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For Good
"For Good" is a musical number from the hit musical ''Wicked''. It is sung as a duet between Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good Witch of the North) as a farewell. The song's score and lyrics were written by composer Stephen Schwartz. Lyrics The song's lyrics concern how both Elphaba and Glinda have been changed by their friendship with each other. Glinda begins by saying that, while she doesn't know if it is true that people come into each other's lives for a reason, "I know I'm who I am today because I knew you." Similarly, Elphaba tells Glinda that "whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend." Elphaba also asks Glinda to forgive her for anything she might have done wrong, to which Glinda replies that "there's blame to share", but both agree that "none of it seems to matter anymore". Schwartz commented after the show premiered that for the opening of the song, he asked his daughter what she would say if she would nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idina Menzel
Idina Kim Menzel ( ; ; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress and singer. Particularly known for her work in Musical theatre, musicals on Broadway theatre, Broadway, she has been Honorific nicknames in popular music, nicknamed the "Queen of Broadway" for her commanding stage presence, powerful mezzo-soprano voice, and reputation as one of the most influential stage actors of her generation. Having achieved mainstream success Idina Menzel on screen and stage, across stage, screen, and Idina Menzel discography, music, her List of awards and nominations received by Idina Menzel, accolades include a Tony Awards, Tony Award and a Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Award. Menzel rose to prominence as a stage actress in 1996, making her Broadway debut as performance artist Maureen Johnson in the rock musical ''Rent (musical), Rent'', which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2003, she origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals such as ''Godspell'' (1971), ''Pippin (musical), Pippin'' (1972), and ''Wicked (musical), Wicked'' (2003). He has contributed lyrics to a number of successful films, including ''Pocahontas (1995 film), Pocahontas'' (1995), ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), ''The Prince of Egypt'' (1998, music and lyrics), ''Enchanted (film), Enchanted'' (2007), ''Disenchanted (film), Disenchanted'' (2022), and the Wicked (film franchise), two-part adaptation of ''Wicked'' (2024-2025, music and lyrics). Schwartz has earned List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Schwartz, numerous accolades including three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He has received nominations for six Tony Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. He received the Tony A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Bay Jones
Rachel Bay Jones is an American actress and singer. She has played the roles of Catherine in the 2013 Broadway revival of '' Pippin'' and Evan Hansen's mother, Heidi Hansen, in ''Dear Evan Hansen''. The latter earned her an Daytime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and the 2017 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She emerged as one of few artists to have received three of the four major American entertainment awards. Early life Jones's mother is Jewish. Her parents were both Shakespearean actors. She dropped out of high school to perform in a local play, then moved to New York City to pursue acting at 19. Career Jones's first Broadway role was as an understudy for the lead role of Esther in '' Meet Me in St. Louis'' in 1989. In the early 1990s, she was in the touring company of '' Grand Hotel'', as well as other national and international tours, performing ''Rent'' in German and ''Evita'' in Spanish. She performed in the 2009 Broadway revival of ''Hair'' as the repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicked (film Franchise)
''Wicked'' is an American media franchise started by the two-part Musical film, musical Fantasy film, fantasy film series directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, based on the Wicked (musical), 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's Wicked (Maguire novel), 1995 novel, which itself is a reimagining of L. Frank Baum's ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its The Wizard of Oz, 1939 film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM (now owned by Warner Bros. Pictures along with the rest of MGM’s pre-May 1986 library under Turner Entertainment Co.). The films are respectively titled ''Wicked (2024 film), Wicked'' (titled onscreen as ''Wicked: Part I'') and ''Wicked: For Good'', the latter named after the For Good, penultimate number of the musical. Set in the Land of Oz, both before and after Dorothy Gale's arrival from Kansas, the plot follows green-skinned Elphaba and her path to ultimately becoming the Wicked Witc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Good
"For Good" is a musical number from the hit musical ''Wicked''. It is sung as a duet between Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good Witch of the North) as a farewell. The song's score and lyrics were written by composer Stephen Schwartz. Lyrics The song's lyrics concern how both Elphaba and Glinda have been changed by their friendship with each other. Glinda begins by saying that, while she doesn't know if it is true that people come into each other's lives for a reason, "I know I'm who I am today because I knew you." Similarly, Elphaba tells Glinda that "whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend." Elphaba also asks Glinda to forgive her for anything she might have done wrong, to which Glinda replies that "there's blame to share", but both agree that "none of it seems to matter anymore". Schwartz commented after the show premiered that for the opening of the song, he asked his daughter what she would say if she would nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande-Butera ( ; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as a pop icon and an influential figure in popular music, Grande is known for her four-octave vocal range, which extends into the whistle register. List of awards and nominations received by Ariana Grande, Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, two Billboard Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Music Awards, three