Good news! She’s dead! The witch of untidiness is dead! …Ok that didn’t really work. Anywho, for all things Oz-related, this is your Emerald City. There are buildings tall as quaxwood trees, dress salons, and libraries! Houses! Museums… ok, I’ll stop.
Beneath the Lyrics
[Spoilers Ahead for Wicked and Wicked: For Good] The land of Oz is no stranger to deep truths and double meanings. Whether it’s the mistaken worldviews that sustain the Emerald City, or the hidden morality behind the witches, wizards, and sorcerers that keep the peace, or the despicable prejudice
Wicked
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” - Plato In Oz, image reigns supreme. Position determines power, influence, and even what truth is. The golden gleam of Oz’s figureheads dictates what
Musicals
[Spoilers Ahead for Wicked] “The desire to belong is in every human heart.” - Maya Angelou In Wicked, two women, Elphaba Thropp and Glinda Upland, despite being painted as opposites, both seek similar sentiments of belonging and acceptance. On one side, you have Glinda (or ‘Galinda’, more properly), who, with