[Scene 1 - Thank Goodness]
The Act Opens With Ozians.
Ozians:
EVERY DAY THE WICKED
EVERY DAY THE TERROR GROWS
ALL OF OZ IS EVER ON ALERT
THAT'S THE WAY WITH WICKED-
SPREADING FEAR WHERE E'ER SHE GOES
SEEKING OUT NEW VICTIMS SHE CAN HURT!
Ozian Woman:
LIKE SOME TERRIBLE GREEN BLIZZARD
THROUGHOUT THE LAND SHE FLIES...
Ozian Man:
DEFAMING OUR POOR WIZARD
Ozians:
WITH HER CALUMNIES AND LIES
SHE LIES!
SAVE US FROM THE WICKED
SHIELD US SO WE WON'T BE HEXED
GIVE US WARNING
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE NEXT
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE NEXT
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE NEXT
(Glinda, Fiyero and Morrible Appear Onstage On A Podium.)
Glinda: Fellow Ozians, as terrifying as terror is, let us put aside our panic for this one day... and celebrate!
OH WHAT A CELEBRATION WE'LL HAVE TODAY!
Ozians:
THANK GOODNESS!
Glinda:
LET'S HAVE A CELEBRATION THE GLINDA WAY!
Ozians:
THANK GOODNESS!
Morrible:
FINALLY A DAY THAT'S TOTALLY WICKED WITCH FREE
All:
WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
THANK GOODNESS!
Morrible: And thank goodness for you, Glinda, and your handsome swain, our new captain of the guard. (To Fiyero.) Now you've been at the forefront of the hunt for the Wicked Witch, haven't you?
Fiyero: Not really, but I don't like to think of her as a Wicked Witch.
Morrible: Captain, how does it feel?
Fiyero: Frustrating... but I became captain of the guard to find her, and I will keep searching!
Morrible: No, being engaged!
Ozians: Congratulotions!
Fiyero: To Glinda - (Confused.) This is an engagement party?
Glinda: Surprised?
Fiyero: Yes!
Glinda: Good, we hoped you'd be... the Wizard and I!
WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
RIGHT DEAR?
COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
RIGHT HERE
LOOK WHAT WE'VE GOT
A FAIRY TALE PLOT
OUR VERY OWN HAPPY ENDING
WHERE WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
TRUE DEAR?
COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE OUR ENDING VICARIOUSLY
WITH ALL OF YOU!
HE COULDN'T LOOK HANDSOMER
I COULDN'T BE HUMBLER
BECAUSE HAPPY IS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE...
Morrible: And Glinda, dear, we're happy for you! As Press Secretary, I have striven to ensure that all of Oz knows the story of your braverism! How I vividly remember...
THE DAY YOU WERE FIRST SUMMONED
TO AN AUDIENCE WITH OZ,
AND ALTHOUGH HE WOULD NOT TELL YOU WHY INITIALLY
WHEN YOU BOWED BEFORE HIS THROWN
HE DECREED YOU'D HENCE BE KNOWN
AS GLINDA THE GOOD
OFFICIALLY!
Fiyero: That's not how you described it to me.
Glinda: Oh no, not exactly, but Whispers we'll talk about it later.
Morrible:
THEN WITH A JEALOUS SQUEEE
THE WICKED WITCH BURST FROM CONCEALMENT
WHERE SHE HAD BEEN LURKING
SURREPTITIALLY!
(Gasps From Among The Crowd.)
Ozian:
I HEAR SHE HAS AN EXTRA EYE THAT ALWAYS REMAINS AWAKE!
Ozian:
I HEAR THAT SHE CAN SHED HER SKIN AS EASILY AS A SNAKE!
Ozian:
I HEAR SOME REBEL ANIMALS ARE GIVING HER FOOD AND SHELTER!
Ozian:
I HEAR HER SOUL IS SO UNCLEAN, PURE WATER CAN MELT HER!
Fiyero: What?
Ozians:
MELT HER! PLEASE SOMEBODY GO AND MELT HER!
Fiyero: Do you hear that?! Water will melt her? People are so empty-headed they'll believe anything!
Glinda: Excuse me just a tick-tock!
(Her And Fiyero Talk Aside.)
Fiyero: I can't just stand here grinning pretending to go along with all of this!
Glinda: Do you think I like to hear them say those awful things about her? I hate it!
Fiyero: Then what are we doing here? Let's go, let's get out of here!
Glinda: We can't leave now, not when people are looking to us to raise their spirits.
Fiyero: You can't leave, because you can't resist this. And that is the truth.
Glinda: Maybe I can't. Is that so wrong? Who could?
Fiyero: You know who could. And who has.
Glinda: Fiyero! I miss her too, but we can't just stop living. No one has searched harder for her than you. But don't you see? She doesn't want to be found. We have to face it.
Fiyero: You're right. I'm sorry, you're right. And if it's going to make you happy, of course I'll marry you.
Glinda: But it'll make you happy too, right?
Fiyero: You know me... I'm always happy. (He Runs Off.)
Glinda: Fiyero! Thanks plenty dearest! He's gone to fetch me a refreshment, he's so thoughtful that's why:
THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
NO, I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
THOUGH IT IS I ADMIT, THE TINIEST BIT
UNLIKE I ANTICIPATED,
BUT I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
SIMPLY COULDN'T BE HAPPIER...
