Shoshana Bean - The Wizard And I

Shoshana Bean sings "The Wizard And I" from the musical "Wicked" at the Bruins Care: Heart And Music concert at UCLA on Jan 25, 2009

[@WerewolfLuver1402]

How about we don't compare Elphabas and just be amazed by how each one carried on the legacy of the character beautifully, adding their own touch to Elphaba. Every one will have their own favorite one and that's the beautiful thing about Broadway.

[@JorgeInternacional]

She makes it look so easy to sing it when we know it's not!!! One of the best performers ever!

[@snapshotimages2850]

JorgeInternacional it actually is as easy as she makes it seem

[@itscalebbarrera]

Snapshot Images28 ikr, I find myself being able to sing it, defying gravity is difficult though

[@wickedphant0m]

I love how, even though she's always said she never plans to come back to Wicked, you can see a few flashes of "Oh right, this was actually a lot of fun" come across her face during this performance.

[@puppypersonlotr4538]

Sho is so herself, I love it. Her riffing as Elphaba may not be the most canonical, but she's SO AWESOME *and* I love to hear it. I love her new work, too. Go Sho!

[@wickedphant0m]

Okay, in all seriousness....that was the best performance of The Wizard and I that I've ever seen. Even though it was an informal setting and she played around at the very end, she sang and acted incredibly. I've never seen someone tell the story of the song so honestly. There was nothing showy about these riffs, they all came straight from the heart.

[@JudeFox]

omg this ending is so extra. I'M LIVING.

[@Indorussian2000]

I wish I could have seen her on broadway!!! My favorite!!!

[@ActingBug28]

Soshana and Idina are my FAVE Elphabas!!! I have been singin this song all day!!

[@barentonwithaba]

That last note. Yes.

[@tracy2919]

Can’t explain enough how important it was to have Elphaba’s character in my life growing up, the book and musical versions

[@elphiegreen]

I LOVE HER!!!!!!!!!! i saw her last 4th of july at a random bookstore lmao! it was awesome!

[@MrEricrockinout]

She is amazing, literally the best at "wizard and I." Her move at 7:00 sums up her fierceness.

[@littlemikeism]

She is an awesome talent as all Elphabas have been and will be. I enjoy her immensely.

[@SilverHeart1980]

i never thought about the lyrics until i watched and listened to her sing this song. she's amazing!

[@MamaMaryEllensBlog]

You have no idea how much i love you for posting this!! i love her wicked songs!! and i so love she still likes singing them!! go sho!!!

[@crazyNCISfan1861]

Shoshana and Stephanie J Block are the best Elphabas on the planet.

[@EKang-kj2hz]

i disagree. idina menzel ftw!!!!!

[@EKang-kj2hz]

well, i do admit that she gives idina a run for the money!

[@WerdnaNiraehs]

Honestly, I think people who say Idina is their favorite Elphaba probably haven't heard very many other Elphaba's. She's far from the best.

[@moochiwuvschachi]

+roundandround14 my fav elphaba is Idina and I have listened to other ones. Because for me it's more about the voice. Idina is a great performer. I think shoshana sounds great but is she really an Elphaba? I also think Eden is phenomenal. Kerry Ellis is great but her expressionless delivery of defying gravity really makes me bored and upset. It's just my opinion though and I respect people who have a different favorite, but people who bash Idina tick me off.

[@zbotello1439]

jordan milam amen

[@1musicizLove]

This lady is a Beast !!! So talented !!!!!

[@xaniel666]

crispy ass C6 slides up to an E6 😍😍😍

[@Michael.Quinichett]

Whoever those 8 people are who disliked this video must've been so excited that they accidentally hit the wrong button; happens to me all the time.

[@MrJwlambert]

The end was so over the top I LIVEEEE!!!

[@mattymariah]

I just died. When she went into her whistle register it was pure Heaven.

[@crayonangels]

WOWWWW she is incredible. and i thought no other elphie could come up to idinas standards. she is DEFINITELY equally as good, if not better!!!

[@tannermulkay6332]

Holy cowwwwwwww ahhhhhhhhhhhh I love her voice so freaking much! I’m addicted to this song!