American Music Awards, 39 ''Guinness World Records'', and ten MTV Video Music Awards. The Forbes list of the world's highest-paid musicians#Female, world's highest-paid female musician in 2020, Grande has sold over 90 million records worldwide, making her one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time. Grande began her career as a teenage actress by appearing in the Broadway theatre, Broadway musical ''13 (musical), 13'' (2008), and rose to fame as Cat Valentine (Victorious), Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo ( ; born 8 January 1987) is a British actress and singer. Known for her work on both stage and screen, she is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Cynthia Erivo, several accolades and one of few individuals nominated for EGOT, an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (EGOT), winning all but the Oscar. Erivo made her West End (theatre), West End debut in the stage musical ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' (2011). She later made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut playing Celie in the musical revival of ''The Color Purple (musical), The Color Purple'' (20152017). Erivo's work for the production won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, as well as a Daytime Emmy Award. She expanded to films in 2018 with the crime thrillers ''Widows (2018 film), Widows'' and ''Bad Times at the El Royale''. Erivo earned nominations for the Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway My Way
Heather Headley (born October 5, 1974) is a Trinidadian-born American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the title role of ''Aida''. She also won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album for her album '' Audience of One''. In 2018, she recurred as Gwen Garrett on the NBC medical drama television series ''Chicago Med''. She stars on the Netflix series '' Sweet Magnolias'', which debuted in 2020 and is in its fourth season as of February 2025. Personal life Headley was born in Trinidad, the daughter of Hannah and Eric Headley (Barbadian). In 1989, she moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the United StatesJones, Kenneth"June 10 is Heather Headley Day in Fort Wayne, IN"playbill, June 10, 2000 at the age of fifteen with her mother and brother Eric Junior when her father was offered a job as pastor of McKee Street Church of God with headquarters in Anderson, Indiana. Headley attended Northro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Headley
Heather Headley (born October 5, 1974) is a Trinidadian-born American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the title role of '' Aida''. She also won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album for her album '' Audience of One''. In 2018, she recurred as Gwen Garrett on the NBC medical drama television series '' Chicago Med''. She stars on the Netflix series '' Sweet Magnolias'', which debuted in 2020 and is in its fourth season as of February 2025. Personal life Headley was born in Trinidad, the daughter of Hannah and Eric Headley (Barbadian). In 1989, she moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the United StatesJones, Kenneth"June 10 is Heather Headley Day in Fort Wayne, IN"playbill, June 10, 2000 at the age of fifteen with her mother and brother Eric Junior when her father was offered a job as pastor of McKee Street Church of God with headquarters in Anderson, Indiana. Headley attende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Spencer (actor)
John Spencer (born John Speshock Jr.; December 20, 1946 – December 16, 2005) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Leo McGarry on the NBC political drama series ''The West Wing'' and for his role as attorney Tommy Mullaney in ''L.A. Law''. His performance on ''The West Wing'' earned him a Primetime Emmy Award in 2002, out of five total nominations. Early life John Spencer was born John Speshock Jr., on December 20, 1946, in New York City, and was raised in Totowa, New Jersey. He was the son of blue-collar parents Mildred (née Benzeroski), a waitress, and John Speshock Sr., a truck driver. Spencer's father was of Irish and Czech descent, while his mother was of Ukrainian and Rusyn ancestry. Spencer’s parents were disappointed when he chose to become an actor. With his enrollment at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 1963, Spencer found himself sharing classes with such fellow students as Liza Minnelli and violinist Pinchas Zukerman. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The West Wing
''The West Wing'' is an American political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office and offices of presidential senior personnel are located, during the fictional two-term Democratic Party (United States), Democratic administration of President Josiah Bartlet. ''The West Wing'' was produced by Warner Bros. Television and features an List of The West Wing characters, ensemble cast, including Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer (actor), John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen, Janel Moloney, and Stockard Channing. For the first four seasons, there were three executive producers: Sorkin (lead writer of the first four seasons), Thomas Schlamme (primary director), and John Wells (filmmaker), John Wells. After Sorkin left the series at the end of the fourth season, Wells assume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York (Glee)
"New York" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the second season of the American musical television series '' Glee'', and the forty-fourth overall. The episode was written and directed by series creator Brad Falchuk, filmed in part on location in New York City, and first aired on May 24, 2011 on Fox in the United States. With a $6 million budget, it was reportedly the most expensive episode of ''Glee'' at the time of broadcast. It garnered a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Costumes for a Series. The episode features an appearance by Patti LuPone as herself and guest stars Jonathan Groff, Cheyenne Jackson, and Jake Zyrus. The McKinley High School glee club, New Directions, performs at the National show choir competition in New York City and finishes in twelfth place. While they are there, the glee club members see the sights, including Times Square and Central Park. Rachel ( Lea Michele) and Kurt ( Chris Colfer) sing a song from a Broadway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