Well, not simply...
'CUZ GETTING YOUR DREAMS, IT'S STRANGE BUT IT SEEMS
A LITTLE, WELL, COMPLICATED...
THERE'S A KIND OF A SORT OF COST
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS GET LOST...
THERE ARE BRIDGES YOU CROSSED YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU CROSSED UNTIL YOU'VE CROSSED!
AND IF THAT JOY THAT THRILL
DOESN'T THRILL LIKE YOU THINK IT WILL...
STILL... WITH THIS PERFECT FINALE
THE CHEERS AND THE BALLYHOO
WHO WOULDN'T BE HAPPIER?
SO I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
BECAUSE HAPPY IS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE...
WELL, ISN'T IT?
HAPPY IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR DREAMS COME...
TRUE!!!!
Ozians:
WE LOVE YOU GLINDA IF WE MAY BE SO FRANK!
Glinda:
THANK GOODNESS!
Ozians:
FOR ALL THIS JOY WE KNOW WHO WE'VE GOT TO THANK!
THANK GOODNESS!
THAT MEANS THE WIZARD, GLINDA...
Glinda:
AND FIANCE!
Ozians:
THEY COULDN'T BE GOODLIER
SHE COULDN'T BE LOVLIER
WE COULDN'T BE LUCKIER!
Glinda: I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER!!!
Ozians: THANK GOODNESS!!!
Glinda: TODAY!!!!
Ozians: TODAY, THANK GOODNESS FOR TODAY!
[Scene 2 - Elphaba & Nessa Reunite]
(The Scene Opens At The Governer's House In Munchkinland.)
Boq: Will there be anything else, Madame?
Nessarose: I've asked you to call me Nessarose, remember?
Boq: Yes, Madame. (He Exits.)
Nessarose: Boq...
(Elphaba's Voice Is Heard Inside A Closet.)
Elphaba: Well, it seems the beautiful only get more beautiful, Nessarose Screams while the green just get greener.
(Nessarose Is Scared And Confused.
Elphaba Steps Out Of The Closet.)
Elphaba: I'm sorry. Did I scare you? I seem to have that effect on people. It's good to see you.
Nessarose: What are you doing here?
Elphaba: Well, there's no place like home. I never thought I'd hear myself say this but I need father's help. I need him to stand with me.
Nessarose: That's impossible.
Elphaba: No, no it's not. Not if you ask him. You know he'll listen to you.
Nessarose: Father's dead.
Elphaba: What?
Nessarose: He's dead. I'm the governor now... Well what did you expect? After he learned what you'd done, how you'd disgraced us he died of shame! Embarrassed to death.
Elphaba: Good, I'm glad. It's better that way.
Nessarose: That's a wicked thing to say.
Elphaba: No, it's true. Because now it's just us. You can help me and together we can...
Nessarose: Shut up! First of all, I can't harbor a fugitive, I'm an un-elected official! And why should I help you? You fly around Oz, trying to rescue animals you've never even met, and not once have you ever thought to use your powers to rescue me!
ALL OF MY LIFE, I'VE DEPENDED ON YOU
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT FEELS?
ALL OF MY LIFE I'VE DEPENDED ON YOU
AND THIS HIDEOUS CHAIR WITH WHEELS!
SCROUNGING FOR SCRAPS OF PITY TO PICK UP
AND LONGING TO KICK UP
MY HEELS...
Elphaba: Nessa, there isn't a spell for everything! The power is mysterious. It's not like coddling up a pair of... (She Pulls Out The Grimmerie From Her Bag.) Wait.
Nessarose: What are you doing?
(Elphaba Begins Chanting.)
Nessarose: What is that? Ah! My shoes! It feels like... like they're on fire! What have you done to my shoes???
(She Lifts Her Dress, Revealing The Ruby Slippers. Nessarose Stands, But Falls. Elphaba Gives Her A Hand.)
Nessarose: No, don't help me. (She Stands.)
Elphaba: Oh, Nessa, at last...
I'VE DONE WHAT LONG AGO I SHOULD
AND FINALLY FROM THESE POWERS SOMETHING GOOD
FINALLY SOMETHING GOOD...
Nessarose: Boq! Boq! Come quickly!
Elphaba: Boq?
Nessarose: Boq! Come here at once!
Elphaba: No! Nessa, listen, nobody can know I'm here!
(Nessarose Runs Behind The Closet As Boq Enters.)
Boq: Yes, what is it, Madame?
Elphaba: Boq...
Boq: What are you doing here? You stay back!
Elphaba: Boq, it's just me, I'm not going to hurt you!
Boq: No! You're lying! That's all you ever do! You and your sister! She's as wicked as you are!
Elphaba: What are you talking about?
Boq: I'm talking about my life. The little that's left of it. I'm not free to leave Munchkinland, none of us are. Ever since she took power, she's been stripping the Munchkins of our rights... and we didn't have that many to begin with! And do you know why?
Nessarose: To keep you here with me, but none of that matters now, look! (raises herself from her chair)
Boq: To Elphaba. You did this for her?
Nessarose: For both of us!
Boq: Nessa, this changes everything.
Nessarose: I know.
Boq:
LISTEN NESSA...
Nessarose: What?
Boq:
UH NESSA, SURELY NOW I'LL MATTER LESS TO YOU
AND YOU WON'T MIND MY LEAVING HERE TONIGHT...