[@AntinousIsGod1]

Wow, she was awesome! :D. That was brilliant. Her back and forth with Daniel was so funny :P. I loved it.

[@JosephC23]

awesome! Was so amazing hangin with Sho that evening, thanks for posting

[@luckyleo610]

Wow....AMAZING!!! This is the best I've ever heard her sing!!!!! WWWOOOWWW!!!!

[@juels508]

Wonderful E6!

[@WickedMyster]

Absolutely fantastic!!! Such an original take on the WAI she has such an amazing voice, so versitile to be able to belt out that song AND hit that high note at the end definately one of my favorite Elphies

[@falarafha]

Her last note was glindify. Hahahaha

[@move2themusic]

i loved it! my sister recently worked with her mom in a show she just did at idyllwild arts, she said her mom was really nice

[@cooliocool64]

oh my glob.... that was amazing!!! I was laughing so hard when Daniel sang!

[@omgitsamberrrr]

If she's got the vocal chops for it, why not? I still get goosebumps over that ending!

[@danielmitchell5184]

I've seen several versions of this, and while Idina will always be my #1 Elphaba, Shoshanna and Teal Wicks round out my top 3. Shoshanna just has this soulful voice that fits perfectly in the role of Elphaba.

[@CarpeDiemWICKED]

oh sweet oz i love her

[@gcdj25]

amazingggg! and on my birthday :) love you shoshana!

[@GioRC]

wow! I think I'll just HAVE to watch a show with Shoshana as Elphaba now, because I found out she can really sing!! *downloading it now!* :D

[@dippydai]

Oh my Jeez, she is amazing. Always loved her but this is like the best ever

[@LiamAtRandom]

I've been singing this all day. Sigh.

[@lamontrussell1524]

I mean come on!!!!!! Brilliant.

[@boughtflowersmyself]

Killin' it.

[@jeroen315]

she's really amazing!

[@KtangMC]

I love her voice!!!

[@victoriafernandez1218]

She is so perf

[@sparewildflower]

I love how she make's this her own, every other Elphaba has more or less copied Idina's first preformance. Shoshana stands out and that makes her, in my opinion, the best Elphie.

[@xavierdallenmusicuniverse6304]

If she belted that E6 in “The Wizard and I”during her Last Performance of Wicked on 12/31/06, the audience will go bananas!!!!

[@WhooshChill]

HOT DAMN!!!! That was fierce as hell, lol! Sho's elphie is such a Diva!

[@OBCBW]

Haha what a great video! and Daniel is super cute. :)

[@KkaylaDdavisTV]

GEt it!!!! :)) Love her! Love love love her! I love them all :)

[@EmilyBarwick]

shesss incrediblee!

[@jasonabroussard]

omg. i love that ending. shoshana rocks my socks

[@iAmMadeOfSoup]

I love her personality

[@ShelbyxPwns]

im in love with that daniel guy. shoshana too. shes amazing.

[@ScorpioPower1980]

Goosebumps

[@ElphieBeGood]

Sho still Has It!!!! but u can still hear in her voice how much its changed because of wicked!

[@JohnMichaelBradshaw]

I LOVE YOU SHO!! :D

[@lbouille21]

Wonderfuuuull!!!!!!

[@AdamsplanetVlogs]

7:10 That's why I love Shoshana Bean. Im speechless. Has she ever done it this way in the production?

[@Jakthun]

Haha, "Did that really just happen?"

[@JonahNobleRelationshipCoach]

Dayum Girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl :)

[@jfk73552]

wonderful finishing

[@thegaythespian]

LOVE SHO'S VOICE. Donna is my favorite as far as acting Elphie, though.

[@mymixedtape05]

she's beautiful.

[@idareyou2move24]

it sounds like she has seriously been taking care of her voice, woot woot! for a while it was soundin kinda rough, but shes sounding almost completely healed!

