Take it from Fiyero: “Life is fraught-less when you’re thoughtless.” While the Wizard of Oz prequel tells a reasonably compelling story — albeit a much safer one than the Gregory Maguire novel the show is based on — Wicked fans are here to dance through the songs. There are 11 in the first act of the hit Broadway musical, so that’s exactly how many there are in Wicked . Wicked: For Good beefs up the stage show’s second-act song count with new numbers created just for the film.

All the familiar songs are there, from showstoppers like “Defying Gravity” and “No Good Deed” to songs you’d traditionally skip on the album like “Something Bad” and “A Sentimental Man.” As in his 2021 stage-to-screen adaptation of In the Heights , director Jon M. Chu shows real skill in putting together b

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