Nessarose: Leaving?
Boq: Yes...
THAT BALL THAT'S BEING STAGED
ANNOUNCING GLINDA IS ENGAGED, TO FIYERO.
Nessarose: Glinda?
Boq:
YES NESSA THAT'S RIGHT!
I'VE GOT TO GO APPEAL TO HER
EXPRESS THE WAY I FEEL TO HER
Oh, Nessa, I lost my heart to Glinda from the moment I first saw her. You know that.
Nessarose: Lost your heart? Well, we'll see about that...
Elphaba: Nessa, let him go...
Nessarose:
DID YOU THINK I'D LET YOU LEAVE ME HERE FLAT?
Boq: Don't come any closer!
YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR HEART TO ME, I TELL YOU!
IF I HAVE TO... I HAVE TO...
(Sees The Grimmerie.)
MAGIC SPELL YOU...
(She Grabs The Book.)
Nessarose: Ah... Tum... Tah... Tae...
Elphaba: Nessa, stop!
Boq: What is she doing?!
Elphaba: No, Nessa, you're pronouncing the words all wrong! Nessa!
Nessarose: Boq! What is it?
Boq: (Gasps.) My heart feels like it's... shrinking.
Nessarose: Elphaba, do something!
Elphaba: I can't! You can't reverse a spell once it's been cast!
Nessarose: So what do we do?
(Boq Falls Into Nessa's Empty Wheel Chair. Elphaba Wheels Him Behind The Closet.)
Nessarose: Elphaba, do something! This is all your fault! If you hadn't shown me that horrendible book.
Elphaba: I have to find another spell... it's the only thing that might work. (She Goes Behind The Closet As Well.)
Nessarose: Save him, please!
JUST SAVE HIM, MY POOR BOQ, MY SWEET MY BRAVE,
DON'T LEAVE ME 'TIL MY SORRY LIFE HAS CEASED...
(Elphaba Wheels The Chair Out, Which Is Not Facing The Audience And Is Seen Casting A Spell.)
ALL ALONE AND LOVELESS HERE
JUST THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR
JUST HER AND ME! THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST!
WE DESERVE EACH OTHER...
Nessarose: Well... what about his heart?
Elphaba: It's all right. He won't need one now. I have to go. I have business to attend to in the Emerald City. What happened to those monkeys is my fault.
Nessa: You're not going back for some monkeys! You're going back for Fiyero, but it's too late!
Elphaba: Nessa, I have done everything I could for you but it has never been enough and it never will be...
(She Leaves.)
Nessarose: Elphaba, wait! Elphaba!
(Boq Wakes Up.)
Boq: Where am I? What happened?
Nessarose: Nothing, Boq, you just fell asleep... and...
(He Sits Up, Squeaking. He Is Made Of Tin. Nessarose Screams.)
Boq: What is it, what's wrong?
Nessarose: No, it wasn't me it was her! I tried to stop her.
(Boq Screams Uncontrollably And Runs Off. )
Nessarose: Boq, please listen! It was Elphaba! Boq! It was Elphaba!!!
[Scene 4 - Wonderful]
(The Scene Opens In The Wizard's Palace. Only The Wizard Is There When Elphaba Enters, Climbing In On The Walls. She Sets Her Broom Down By The Big Head And Walks Around The Room)
Wizard: (Grabbing Her Broom. In The Terrible Wizard's Voice) I knew you'd be back. (In His Regular Voice) Hear me out. I never meant to harm you.
Elphaba: Well you have, you have harmed me.
Wizard: I realize that, and I regret it. Elphaba...
Elphaba: Stay where you are! I'm setting those monkeys free! And don't try to interfere, or call the guards...
Wizard: I'm not calling anyone. The truth is I'm glad to see you again. It gets pretty lonely around here. And I know you must get lonely too.
Elphaba: You don't know the first thing about me.
Wizard: Oh, but I do. I know the real reason you came back here. Elphaba, you've been so strong through all of this, aren't you tired of being the strong one? Wouldn't you like someone to take care of you? (He Hands Her Back The Broom.) Please, help me start again.
Elphaba: Don't you think I wish I could? That I could go back to the time when I believed you really were wonderful? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz! Nobody believed in you more than I did.
Wizard: Oh, my dear child...
I NEVER ASKED FOR THIS OR PLANNED IT IN ADVANCE
I WAS MERELY BLOWN HERE BY THE WINDS OF CHANCE
I NEVER SAW MYSELF AS A SOLOMON OR SOCRATES
I KNEW WHO I WAS, ONE OF YOUR DIME A DOZEN MEDIOCRATES
THEN SUDDENLY I'M HERE, RESPECTED, WORSHIPED EVEN
JUST BECAUSE THE FOLKS IN OZ NEEDED SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN
DOES IT SURPRISE YOU I GOT HOOKED AND ALL TOO SOON
WHAT CAN I SAY? I GOT CARRIED AWAY
AND NOT JUST BY BALLOON...
WONDERFUL
THEY CALLED ME WONDERFUL
SO I SAID, WONDERFUL, IF YOU INSIST
I WILL BE WONDERFUL
AND THEY SAID WONDERFUL
BELIEVE ME IT'S HARD TO RESIST
'CUZ IT FEELS WONDERFUL
THEY THINK I'M WONDERFUL
HEY LOOK WHO'S WONDERFUL
THIS CORN-FED HICK!
