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At university, the awkward Elphaba befriends the popular Galinda and practices sorcery in the hopes of meeting her idol, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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00:00You know, when we came into this movie, we weren't sure how much we were going to do
00:10live or not.
00:18But they are the best singers in the world, and so every scene, they have been singing
00:22live.
00:23We chose to sing live because it meant that we would be further connected to the words
00:37we were saying and to each other.
00:45It was an immediate no-brainer for Cynthia and I.
00:48We both were like, well, of course we're singing live.
00:51There's something special about what happens when music is live in a room.
01:14So what we've managed to do is remorse the audience because effectively our movie set
01:19is also a recording studio.
01:22So that raw and real emotion that we are recording on set right now will be what you hear and
01:27experience in the theater.
01:44It feels really powerful to be able to use singing in that way.
01:48You feel it.
01:49The effects that they both have on the set.
01:51He's going to cry.
01:52It's so beautiful.
01:53It's so beautiful.
01:54Whenever we would get to the end of an incredibly
02:17emotional day, Cynthia and I would refer to ourselves as husks, having given everything
02:23we've got.
02:24I think the audience is going to be very surprised about the experience they're going to get
02:30here.
02:31No one has ever seen this powerhouse like this before.
02:38It was like the best concert you could have ever attended at the best seats in the house.