If you’re a Wicked fan, chances are you’ve listened to the soundtrack over and over again – there’s a reason why the songs of Stephen Schwarz have proved so pop-u-lar. And while big-screen musical adaptations often require some changes to the source material, the second half of Jon M. Chu’s Wicked two-parter, Wicked: For Good , brings with it a gift: two new songs, never-before-heard, sprung forth from Schwartz’s own pen, getting back into the heads of his two central witches.

For Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba, that results in a song titled ‘No Place Like Home’ – a phrase with real meaning for her not-so-Wicked-witch, that also has major resonance with the original Wizard Of Oz . It’s a number she sings, effectively, to herself – an expression of her biggest feelings. “She has to

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