WHO SAID IT MIGHT BE KEEN
TO BUILD A TOWN OF GREEN
AND A WONDERFUL ROAD OF YELLOW BRICK!
See, I never had a family of my own since I was always traveling, and I guess I just wanted to give the citizens of Oz everything.
Elphaba: So you lied to them?
Wizard: Only verbally. Besides, they were the lies they wanted to hear. Elphaba, where I come from we believe all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history!
A MAN'S CALLED A TRAITOR
OR LIBERATOR
A RICH MAN'S A THIEF
OR PHILANTHROPIST
IS ONE A CRUSADER
OR RUTHLESS INVADER
IT'S ALL IN THE LABEL WHICH IS ABLE TO PERSIST
THERE ARE PRECIOUS FEW AT EASE
WITH MORAL AMBIGUITIES
SO WE ACT AS THOUGH THEY DON'T EXIST...
THEY CALL ME WONDERFUL
SO I AM
INFACT, IT'S SO MUCH WHO I AM IT'S PART OF MY NAME!
AND WITH MY HELP YOU CAN BE THE SAME...
AT LONG, LONG LAST RECEIVE YOUR DUE
LONG OVERDUE
ELPHABA, THE MOST CELEBRATED
ARE THE REHABILITATED
THERE'LL SUCH A WHOOPDEE DOO!
A CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT OZ,
THAT'S ALL TO DO WITH YOU!
WONDERFUL, THEY'LL CALL YOU WONDERFUL!
Elphaba:
THAT DOES SOUND WONDERFUL!
Wizard:
TRUST ME IT'S FUN!!!
Both:
WHEN YOU ARE WONDERFUL,
IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL!
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
Wizard:
ONE, TWO AND...
They Dance.
Elphaba:
I'LL ACCEPT YOUR PROPOSITION
Wizard: Wonderful
Elphaba:
ON ONE CONDITION
Wizard: Yes?
Elphaba: You set those Monkeys free.
Wizard: Done.
[Scene 5 - The Monkeys]
He Pulls A Switch On The Large Head And Monkeys Are Let Loose. They Fly Around The Theatre And Then Exit.
Elphaba: Go! Fly! You're Free! Fly! Chistery, Chistery, you're free, isn't it wonderful?! Go, fly! She Makes Her Way To Another "Monkey" Covered By A Sheet.
Wizard: No! No! Please!
She Pulls Off The Cover, Revealing Dr. Dillamond.
Elphaba: No! It can't be! Doctor Dillamond...
Wizard: Elphaba, we just couldn't keep letting him speak out...
Elphaba: Doctor Dillamond, are you alright? Don't be afraid. It's me, Elphaba.
Dillamond: Bahhhhh.
Elphaba: Doctor, don't you remember me?
Dillamond: Bahhhhh.
Elphaba: Can't you speak?
Dillamond: Bahhhhh.
Elphaba: No... We have nothing in common. I am nothing like you and I never will be and I will fight you until the day I die!!!
The Wizard Climbs Into The Head And Dr. Dillamond Runs Offstage.
Wizard: Guards, guards!!!
Fiyero Runs In With His Men.
Guard: Halt!
Fiyero: Are you alright, your Ozness?
Elphaba: Fiyero!
Fiyero: I don't believe it...
Elphaba: Oh , Fiyero, thank God. I thought you were...
Fiyero: Silence witch!!!
Guard: There's a Goat on the lam, sir.
Fiyero: Never mind all that. Fetch me some... some water.
Guard: Water, sir?
Fiyero: You heard me, as much as you can carry.
Guards: Yes, sir!
They March Off.
Elphaba: Fiyero...
Fiyero: I said silence!
Wizard: He Runs Out Of The Head. No! No!
Fiyero: Don't make a sound, your Ozness, unless you want all your guests to know the truth about the Wonderful Wizard of Oz... Elphaba, I'll find Doctor Dillamond later, no get out of here.
Elphaba: Fiyero, you frightened me. I thought, I though you might have changed.
Fiyero: I have... changed.
Glinda Enters.
Glinda: What's going on... Elphie? Oh, thank Oz you're alive! Only you shouldn't have come. If anyone discoverates you ...
Fiyero: Glinda, you'd better go.
Glinda: Fiyero, what are you...
Fiyero: Please, just go back to the ball.
Glinda: Your Ozness, he means no disrespectation. Please understand! You see, we all went to school together...
Fiyero: Elphaba!
Glinda: Fiyero, have you misplaced your mind? What are you doing?
Fiyero: I'm going with her.
Glinda: What? What are you saying? You mean all this time... the two of you... behind my back...
Elphaba: No, Glinda it wasn't like that!
Fiyero: Actually, it was...but it wasn't...Elphaba, let's go... let's go!
They Run Off.
Glinda: Fine, go! You deserve each other...
The Wizard Holds A Small Bottle With A Green Liquid.
Wizard: Here, have a swig of this, it dulls the pain.
Glinda: No, thank you.
Mme. Morrible Enters, Laughing.
Morrible: Oh, is it true? Your betrothed has taken her into custody?
Wizard: Our new captain of the guard had other plans.
Morrible: You mean she hasn't been captured?
Wizard: Quite the contrary. And considering how well she eluded us last time...
