A Strong Friendship
who was born with tangled up legs so she rides a wheelchair. Elphaba’ s mother is Melena Thropp. Her father is Zoroaster Diggs( the Wizard of Oz). Elphaba goes to Shiz University with Nessa to take care of her. Shiz is where she meets Glinda. At Shiz, Elphaba is selected by her sorcery teacher, Madam Morrible, to perform her sorcery talents for the Wizard of Oz, because she has a talent for it. Elphaba is a witch. Elphaba sings“ For Good” with Glinda. That’ s when each claims the other has changed her“ For Good”. She also sings Defying Gravity where she expresses her goals, to try to fix the wrong and make it right.
Glinda
Glinda is the other main character in“ Wicked”. She was originally played by Kristin Chenoweth. Glinda was born in Frottica, Upper Uplands of Northwest Gillikin. She also used to be known as Glinda of the Arduennas of the Uplands. That was until Galinda( Glinda’ s old name) became known as“ Glinda” because of respect to Dr. Dillamond, who couldn’ t pronounce her name correctly, and to impress Fiyero, her crush. Glinda’ s mother is Larena Upland. Her father is Highmaster Arduenna. Fiyero actually liked Elphaba, not Glinda, so Glinda’ s ex-boyfriend is Fiyero. Glinda is a Gillikenese( a type of religion) girl whose hair color is strawberry blonde. Glinda is the future good witch of the North, and is also known as“ Glinda the Good”. Her jobs are: being a witch, a public
Glinda tells Elphaba how their friendship has changed her“ For Good”
Elphaba sings Defying Gravity about how she plans to fix the wrong and make it right.
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