“Defying Gravity” is the defining moment of Wicked, serving as the showstopping climax to the movie musical that has racked up 10 Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture, editing, visual ...

What happens during ‘Defying Gravity’? “Defying Gravity” is the Act I finale of “Wicked” in the stage musical and the ending of the movie “Wicked,” which is the first of two films.

As a revisionist prequel to the original story, Wicked: For Good sets the stage for several Wizard of Oz references. Apart ...

Defying Gravity is an iconic song but its scene in the movie adaptation of Wicked is crucial to the entire film. Getting this right played on the minds of the film's VFX team at ILM as well as the ...

Wicked is an exploration of stigma (aimed at Elphaba in the show) and where it leads, and Defying Gravity is a watershed moment. Erivo described it as an important moment in which Elphaba resolves to ...

'Defying Gravity' is one of the most iconic musical theater songs of all time, which makes translating it from stage to screen a particularly tall task. That's the challenge Wicked director Jon M ...

When musical theater star Kerry Ellis performed “Defying Gravity” with May, it brought a whole new layer to the song. It gave the track a certain energy that was both victorious and desperate.

In Act II of the stage musical, Madame Morrible, The Wizard and even Glinda, spread crazy lies about how evil Elphaba is. Thanks to their manipulative marketing, she becomes public enemy No. 1.

The musical “Wicked” has a special place in Broadway history. It’s the fourth longest-running of all Broadway shows and one of only three to have grossed more than $1 billion — yes, that ...

But, it's also your chance to see Wicked: The Musical, which is now playing at Gershwin Theatre on Broadway. The show opened on Broadway in 2003 and has been running for 22 years, one of the ...

Defying Gravity continues to be popular with listeners. The iconic musical number, sung by Elphaba and Glinda in Wicked, has hit the Billboard Top100, not once, but twice.

“Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked” will air tonight, three days before the worldwide release of “Wicked” in theaters. The special, filmed on Universal Pictures Emerald City set ...