Morrible: Well, we'll just flush her out and force her to show herself.
Wizard: But how?
Glinda: Her sister
Morrible: What? What did she say?
Glinda: Use her sister. Spread a rumor. Make her think her sister is in trouble and she will fly to her side... and you'll have her.
Wizard: Exactly so.
Glinda: Now, if your Ozness will excuse me I have a slight headache, I think I'll lie down.
She Walks Out.
Morrible: Yes, well...a rumor won't do it. Elphaba's too smart for that.
Wizard: Far too smart.
Morrible: Perhaps, a change in the weather...
[Scene 6 - I'm Not That Girl {Reprise}]
Glinda:
DON'T WISH, DON'T START
WISHING ONLY WOUNDS THE HEART...
THERE'S A GIRL I KNOW, HE LOVES HER SO...
I'M NOT THAT GIRL...
[Scene 7 - As Long As You're Mine]
Only Elphaba & Fiyero Are On Stage, In The Woods
Elphaba:
KISS ME TOO FIERCELY, HOLD ME TOO TIGHT
I NEED HELP BELIEVING YOU'RE WITH ME TONIGHT
MY WILDEST DREAMINGS COULD NOT FORSEE
LYING BESIDE YOU WITH YOU WANTING ME
IF JUST FOR THIS MOMENT
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE
I'VE LOST ALL RESISTANCE
AND CROSSED SOME BORDERLINE
AND IF IT TURNS OUT
IT'S OVER TOO FAST
I'LL MAKE EVERY LAST MOMENT LAST
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE...
Fiyero:
MAYBE I'M BRAINLESS, MAYBE I'M WISE,
BUT YOU'VE GOT ME SEEING THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES,
SOMEHOW I'VE FALLEN UNDER YOUR SPELL
AND SOMEHOW I'M FEELING
IT'S UP THAT I FELL
Both:
EVERY MOMENT, AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE
I'LL WAKE UP MY BODY
AND MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME
Fiyero:
SAY THERE'S NO FUTURE
FOR US AS A PAIR...
Both:
AND THOUGH I MAY KNOW,
I DON'T CARE
IF JUST FOR THIS MOMENT
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE
COME BE HOW YOU WANT TO
AND SEE HOW BRIGHT WE SHINE!
BORROW THE MOONLIGHT
UNTIL IT IS THROUGH
AND KNOW I'LL BE HERE HOLDING YOU...
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE...
Fiyero: What is it?
Elphaba: It's just... for the first time... I feel... wicked.
[Scene 8 - Dorothy Arrives]
Elphaba: I just wish...
Fiyero: What?
Elphaba: I wish I could be beautiful... for you.
Fiyero: Elphaba...
Elphaba: Don't tell me that I am, you don't need to lie to me.
Fiyero: It's not lying! It's... uh... it's looking at things another way. Someday, you and Glinda will make up and we'll all...
Elphaba: Shh! Listen... Do you hear that? A Shriek Is Heard In The Distance. It sounds like somebody in pain.
Fiyero: It's just the wind.
Elphaba: The Siren Is Heard Again. My sister's in danger.
Fiyero: What? How do you know?
Elphaba: I don't know, I just do... Gasps.
Fiyero: Elphaba what's wrong, what is it?
Elphaba: This! Don't you see it?
Fiyero: What do you mean? What do you see?
Elphaba: It doesn't make any sense... It's a house but it's... it's flying through the sky? I have to go to Nessa!
Fiyero: I'll come with you!
Elphaba: No, you mustn't, it's too dangerous!
Fiyero: Listen to me, listen! My family has a castle in Kiamo Ko. Now, no one is ever there except for the sentries who watch over it. We've never lived there.
Elphaba: Where do you live?
Fiyero: In the other castle... It's the perfect hiding place; tunnels, secret passageways. You'll be safe there.
Elphaba: We will see each other again, won't we?
Fiyero: Elphaba, we are going to be together always. You can see houses flying through the sky, can't you see that?
They Embrace And Elphaba Runs Off.
[Scene 9 - Elphaba Vs. Glinda]
Glinda Enters. There Is A House In The Background. The Edge OF The Yellow Brick Road Can Be Seen.
Glinda: That's right, you just take that one road, the whole time. Waves offstage. Oh, I hope they don't get lost. I'm so bad at giving directions. She sees the house, picks up flowers and lays them in front of the house. Oh, Nessa.
Elphaba Appears.
Elphaba: What a touching display of grief.
Glinda: I don't think we have anything further to say to one another.
Elphaba: I wanted something to remember her by, and all that is left were those shoes, and now that wretched little farm girl has walked off with them. So I'd appreciate some time, alone, to say goodbye to my sister.
Glinda Backs Away As Elphaba Walks Toward The House.
Elphaba: Nessa, please, please, please forgive me...
Glinda: Elphie... you mustn't blame yourself. It's dreadful, it is, to have a house fall on you, but accidents will happen.
Elphaba: You call this an accident?
Glinda: Yes! Well, maybe not an accident...
Elphaba: Well, what do you call it?
Glinda: Well... a regime change. Caused by a bizarre and unexpected twister of fate.
Elphaba: You think cyclones just appear out of the blue?
Glinda: I don't know, I never really...
Elphaba: No, of course you never! You're too busy telling everyone how wonderful everything is!
