!
(Sings)
IT’S DUE TO HER I’M MADE OF TIN
HER SPELL MADE THIS OCCUR
SO FOR ONCE I’M GLAD I’M HEARTLESS
I’LL BE HEARTLESS KILLING HER!
And I’m the only one! Come on! Pssst. Oh, come on you! Tell them what she did to you in class that day! How you were just a Cub and she Cub-napped you!
THE COWARDLY LION
Nooooo!
THE TIN WOODMAN
You see—?
(Sings)
THE LION ALSO
HAS A GRIEVANCE TO REPAY
IF SHE’D LET HIM FIGHT HIS OWN BATTLES
WHEN HE WAS YOUNG
HE WOULDN’T BE A COWARD TODAY!
CROWD
Kill her! Kill the Witch!
GLINDA
No—that’s not how it happened! Madame—we’ve got to stop this, it’s gone to far!
MORRIBLE
Oh, I think Elphaba can take care of herself.
GLINDA
But Madame, something’s been troubling me, about Nessarose and that cyclone.
MORRIBLE
Yes, I suppose it was just her time.
GLINDA
Was it? Or did you…
MORRIBLE
Now you listen to me, missy! The rest of Oz might have fallen for that “Aren’t I good” routine but I know better! You wanted this from the beginning! And now you’re getting what you want! So just smile and wave and shut up! Good fortune! Good fortune, witch hunters!
ALL
WICKEDNESS MUST BE PUNISHED
BRAVE WITCH HUNTERS, I WOULD JOIN YOU IF I COULD
BECAUSE WICKEDNESS MUST BE PUNISHED
PUNISHED
PUNISHED
BUT GOOD!
Act 2: Scene 6
SCENE 6
(At Kiamo Ko Castle…)
ELPHABA
Fiyero!
(ELPHABA chants a frantic spell in a desperate attempt to save FIYERO’S life.)
ELPHABA
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
AH TUM AH TUM ELEKA NAHMEN
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
AH TUM AH TUM ELEKA NAHMEN…
LET HIS FLESH NOT BE TORN
LET HIS BLOOD LEAVE NO STAIN
THOUGH THEY BEAT HIM
LET HIM FEEL NO PAIN
LET HIS BONES NEVER BREAK
AND HOWEVER THEY TRY
TO DESTROY HIM
LET HIM NEVER DIE
LET HIM NEVER DIE
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
AH TUM AH TUM ELEKA NAHMEN
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
AH TUM AH TUM ELEKA… ELEKA…
WHAT GOOD IS THIS CHANTING?
I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT I’M READING
I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT TRICK I OUGHT TO TRY
FIYERO, WHERE ARE YOU?
ALREADY DEAD OR BLEEDING?
ONE MORE DISASTER I CAN ADD TO MY
GENEROUS SUPPLY?
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
NO ACT OF CHARITY GOES UNRESENTED
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
THAT’S MY NEW CREED
MY ROAD OF GOOD INTENTIONS
LED WHERE SUCH ROADS ALWAYS LEAD
NO GOOD DEED
GOES UNPUNISHED…
NESSA…
DOCTOR DILLAMOND…
FIYERO…
FIYERO…!!
ONE QUESTION HAUNTS AND HURTS
TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH TO MENTION
WAS I REALLY SEEKING GOOD
OR JUST SEEKING ATTENTION?
IS THAT ALL GOOD DEED ARE
WHEN LOOKED AT WITH AN ICE-COLD EYE?
IF THAT’S ALL GOOD DEEDS ARE
MAYBE THAT’S THE REASON WHY…
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
ALL HELPFUL URGES SHOULD BE CIRCUMVENTED
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
SURE, I MEANT WELL—
WELL, LOOK WHAT “WELL-MEANT” DID
ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH—SO BE IT
SO BE IT THEN
LET ALL OZ BE AGREED:
I’M WICKED THROUGH AND THROUGH
SINCE I CAN’T SUCCEED
FIYERO, SAVING YOU
I PROMISE NO GOOD DEED
WILL I ATTEMPT TO DO
AGAIN
EVER AGAIN
NO GOOD DEED
WILL I DO
AGAIN!
Act 2: Scene 5
SCENE 5
(At the site of the crashed house in Munchkinland.)
GLINDA
That’s right, you just take that one road the whole time! I hope they don’t get lost, I am so bad at giving directions. Oh, Nessa…
(ELPHABA and GLINDA confront each other. Both are equally devastated: ELPHABA for the loss of her sister, GLINDA for the loss of FIYERO.)
ELPHABA
What a touching display of grief.
GLINDA
I don’t believe we have anything further to say to one another.
ELPHABA
I wanted something to remember her by and all that was left of her were those shoes! And now that wretched little farm girl has walked off with them! So I would appreciate some time alone to say goodbye to my sister. Nessa… Nessa, please… Please forgive me…
GLINDA
Elphie, don’t blame yourself. It’s dreadful, it is to have a house fall on you, but accidents will happen.
ELPHABA
You call this an accident?
GLINDA
Yes! Well maybe not an accident…
ELPHABA
Then what would you call it?
GLINDA
A regime change. Caused by a bazaar and unexpected twister of fate.
ELPHABA
So you think cyclones just appear out of the blue?
GLINDA
Well I don’t know. I never—
ELPHABA
Of course you never! You’re too busy telling everyone hoe wonderful everything is!
GLINDA
Well I’m a public figure now and people expect me—
ELPHABA
To lie?
GLINDA
To be encouraging! And just what exactly have you been doing besides riding around on that filthy old thing?
ELPHABA
Well we can’t all come and go by bubble! Whose invention was that? The Wizard’s? Of course even if it wasn’t I’m sure he’d still take credit for it.
GLINDA
Yes well it seems a lot of us are taking things that don’t belong to us, aren’t we?
ELPHABA
Now wait just a clock tick! I know it’s difficult for that blissful blond brain of yours to comprehend that someone like him could actually choose someone like me! But it’s happened. It’s real. And you can wave that ridiculous wand all you want, you can’t change it! He never belonged to you! He doesn’t love you and he never did! He loves me!
(GLINDA slaps ELPHABA, ELPHABA laughs.)
ELPHABA
Feel better now?
GLINDA
Yes I do.
ELPHABA
Good!
(ELPHABA hits GLINDA.)
ELPHABA
So do I!
GUARD
Halt in the name of the Wizard!
ELPHABA
Let me go!
GLINDA
Let her go! I almost had her!
GUARD
Sorry it took us so long to get her, miss.
GLINDA
What? What do you mean?
ELPHABA
I can’t believe you would sink this low! To use my sister’s death as a trap to capture me!
GLINDA
Elphie, I didn’t mean for this to happen!
(FIYERO arrives to protect ELPHABA.)
FIYERO
Let the green girl go!
ELPHABA
Fiyero, how in Oz?!
FIYERO
Let her go! Or explain to all Oz how the Wizard’s guards watched while Glinda the Good was slain!
GLINDA
Fiyero, no…
FIYERO
I said let her go! Elphaba, go now!
ELPHABA
No! Not without you!
GLINDA
Fiyero—
FIYERO
Hush now! Go!
GLINDA
Do it!
(ELPHABA runs out)
GUARD
Seize him!
GLINDA
No wait! What are you doing? In the name of goodness stop! Don’t you see? He was never going to harm me, he just… he loves her.
FIYERO
Glinda, I am so sorry.
GUARD
Take him out to that field there! Put him on those polls until he tells us where the witch went!
GLINDA
Don’t you hurt him! Please! Don’t hurt him! Fiyero!
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