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Way before Dorothy Gale landed in Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West wasn’t wicked at all! The origin story to The Wizard of Oz is all laid out in this season’s most spectacular book to stage to screen adaptation, Wicked. Nick and Sophia, along with special returning guests Connor and Dylan MacDowell from the DRAMA. podcast start by discussing their relationships with the stage musical and how that informed their first viewings of the new film.
Then, they dive into their thoughts on the casting, including some favorites from the stage musicals, before highlighting Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jonathan Bailey, amongst many others (32:28). How do they feel about their singing live on set? They debate if comparisons to other series, remakes or two-parters, like Dune, Harry Potter or West Side Story, are valid. Then they get into some spoilers from the movie and Act II (what’s to come in Part Two) later on along with sharing their favorite dance numbers (58:00).
Of course they discuss the movie’s Oscar potential and share which one Oscar they would award the film (1:14:04). They also answer some fun listener questions to help wrap up the episode! Let us know what you think of Wicked (Part One).
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Music: “The Greatest Adventure” by Jonathan Adamich
By Sophia Ciminello & Nick Ruhrkraut4.7
7373 ratings
Way before Dorothy Gale landed in Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West wasn’t wicked at all! The origin story to The Wizard of Oz is all laid out in this season’s most spectacular book to stage to screen adaptation, Wicked. Nick and Sophia, along with special returning guests Connor and Dylan MacDowell from the DRAMA. podcast start by discussing their relationships with the stage musical and how that informed their first viewings of the new film.
Then, they dive into their thoughts on the casting, including some favorites from the stage musicals, before highlighting Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jonathan Bailey, amongst many others (32:28). How do they feel about their singing live on set? They debate if comparisons to other series, remakes or two-parters, like Dune, Harry Potter or West Side Story, are valid. Then they get into some spoilers from the movie and Act II (what’s to come in Part Two) later on along with sharing their favorite dance numbers (58:00).
Of course they discuss the movie’s Oscar potential and share which one Oscar they would award the film (1:14:04). They also answer some fun listener questions to help wrap up the episode! Let us know what you think of Wicked (Part One).
Follow DRAMA. at @thedramapodcast
Follow Connor MacDowell @ConnorMacDowell
Follow Dylan MacDowell @dylanmacdowell
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok @oscarwildpod
Follow Nick @sauerkraut27
Follow Sophia @sophia_cim
More content including updated nomination predictions @ oscarwild.squarespace.com
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