Glinda: I'm a public figure, now. People expect me to...
Elphaba: Lie?
Glinda: Be encouraging! And what exactly have you been doing besides riding around on that filthy, old thing?
Elphaba: Well, we can't all come and go by bubble. Who's invention was that, the Wizard's? Of course, even if it wasn't I'm sure he'd still take credit for it.
Glinda: Yes, well, a lot of us are taking things that don't belong to us, aren't we?
Elphaba: Now wait just a clock tick! I know it may be difficult for that blissful, blonde brain of yours to comprehend that someone like him could actually choose someone like me! But it's happened... it's real. And you can wave that ridiculous wand all you want, you can't change it! He never belonged to you, he doesn't love you, and he never did! He loves me!
Glinda Slaps Her.
Elphaba: Cackles. Feel better now?
Glinda: Yes, I do.
Elphaba: Good, so do I.
She Slaps Glinda. Glinda Then Twirls Her Wand Skillfully And Elphaba Arms Herself With Her Broom. They Charge At Each Other And Then Drop Their "Weapons" And Beat Each Other Senselessly. Glinda Takes Elphaba's Hat Off Her Head And Begins To Whack Her With It. The Guards Run In.
Guard: Halt! In the name of the Wizard!
They Grab Elphaba.
Elphaba: Stop! Let me go!
Glinda: Let me go, I almost had her!
Guard: Sorry it took us so long to get here, Miss.
Elphaba: I can't believe you would sink this low! To use my sister's death as a trap to capture me?!
Glinda: I never meant for this to happen! Elphie!
Fiyero Swings In On A Rope.
Fiyero: Let the green girl go!
Glinda: Fiyero, how in Oz?
Fiyero: I said let her go! Or explain to all Oz how the Wizard's guards watched while Glinda the Good was slain.
Glinda: Fiyero...
Fiyero: I said, let her go.
The Guards Release Her.
Fiyero: Elphaba, go, now.
Elphaba: No, not without you.
Glinda: Fiyero, please.
Fiyero: Hush! Now! Go!
Elphaba Hesitates.
Glinda: Do it!
She Runs Off.
Guard: Seize him!
Glinda: Wait, what?! What are you doing? Stop it! In the name of goodness, stop! Don't you see? He wasn't going to harm me, he just... he just... he loves her.
Fiyero: Glinda, I'm so sorry!
Guard: Take him up to that field there! Put him on one of those poles until he tells us where the witch went.
They Drag Him Offstage.
Glinda: No, don't hurt him! Please, don't hurt him! Fiyero!!!!
[Scene 10 - No Good Deed]
Elphaba: Fiyero!!!!
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN
LET HIS FLESH NOT BE TORN LET HIS BLOOD LEAVE NO STAIN,
WILL THEY BEAT HIM, LET HIM FEEL NO PAIN...
LET HIS BONES NEVER BREAK AND HOWEVER THEY TRY TO DESTROY HIM,
LET HIM NEVER DIE, LET HIM NEVER DIE!
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA... ELEKA
AH! WHAT GOOD IS THIS CHANTING?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M READING
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TRICK I OUGHT TO TRY!
FIYERO WHERE ARE YOU?! ALREADY DEAD OR BLEEDING?
ONE MORE DISASTER I CAN ADD TO MY GENEROUS SUPPLY!
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
NO ACT OF CHARITY GOES UNRESENTED
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
THAT'S MY NEW CREED
MY ROAD OF GOOD INTENTIONS
LED WHERE SUCH ROADS ALWAYS LEAD
NO GOOD DEED
GOES UNPUNISHED!
NESSA...
DOCTOR DILLAMOND...
FIYERO...
FIYERO!!!
ONE QUESTION HAUNTS AND HURTS
TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH TO MENTION
WAS I REALLY SEEKING GOOD
OR JUST SEEKING ATTENTION?
IS THAT ALL GOOD DEEDS ARE WHEN LOOKED AT WITH AN ICE COLD EYE?
IF THAT'S ALL GOOD DEEDS ARE
MAYBE THAT'S THE REASON WHY
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
ALL HELPFUL URGES SHOULD BE CIRCUMVENTED
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
SURE, I MEANT WELL, WELL LOOK AT WHAT WELL MEANT DID!
ALRIGHT, ENOUGH, SO BE IT!
SO BE IT THEN...
LET ALL OF OZ BE AGREED
I'M WICKED THROUGH AND THROUGH
SINCE I COULD NOT SUCCEED
FIYERO SAVING YOU
I PROMISE NO GOOD DEED WILL I ATTEMPT TO DO AGAIN
EVER AGAIN!
NO GOOD DEAD, WILL I DO
AGAIN!!!!!!!!
[Scene 11 - March of the Witch Hunters]
Ozians:
GO! AND HUNT HER AND FIND HER AND KILL HER!
Vicious Woman: Good fortune, witch hunters!
Ozians:
GO! AND HUNT HER AND FIND HER AND KILL HER!
Rabid Man: Kill the witch!
Ozians:
WICKEDNESS MUST BE PUNISHED
EVIL EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATED
WICKEDNESS MUST BE PUNISHED
KILL THE WITCH!
Boq: And, this is more than just a service to the Wizard. I have a personal score to settle with Elph... with the witch! Crowd Cheers.
