I have to say I'm quite surprised at how many people either don't like Wicked (or musicals in general) or have never heard/seen it; I just assumed everyone knew it. Yay I guess that this is people's first experience of it?
* * PART TEN * *
Thank Goodness667ERS:
Every day the wicked
Every day the fighting grows
All of 667's on alert
That's the way with wicked-
Spreading lies where e'er she goes
Seeking out new members she can hurt!
SHELLY:
Like some terrible wolf monster
Acting like she's at a roast!
FREEBIRD:
Defaming our poor Terry
667ERS:
With every one of her posts!
Her posts!
Save us from the wicked
Delete the things that hurt the most!
Give us warning
Where will she next post?
Where will she next post?
Where will she next post?
(LINDA, CHARLIE, and SOPHIE appear onstage on a podium.)
LINDA:
667ers, as terrifying this has been, let us put aside our panic for this one day... and celebrate!
Oh what a celebration we'll have today!
667ERS:
Thank goodness!
LINDA:
Let's have a celebration the Linda way!
667ERS:
Thank goodness!
SOPHIE:
Finally a day that's totally argument free
ALL:
We couldn't be happier
Thank goodness!
SOPHIE:
And thank goodness for you, Linda, and your handsome fiance, our new captain of the guard. (To CHARLIE) Now you've been at the forefront of the hunt for the Wicked Witch, haven't you?
CHARLIE:
Not really, but I don't like to think of her as a Wicked Witch.
SOPHIE:
Captain, how does it feel?
CHARLIE:
Frustrating... but I became captain of the guard to find her, and I will keep searching!
SOPHIE:
No, being engaged!
667ERS:
Congratulations!
CHARLIE (to LINDA):
This is an engagement party?
LINDA:
Surprised?
CHARLIE:
Yes!
LINDA:
Good, we hoped you'd be...The Craig and me!
We couldn't be happier...right dear?
Couldn't be happier, right here
Look all around, our blessings abound
So let's have a great e-wedding!
And we couldn't be happier...true dear?
Couldn't be happier, and we're
Happy to share this wedding vicariously
With all of you!
He couldn't look handsomer
I couldn't be humbler
Because happy is what happens
When all your dreams come true...
SOPHIE:
And Linda, dear, we're happy for you! As Press Secretary, I have striven to ensure that all of 667 knows your story. I remember it like it was yesterday...
The day you were first summoned
To go before The Craig
And although he would not tell you why initially
When you bowed before his throne
He decreed you'd hence be known
As Linda the good offically!
CHARLIE:
That's not how you described it to me...
LINDA:
Oh no, not exactly, but we'll talk about it later.
SOPHIE:
Then with a frightening roar
The Wicked Witch burst from concealment
Where she had been lurking
Surreptitiously!
(Gasps from among the crowd.)
LUCAS:
I hear she eats animals raw, rabbit and snake and rat!
CARMA:
I hear that she can grow a beard in five minutes flat!
WILLIS:
I hear some rebel older folk are giving her food and shelter
EDWIN:
I hear her one weakness is pure silver can ban her!
CHARLIE:
What?
667ERS:
Ban her! Please somebody go and ban her!
CHARLIE:
Do you hear that?! Silver will ban her? People are so empty-headed they'll believe anything!
LINDA:
Excuse me just a second!
(She and CHARLIE talk aside.)
CHARLIE:
I can't just stand here pretending to go along with all of this!
LINDA:
Do you think I like to hear them say those awful things about her? I hate it!
CHARLIE:
Then what are we doing here? Let's go, let's get out of here!
LINDA:
We can't leave now, not when people are looking to us to raise their spirits.
CHARLIE:
You can't leave, because you can't resist this. And that is the truth.
LINDA:
Maybe I can't. Is that so wrong? Who could?
CHARLIE:
You know who could. Who has.
LINDA:
Charlie, I miss her too, but we can't just stop living. No one has searched harder for her than you. But don't you see? She doesn't want to be found. We have to face it.
CHARLIE:
You're right. I'm sorry, you're right. And if it's going to make you happy, of course I'll marry you.
LINDA:
But it'll make you happy too, right?
CHARLIE:
You know me... I'm always happy.
(He runs off.)
LINDA:
Charlie! (to the 667ERS) He's gone to fetch me a refreshment, he's so thoughtful that way!
That's why I couldn't be happier
No, I couldn't be happier
Though it is I admit, the littlest bit
Unlike my anticipations...
But I couldn't happier
Simply couldn't be happier...
Well, not simply...
What I want I got, but seems it is fraught
With terrible complications...
There is an unexpected cost
'Cuz your best friend, she may be lost...
And you wonder if you
Should have dropped your plans and gone off with her...
And if your reach your goal
And inside you do not feel full
Still...with us singing so loud
The cheers and the happy crowd
Who wouldn't be happier?
So I couldn't be happier
Because happy is what happens
When all your dreams come true...
Well, isn't it?
Happy is what happens when your dreams come...true!!
667ERS:
We love you Linda if we may be so bold!
LINDA:
Thank goodness!
667ERS:
For this e-wedding we're about to hold!
Thank goodness!
That means Charlie and Linda will fit the mold!
They couldn't be goodlier
She couldn't be lovelier
We couldn't be luckier
LINDA:
I couldn't be happier
667ERS:
Thank goodness!
LINDA:
Today!!
667ERS:
Thank goodness for today!