Wicked

Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years.

The Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording of 'Wicked' - which won a Grammy Award in 2006 - is the best-selling CD in the genre since 'Mamma Mia!' and the fastest-selling original cast album since '"Rent'. 'Wicked', produced for Decca Broadway by composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, has struck a chord with audiences of all ages. With the first U.S. national touring company under way and a new second home at Chicago's Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre, 'Wicked' will entrance audiences worldwide.

The album continually receives rave reviews... Elysa Gardner of USA Today stated that Stephen Schwartz "blends folk, pop and musical-theater influences with grace and vitality." Entertainment Weekly called the album "lushly produced," while Robert Hurwitt of the San Francisco Chronicle rated the album 'excellent,' adding that the orchestrations and voices are "dynamic." Lawson Taitte of the Dallas Morning News says, "Judgment doesn't really begin on a new musical-theater piece until the cast album comes out. The stock of 'Wicked' went through the roof when the cast album appeared."