IT'S DUE TO HER I'M MADE OF TIN
HER SPELL MADE THIS OCCUR
SO FOR ONCE I'M GLAD I'M HEARTLESS
I'LL BE HEARTLESS KILLING HER!
And I am not the only one. Looks Offstage. Oh, come on, you! Come out and tell them what she did to you in class that day. How you were just a cub and she cubnapped you.
Lion: No!
Boq:
YOU SEE THE LION ALSO
HAS A GRIEVANCE TO REPAY (Lion Roars)
IF SHE'D LET HIM FIGHT HIS OWN BATTLES WHEN HE WAS YOUNG,
HE WOULDN'T BE A COWARD TODAY!
Glinda: No, no, that's not the way it happened! Madame, you've got to stop this, it's gone too far!
Morrible: Oh, I think Elphaba can take care of herself.
Glinda: Madame, something's been troubling me about Nessarose and that cyclone.
Morrible: Oh yes... well, I guess it was just her time.
Glinda: Was it? Or did you...
Morrible: After A Pause. Now, you listen to me, Missy, you may have fooled the rest of Oz with this "aren't I good" routine, but you know better. You've wanted this since the beginning... and now you're getting what you wanted. So just smile and wave and shut up! Good fortune, good fortune witch hunters!
Rapid Man: Kill her!
Vicious Woman: Kill the witch!
WICKEDNESS MUST BE PUNISHED
BRAVE WITCH HUNTERS I WOULD JOIN YOU IF I COULD
BECAUSE WICKEDNESS MUST BE PUNISHED...
PUNISHED... PUNISHED...
BUT GOOD!!!
The Scene Changes To Kiamo Ko. Sounds of Dorothy Crying Are Heard Offstage. The Witch Storms On, Frustrated.
Elphaba: Oh, for Oz's sake, stop crying!!! I can't listen to it anymore! Oh, you want to see your Aunt Em and your Uncle What's-his-name again?! Then get those shoes off your feet!!! Little brat... takes a dead woman's shoes; must have been raised in a barn! Chistery! Oh, Chistery, there you are. Where are the others? Chistery motions away. Chistery, please... if you don't at least try to keep speaking you will never... She Sees Glinda. Go away.
Glinda: They're coming for you.
Elphaba: Go away!
Glinda: Let the little girl go, and that poor little dog... Dodo.
Glinda: I know you don't want to hear this, but someone has to say it... You are out of control! I mean, come on! They're just shoes, let it go! Elphaba, you can't go on like this.
Elphaba: I can do anything I want. I am the Wicked Witch of the West! Another monkey Brings Her A Letter. At last! What took you so long? She Reads It. What's this? Why are you bothering me with this? She Reads On.
Glinda: What is it? What's wrong? It's Fiyero, isn't it? Is he...
Elphaba: We've seen his face for the last time.
Glinda: Oh no!
Elphaba: You're right... It's time I surrender. Carries A Bucket.
Glinda: Elphie.... Elphie, what is it?
Elphaba: You can't be found here! You must go. Refers To A Corner
Glinda: No.
Elphaba: You must leave.
Glinda: No! Elphie, I'll tell them everything.
Elphaba: No! They'll only turn against you.
Glinda: I don't care!
Elphaba: I do! Promise me, promise me, you won't try to clear my name... promise.
Glinda: Alright... I promise. But I don't understand.
Elphaba:
I'M LIMITED
JUST LOOK AT ME, I'M LIMITED
AND JUST LOOK AT YOU, YOU CAN DO ALL I COULDN'T DO, GLINDA
Elphaba: Here. Go on. Take this. Hands Her The Grimmerie.
Glinda: Elphie... you know I can't read that... Elphie...
Elphaba: Well then, you'll have to learn
NOW IT'S UP TO YOU
FOR BOTH OF US
NOW IT'S UP TO YOU
Elphaba: You're the only friend I've ever had.
Glinda: And I've had so many friends... but only one that mattered.
[Scene 12 - For Good]
Glinda:
I'VE HEARD IT SAID
THAT PEOPLE COME INTO OUR LIVES FOR A REASON
BRINGING SOMETHING WE MUST LEARN
AND WE ARE LED TO THOSE
WHO HELP US MOST TO GROW
IF WE LET THEM
AND WE HELP THEM IN RETURN
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE
BUT I KNOW I'M WHO I AM TODAY
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
LIKE A COMMIT PULLED FROM ORBIT,
AS IT PASSES A SUN
LIKE A STREAM THAT MEETS A BOULDER
HALF WAY THROUGH THE WOOD
WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?
BUT, BECAUSE I KNEW YOU...
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED
FOR GOOD...
Elphaba:
IT WELL MAY BE,
THAT WE WILL NEVER MEET AGAIN
IN THIS LIFETIME
SO LET ME SAY BEFORE WE PART
SO MUCH OF ME
IS MADE OF WHAT I LEARNED FROM YOU
YOU'LL BE WITH ME
LIKE A HANDPRINT ON MY HEART...
AND NOW WHATEVER WAY OUR STORIES END
I KNOW YOU HAVE RE-WRITTEN MINE
BY BEING MY FRIEND...
LIKE A SHIP BLOWN FROM IT'S MOORING
BY A WIND OFF THE SEA
LIKE A SEA DROP BY A SKY BIRD
IN A DISTANT WOOD
WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?
BUT BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
Glinda:
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
Both:
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED...
