"Popular" - Wicked 20th Anniversary Edition | WICKED the Musical

Over the last 20 years, more than 50 people have dawned Glinda's crown and been our pal, sister and adviser on Broadway. Celebrate WICKED 20 with us as our current Glinda, McKenzie Kurtz is joined by former Glindas Alli Mauzey, Kara Lindsay, and Amanda Jane Cooper in a special rendition of "Popular."
For information about WICKED, visit us at: www.wickedthemusical.com
So much happened before Dorothy dropped in.
WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman born with emerald-green skin-smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”
With a thrilling score that includes the hits “Defying Gravity,” “Popular” and “For Good,” WICKED has been hailed by The New York Times as “the defining musical of the decade.” Time Magazine cheers, “if every musical had the brain, the heart, and the courage of WICKED, Broadway really would be a magical place.”
The Gershwin Theatre on 50th Street and Broadway is that magical place. From the first electrifying note to the final breathtaking moment, WICKED-the untold true story of the Witches of Oz-transfixes audiences with its wildly inventive story. It will send your spirits soaring to heights you’ll never forget.
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[@jessicamayne3394]

Oh my goodness for a moment this kind of felt like Elphaba’s worst nightmare-to have four Galindas surrounding her 😂

[@danielachamorro8783]

The way they filmed it! 100% 😂

[@megankrempasanka1426]

100% her worst nightmare hahahah just big old panic attack

[@ivan_page]

🤣🤣🤣

[@-sacnmusicalthearter1]

elphaba: someone get me outta here and let me js defy gravity

[@rosiemair-qx9zi]

Agree to agree

[@jonahgilmore2981]

It's crazy how they sound so much alike, yet so different. They blend so well!

[@dglasgo1]

Yes! This. So similar.. like they can sound exactly like twins, or harmonize perfectly.

[@SoulKnightKing]

That's just called very good casting

[@mic47013]

Yess

[@manuelorozco7760]

You can tell they’re having fun

[@tangleduniverse5042]

All ⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️

[@Sangsstuff]

20 years later and the perfect Glinda is still some sort of version of Kristin Chenoweth's voice and personality. I love it! 😄

[@Orodin4444]

Somehow the original always seems best, doesn't it? :)

[@theessentials...]

@@Orodin4444 Hits differently.

[@SheilaTseng]

0:48 i love this part cuz it's like i'm watching from elphaba's POV as she's desperately trying to find a way out but every way she looks, there's another glinda

[@debraseiler4148]

The faces they can make while singing fast catchy lyrics and Melody spot on is amazing. Love people who achieve such perfection! Thank you!

[@jacksonhoopah]

they sound AMAZING the way they reengineered this song for a quartet is so funny. the backround vocal 'pop pop popular' just makes me giggle. I love Alli Mauzey SOOOO MUCH!!

[@blytheanneliese5408]

2:24 THAT HARMONY. Goosebumps. They're fantastic!!! 👏👏👏

[@BeauAutin]

Kara and Alli being in this together makes me smile - pure COMEDY during their runs as Glinda that I go back and watch often!

[@katiegarcia8255]

I just saw McKenzie and Alissa in Wicked this past week and they literally took my breath away. The talent, humor…was just beyond comprehension!

[@FrazJ]

I honestly think McKenzie Kurtz is the best Glinda since Kristin. So beyond talented.

[@donodopudim2685]

It's so good to see Alli again. She is my best! They are wonderful!

[@tonibalbuena]

alli is the best for sure

[@Official_Meshay]

No one cries because of the harmonies, right?😭 So beautiful ❤

[@OfficialJuanCamacho]

Fortunate to have seen both Kara and Alli as Glinda, I love them both so much, also Katie Rose Clarke is another fave of mine.

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

Katie Rose Clarke is my favorite Glinda, and I’ve seen multiple

[@carrastealth]

Alli Mauzey the greatest Glinda of all time imho. Glad she's getting her flowers. If anyone gets the chance to see her performances do yourself a treat and do so!! Her Popular and everything she does during it is amazing!

[@romulosucre2382]

INDEED!!!! 🥰♥️

[@MacTheSnack]

Absolutely agree. I watched the show where she was with Donna Vivino as Elphaba, and I think they were the best duo that Wicked has had since Idina and Kristin. Although, Amanda Jane Cooper and Jessica Vosk come very very very close (especially because I truly discovered Wicked during the 15th anniversary era and they were perfect for that specific time period).

