VIDEO: WICKED Reunion! Idina Menzel & Kristin Chenoweth Perform New Version of 'For Good'
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Thank Goodness! PEOPLE has exclusively shared video of Broadway's original Elphaba and Glinda, Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, performing the iconic Wicked duet, "For Good." The video of the performance was first shown at Second Stage Theatre's gala on Monday, honoring Wicked producer David Stone. The musical number marks the first time Menzel, and Chenoweth have performed together since the 2004 TONY AWARDS - check it out below!
With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, Wicked is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, an alternative telling of the 1939 film The Wizard of Ozand L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Produced by Marc Platt and David Stone, the Joe Mantello-directed and Wayne Cilento-choreographed original production of Wicked premiered on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre in October 2003. Its original stars included Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and Joel Grey as the Wizard. The original Broadway production won three TONY AWARDS and sixDrama Desk Awards while its original cast album received a Grammy Award.
Wicked celebrated its tenth anniversary on Broadway on October 30, 2013. On February 14, 2016, Wicked performed its 5124th performance with a 2PM matinee, making it the 10th longest-running Broadway show, passing Rent.
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