FOR GOOD...
Elphaba:
AND JUST TO CLEAR THE AIR
I ASK FORGIVNESS FOR THE THINGS I'VE DONE
YOU BLAME ME FOR.
Glinda:
BUT THEN I GUESS, WE KNOW THERE'S BLAME TO SHARE
Both:
AND NONE OF IT SEEMS TO MATTER ANYMORE!
Glinda: LIKE A COMET PULLED FROM ORBIT AS IT PASSES A SUN...
Elphaba: LIKE A SHIP BLOWN FROM ITS MOORING BY A WIND OFF THE SEA
Glinda: LIKE A STREAM THAT MEETS A BOULDER
Elphaba: LIKE A SEA DROP BY A BIRD
Glinda: HALFWAY THROUGH THE WOOD
Elphaba: IN THE WOOD
Glinda:
WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?
Both:
I DO BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER.
Glinda:
AND, BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
Elphaba:
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
Both:
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED
FOR GOOD...
[Scene 13 - Elphaba's Demise]
Elphaba: You have to hide. No one can know you were here. Hide yourself!
Elphaba Drapes A Scrim Around The Stage
Offstage Chorus of Women:
AND GOODNESS KNOWS
THE WICKED'S LIVES ARE LONELY
GOODNESS KNOWS THE WICKED DIE ALONE...
Boq and Other Witch Hunters Run In. You Can See The Silhouette Of The Action Happening Behind The Scrim. Glinda Is Downstage Watching The Action Take Place.
The Mob Surrounds The Witch And She Melts With A Scream The Mob Leaves And Glinda Comes Out From Hiding. She Moves Near The Scrim.
Glinda: Elphie? Elphie? Chistery opens the scrim, where just Elphaba's hat and the green bottle remain. Glinda cries, and grabs the had, holding it against her.
Chistery: Handing Her The Bottle. Miss, Miss Glinda.
The Next Scene Opens In the Emerald City With The Wizard & Mme. Morrible.
Morrible: Well, I don't know why you're so despondiary, I thought it went quite well! They seem thrilled to shreds with their brains and their hearts, and this and that.... Glinda Enters. Oh, Miss Glinda! I thought you'd be out festivating.
Glinda: This was Elphaba's. Holding Out The Bottle.
Wizard: What's that you say?
Glinda: It was a keepsake. It was her mother's. She told me so herself. I've only seen a little, green bottle like this one other time. It was right here, in this very room. You offered me a drink from it.
Lover's Song Played In Background.
Wizard: But... oh my Lord...
I AM A SENTIMENTAL MAN
WHO ALWAYS LONGED TO BE...
a father...
Morrible: So that was it. That's why she had such powers! She was a child of both worlds!
Wizard: He Cries.
Glinda: I want you to leave Oz. I'll make the pronouncement myself: that the strains of wizardship have been too much for you and you are taking an indefinite leave of absence! Did you hear what I said?!
Wizard: Yes, your goodness.
Glinda: You'd better go get your balloon ready. Guards!
He Exits.
Morrible: Glinda, dear, I know we've had our miniscule differentiations in the past...
Glinda: Guards! Madame, have you ever considered how you'd fare in captivity?
Morrible: What?
Glinda: Articulated. Captivity... prison! Personally, I don't think you'll hold up very well. My professional opinion is that you do not have what it takes. I hope you prove me wrong. I doubt you will. Take her away!
Morrible: No!!!!
[Scene 14 - Finale]
Ozians:
GOOD NEWS! SHE'S DEAD!
THE WITCH OF THE WEST IS DEAD!
THE WICKEDEST WITCH THERE EVER WAS
THE ENEMY OF ALL OF US, HERE IN OZ,
IS DEAD!
GOOD NEWS
GOOD NEWS!!!
(The Scarecrow (Fiyero) Walks On Stage. He Bends Down & Knocks On A Trap Door In The Floor.)
Fiyero: It worked!
(He Opens The Door & Elphaba Climbs Out.)
Elphaba: Fiyero! I thought you'd never get here.
(She Touches His Straw Face.)
Fiyero: Go ahead, touch, I don't mind. Ah, you did the best you could. You saved my life.
Elphaba: You're still beautiful.
Fiyero: You don't have to lie to me.
Elphaba: It's not lying... its looking at things another way.
Ozians:
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED
NOW AT LAST SHE'S DEAD AND GONE!
NOW AT LAST THERE'S JOY THROUGHOUT THE LAND!
Glinda: Fellow Ozians, friends, we have been through a frightening time. There will be other times and other things that frighten us. But if you let me, I'd like to try to help. I'd like to try to be... Glinda the Good.
Ozians:
GOOD NEWS!!
Fiyero: It's time to go.
Elphaba: We can never come back to Oz, can we?
Fiyero: No.
Elphaba: I only wish...
Fiyero: What?
Elphaba: Glinda could know that we're alive.
Fiyero: She can't know, not if we want to be safe. No one can ever know.
Ozians:
GOOD NEWS...
Fiyero: Come...
Glinda:
WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER? BUT...
Elphaba & Glinda:
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU...
Ozians:
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED...
Glinda:
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU...
Elphaba & Glinda:
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED...
(Fiyero and Elphaba Leave Through The Clock)
Ozians:
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED!
WICKED...
WICKED!!!