[@clartzy05]

I love the guy who got up and sang.. and had the courtesy to run off for her performance.. and the opening line "did that really just happen?" - GREAT PERFORMANCE =]

[@satorikonigsberg]

Idina's the best, but if I had to watch anyone else, this woman would be it

[@juliamarie6385]

I saw Lindsay Mendez back in 2013, I'll be seeing Caroline bowman later this week!!! I wanna se shoshana SO bad though

[@TheEpona92]

oh wow he's pretty good, and i love how the crowd chimmed in XD she's so good at this! i guess she had to be though, following right after Idina. go Sho!

[@matthewdorame8678]

lol she is even doing the staging from the show

[@LaSheefra]

I totally agree

That's what I call a killing ending. haha

[@jamesmcnabb6842]

By far the BEST elphaba ever

[@wouldyalikajellybaby]

[@jocelyncubbage643]

Shoshana and Jessica v are the best

[@shoshanaissance]

7:00 ....amazing. And PIVOT and WORK.

[@agusita292]

genious!

[@mrjcb91]

I agree, a little bit to much, but i guess thats why people love Sho :)

[@sazag]

At the risk of dissin the people who clicked dislike, I think 6 people didn't get to sing the Madame Morrible Part.

[@p3fan09]

the guy that gave Daniel his mic looks just like i guy i went to highschool with! Sam was that you????

[@81snickerdoodle]

She’s the sh*t!!!!!

[@Maxkustrap]

Sho; I LOVE YOU =)

[@iheartwicked91]

if sho ever did that at wicked hahahah i cant picture elphaba doing that lol but for sho its ok! luv her!

[@angeldog54]

6:24-6:27 is so funny :D i love her !!!

[@Adivah1]

DAMN

[@p3fan09]

i eeped at the end... lol

[@SultrySole]

haha,i like how he said he knew it, then he totally didnt,LOL

[@katlin8807]

it says your name is Aubrey on your page? that's weird... just a thought

[@alexdwong]

Hahaa, a cover, lol, you're almost there shosana, good cover! It's almost believable like you could be on broadway someday! lol

[@vivalavieboheme14]

shes so fucking good!!!!!! shes just a little cocky but with a voice like that you'd expect her to be lol!

[@alika207]

8 people don't like any Elphie except Idina.

[@AChance2Fly]

Lol Daniel only knew half the words!!! XD

[@alexdwong]

I know, I was making fun of someone else that had posted that earlier.

[@kingikiller]

Why do people say so confidently the know the lyrics when they don’t?

[@CarlosLalonde]

kingikiller he just isn’t know the cues

[@bookgirl1000]

6 ppl obviously have an ear infection in BOTH earrs... shes good ... i like her version...

[@unidan82]

hehehe she's really funny!!!! - great voice too!! - although... it seems like quite a few of the American Elphabas have bit too much vibrato

[@michrp]

I love Shoshana Bean so much but for me the best Elphaba is ever going to be Jennifer DiNoia

[@ijason0570]

She's a great elphaba but not the best. Her riff at the end would get severely criticized if she ever performed that while she played that role; it's a little too much. Hands down best Elphaba is Lindsay Mendez.

[@nathantyson77]

Lindsay Mendez??? Really? Just listen to the one song and you can hear the clear order of elphabas. The is THE elphaba song. It foreshadows what will happen. The line up is clearly 1. Shoshana 2. Idina (out of respect. shes the original) 3. Stephanie J. Block Simple as that. You can add whoever you want after

[@anastaciaclarke7236]

She never ever did that riff on Broadway... She barely did any crazy riffs like that because she isn't allowed to. When she's performing this song on her own she can do whatever she wants. So ya...

[@ErickMach]

+Nathan Tyson What about Jemma Rix ? She's the longest Elphaba in the industry :o 10 years

[@elphbwckd212]

+Erick Mach Just because she's had the longest run doesn't make her the best... Jemma is amazing but she doesn't have the perfect vocals of shoshana.

[@syworld82]

FALSE... I saw Shoshana on Broadway 3 times.. She did that riff in various levels at all 3 performances... The 3rd time she actually did a whistle tune note while flying in Defying Gravity... Her range was amazing.. Shoshana DEFINED making the role your own.. SHE WAS and always will be .. THE ONLY PERSON that knows what it feels like to Step into a Tony Award Winning role and having to veer away from that and do it your own way...

[@dreaming92]

i want to be daniel please.