[@Lucia-nv9yk]

I loooove Kara Lindsay with all my heart, she is stunning! but the person who put her in those pants should be fired

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’ve been a fan of her since Newsies

[@ameliafriebel7185]

I would love to see this arrangement in sheet music! The transition between the main part of the song to where Glinda sings after Elphaba has left her is so clean and I would b=never have thought to cut and arrange it to sound like that but now I have heard it it makes so much sense and I just love it so much! Also... anyone get really strong emotional reactions from harmonies.. just me... okay

[@ragtmt15]

Love this , would love to have seen, old school Glindas too, Megan, Laura Bell, Jennifer , Annaleigh

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

Yes!!!

[@manuelorozco7760]

Megan would make me so happy! I saw her play Glinda in LA once. Eden Espinosa was Elphie

[@te1975]

Never I would imagined this song could be more bubbly 🤭🫧🩷

[@katrinaalyssa7462]

This made me so happy❤❤❤❤❤ and the camera work makes it look like a whole group of Galindas are giving one person (Elphaba) a lesson on being Popular 😍 and it's truly Golden

[@jacksonhoopah]

i wanna be elphaba. i want them to sing to me, and then give me a makeover😂💅

[@vsstud]

MINDBLOWING! I saw Alli, Kara and Amanda on Broadway ❤️❤️❤️ Now only Mackenzie is left and I will have this amazing quartet complete! Beautiful recording! ❤️❤️❤️

[@roberthammond3909]

Alli my favorite as well but Kara was a close 2nd. Both of them brought so much joy to their performances!

[@jacksonhoopah]

agreed, 10,000%

[@lizzard4890]

Ali was my Glinda at my very first Broadway show, just hearing her brings back so many memories. I was so sure no one in the world was funnier than her after that show

[@manuelorozco7760]

Megan Hilty was my Glinda

[@TheBearSpiceKitchen]

What a FABULOUS arrangement. I have goosebumps. 💗💗💗

[@ruthbrinckerhoff1155]

Goosebumps indeed!! Same with me ❤ Love the incredible harmonies!

[@Vixin24]

I LOVE the girl on the left! Alli Mauzey, right? They're all fantastic but I just adore her performance! The voice, expressions and acting is soooo good!

[@Mastattak]

Alli!!! 😍 They're all amazing, but Alli has always been my favourite Glinda! Love her to bits

[@mcotar80]

2:26 my head and heart exploded

[@alfreddysayson4024]

Ugh their harmonies!!!

[@dominiquewong4706]

seeing Glinda mature with all of us gives me so much joy ❤❤❤

[@brennanmaynard4237]

I was so happy to see Kara Lindsay and Jackie Burns in their respective videos for this release! They were my Glinda and Elphaba when I saw Wicked for the first time, in Salt Lake City.

[@silent2163]

This is so awesome! Having all Glindas and do the harmony and blending of their voices! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@bree_nicole]

Kara Lindsay!!!!! This is so phenomenal! The harmonies! This just looks like so much fun!

[@phillyowens]

Ugh, I love Alli so much! My fave Glinda!!! 🥰

[@gatacelta]

They're great, but #Kristen has my heart ❤️

[@disneyfan94themuppetsforev95]

​@ludovicfurcy5025Kristen Chenoweth the original Broadway Glinda

[@CaseyFordAlexander]

Impeccable casting for 20 years! So fun!

[@Hufflepuffozian]

Oh Oz you have a special place in my heart and always will. Happy anniversary and here’s to 20 more

[@thestrugglingvocalist4849]

That crazy note at the end!!!!

[@fionaaaa29]

I’m officially obsessed!

[@-RONNIE]

WOW 👀 I'm so happy to see all of you singing this song 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 CONGRATULATIONS ON 20 YEARS OF WICKED 💚

[@a129507525]

OMG!!!That harmony so incredible🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@rosepratiwi6532]

Amazing voices, amazing women

[@geralbert]

I just saw the show and Mckenzie was incredible!!! ❤

[@MacTheSnack]

Alli and Amanda are literally my favorite Glindas in like the entire run of the show, glad to see them in this video

[@tannav5]

How could Ginna Claire Mason Moffet be left out this great group 😢

[@StephenHopkinsRum]

She was probably busy

[@princesskaguya2000]

This song is still *so* funny. What an incredible team.

[@brookealonzo3703]

Beautiful!!!

[@BlueShadeBoi]

Dancing through life with the current Fiyero, joined by another 3 would be amazing. I know it's about the women but come on.

[@Wolfmyth100]

Yes please!

