Director Jon M. Chu really allows Chenoweth and Menzel to strut their stuff, and their curtain call is, of course, fan service to longtime lovers of the musical.
Chu told IndieWire that when he proposed the idea to Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz, Schwartz told him he'd write the number overnight. It allowed us, the audience, the filmmakers, to pay homage.
Each actress gets a big vocal line and a moment with her successor to symbolically pass the baton–and show that they still have the range.
Spare a thought for the Broadway fan in your life, who might just have passed out when Menzel nods to her iconic 'ah-ahh-ah' 'Defying Gravity' riff.
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