Oz has 9 Million Tulips

I found some awesome videos about how they made Wicked.  

For that opening scene in Munchkinland, they planted 9 million tulips. That is so freaking amazing. They could have faked it all on the computer, but they grew those tulips for real. Mind-blowing. 

And in Dancing Through Life? They actually built that rotating bookshelf. And those people were dancing through it as it spun, leaping over cameras and sliding along the walls. 

 

For the scene where Glinda and Elphaba start dancing at the ball, it wasn't scripted that Elphaba cry. She just did, and Glinda responded by wiping the tear away. I don't think I cried the first time I saw that scene, but I certainly have cried the following times I saw it.

 

And during Defying Gravity, Elphaba was swinging all around in a harness, singing in the process. That's so cool. I hope she had fun doing that - I've heard that some of those harnesses can be pretty uncomfortable. 

This is such a good movie. They were completely robbed during the Oscars. But the Wizard of Oz medley that the two ladies performed was gorgeous.