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Why the Wizard's 'Wicked: For Good' song 'Wonderful' was transformed to be more aggressive

Lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz shares the rewriting process that led to the new version of the song originally sung by Joel Grey and Idina Menzel.Universal The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) in 'Wicked: For Good'Interpreting a character from stage to screen is always going to include changes — but Wicked composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz says Jeff Goldblum is a Wizard of a different color from the one we know fro…

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