[@jacksonhoopah]

i would LOVE to see that, but the defying gravity and popular recreations are thrilling. so im happy either way

[@dAfoodie101]

oh i would lose my mind but i don’t think it’s happening

[@manuelorozco7760]

I would love that! As a former student actor, Fieryo was a character I dreamed of playing in high school.

[@jacksonhoopah]

@@manuelorozco7760 I'm a high school theater student, and I dream of playing Fiyero!! It's not a super meaty role acting wise, but you get to sing the house down in Dancing Through Life and As Long as You're Mine!!

[@russella90]

Great arrangement

[@noone-ld7pt]

Holy shit on a stick McKenzie is just sensational!

[@noah-jamesmarkham1903]

I love this song !!

[@tomanhlan]

Is this music from heaven? Just so beautiful!

[@alessa.]

AHHH ALLI MAUZEY ❤❤

[@BackstageWithBeccaB]

wow I LOVE THIS.

[@VincentSyma]

I love when so different types are casted in the same role!

[@ella9120]

SO GOOD!!!

[@timothykorsmoe5922]

LOVED IT!!

[@adria345]

Love this!

[@maxsamil5663]

THIS IS AMAZING!!

[@ashleypoindexter7113]

OBSESSED!!!!!!!!!!!

[@a7680]

This brings me so much delight 🥹🥹🥹

[@dertoreth]

I saw Kara, my favorite Glinda, in 2015 with Rachel Tucker as Elpheba. Amazing!

[@sincerelystrauss]

AMAZING!

[@user-ej2rj7oq1g]

I love this song

[@Asian_Import]

This makes me so happy!!

[@YamaguchiEtsuko]

This was shot so well!! POV you are getting a makeover from 4 Glindas lol

[@jimbo573]

No unprepossessing features here. Bravo.

[@studiohonglaizai6237]

Just O M G wow!! I love so much

[@Tharoffnik.]

OMG! Amazing!

[@larrybates4925]

OMG! This is AWESOME!

[@CreationsbyRyan]

SOOOO GOOOD!

[@ANightworkerslife]

Yey! Kara and Alli!!

[@kscolina]

This is THE best popular versions, ever

[@thevocalconnection6268]

Love it!

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’m only here for Kara Lindsay! Aka Katherine Plumber! But you can totally tell with the vocal harmonies the girls are all having fun. One past Glinda I wish I was in the group is Megan Hilty.

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@Jamminjared Fancy meeting you here

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@Jamminjared This show made me the musical theatre geek I am today. And I’m overdue more than ever to revisit it thanks to the milestone and the big two part movie coming up.

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@Jamminjared No thank you

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@JamminjaredI’m good in comment sections only

[@user-op4lt4wj3j]

I love Alli Mauzey so much

[@charlotteh1110]

Love this!💕

[@brucefry]

This is life-changing kinda good

[@skytoy07]

너무 좋다!!!

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

I’m saw Kara and Amanda, but all 4 of these ladies are amazing!

[@acabaldanielajoyce347]

This feels like a slumber party 😂❤

[@SusanKlingFinston]

I wish all the songs were recorded this way!

[@kattlemmartins8820]

Precioso ❤

[@satie9888]

so cute and lovely Glindas😂💖💖 I love you all so much💖💖

[@davidanthonymanibo6854]

This is fun to watch!! Beginning til the end I'm smiling 😅🥰

[@seseikadk]

最高！大好きです！楽しくなる！！🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@siljehh]

Love the toss-toss of the hair also

[@carlooo1079]

ON LOOP!!!!

[@willvi8008]

I loved this ❤❤❤❤

[@paullukis3315]

All of these women are beatuiful. Yellow will crush you.

[@znapitsmia]

i need this on spotify please

[@noellehannibal]

Alli was my first G(a)linda! Love seeing these videos, but the camera work on this one made me dizzy!

[@IsaRaluma]

They understand the costume’s assignment

[@selivrando]

Senti falta de um "cuidado com a cuca, que a cuca te pega daqui e te pega de láaaaa laaaaa"

[@sammistrade]

this is actually so legit!!!!

[@SeanConway99]

This is why theatre singers are so much better, they actually act it

[@spit_itout]

McKenzie slays, hands down 😍

[@mic47013]

Love this 🖤💚🖤💚🖤💚💚

[@user-lo8yg2zp1w]

I Love it

[@payrizz]

MKENZIEEEE!!!!

[@akila0608]

Soooooo cute!!!!

[@eiansymobile7988]

This is crazzzzyyy gooodddd! This is like a girl broadway band version of this song!