"Decipherating" Wicked's Oz-Speak

Special lingo is a hallmark of Wicked's book

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This week, The Broadway Maven looks at the smash hit Wicked.

• On Sunday, September 18 at Noon ET and Monday, September 19 at Noon and 7 pm ET there will be a FREE class on Stephen Schwartz’s landmark retelling of the Oz tale. Register here.

• This Weekly Blast includes:

A) an ESSAY about the invented language of the residents of Oz in Wicked;

B) a YouTube GEM making a passionate case for musical theater;

C) a student LETTER proposing her own creative “You’re the Top” lyric;

D) a Broadway Maven YouTube GEM interview with Wicked book writer Winnie Holzman;

E) a QUIZ about lyrics and lines from Wicked; and

F) LAST BLASTS about Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Les Misérables.

(Last Blasts are a new FREE Weekly Blast feature: quick witty, thought-provoking…