No Good Deed Goes Unscored: The Musical Masterminds Behind “Wicked: For Good”

Stephen Oremus was there at the beginning, playing piano at Wicked‘s first showcase in the basement of Los Angeles’ Coronet Theater. Also in attendance: composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, writer Winnie Holzman, and ten singers who performed the musical’s first act for producer Marc Platt. “Even before there was a director attached or anything, we pieced together this very early version of Act One,” recalls executive music producer Oremus. “It was about three hours long!”