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THE TIME HAS COME. Tara and EmKay continue their journey into Broadway's smash hit musical, 2003's "Wicked The Musical"! Rabbit holes include how the first seeds of the musical's creation were planted in Stephen Schwartz's mind, breaking down book writer Winnie Holzman's career, outline the trajectory of the workshops/out of town tryout/readings/rewrites, and so much more leading up to 2003's Broadway Opening!

Show Notes:

• Defying Gravity The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz
  from Godspell to Wicked by Carol de Giere with a Foreword by composer Alan Menken
• Wicked: A Musical Biography by Paul R. Laird
• Wicked: The Grimmerie by David Cote
•  As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast - Episode 34: Winnie Holzman
• Princeton Alumni Weekly: Winnie Holzman ’76, on writing for television
• @724art
• Defying Gravity - Earliest Recording Oct 2001 - Liz Callaway - Wicked Musical
• Which Way's The Party? - Wicked
• WithyWorkshop

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Music by: Shane Chapman
Edited by: Emily Kay Shrader

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