One Short Day

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Wicked Movie Cast & Michael McCorry Rose

One Short Day

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[ELPHABA] There are buildings tall as Quoxwood trees [GLINDA] Dress salons [ELPHABA] And libraries [GLINDA] Palaces [ELPHABA] Museums [ELPHABA & GLINDA] A hundred strong There are wonders likе I've never seen [GLINDA] It's all grand [ELPHABA] And it's all green [ELPHABA & GLINDA] I think wе've found the place where we belong I wanna be in this hoi polloi [ELPHABA] So I'll be back for good someday [GLINDA] To make my life and make my way [ELPHABA & GLINDA] But for today, we'll wander and enjoy [ALL] One short day in the Emerald City One short day to have a lifetime of fun One short day [ELPHABA & GLINDA] And we're warning the city Now that we're in here You'll know we've been here [ALL]Before we are done[ANNOUNCER]Presenting the absolute factual story of our wonderful Wizard of OzStarring the Emerald City players [PRESENTER] Long, long ago, long before we can recallThere lived here in Oz the magical wise ones[WIZOMANIA CHOIR]Ah, the magical wise ones[WIZOMANIA CHOIR & PRESENTER]The wisest of them all [WIZOMANIA CHOIR]This man who comes out of the blueIs he the prophecy?[PRESENTER]There's one way we'll know if it's true[PRESENTER & WIZOMANIA CHOIR, WIZOMANIA CHOIR]Fetch the Grimmerie (The Grimmerie)[WIZARD OF OZ, spoken]OmahaOmaha[WOMAN, spoken]He can read itHe must beA Wizard[WIZOMANIA SINGER 1]The prophecy fulfilled[WIZOMANIA SINGER 2]What merriness he'll bring[WIZOMANIA SINGER 1 & 2]Now every Ozian raise a voice and singAnd sing, and sing [WIZOMANIA SINGER 2]Who's the mage whose majorItinerary is making all Oz merrier?[WIZOMANIA SINGER 1]Who's the sage who sagelySailed in to save our posteriors? [WIZOMANIA CHOIR] Whose enthuse for hot-air ballooningHas all of Oz honeymooning? Ooh, isn't he wonderful? Our wonderful Wizard [ELPHABA & GLINDA, WIZOMANIA CHOIR ] One short day ( Who's the mage whose major ) In the Emerald City ( Itinerary is making all Oz merrier? ) One short day ( Who's the sage who sagely ) To have a lifetime of fun ( Sailed in to save our posteriors? ) [ALL] What a way to be seeing the city [ELPHABA & GLINDA] Where so many roam to We'll call it home too And then, just like now, we can say We're just two friends [ELPHABA] Two good friends [GLINDA] Two best friends [ALL] Sharing one wonderful One short [GUARD, spoken]The Wizard will see you now! [ALL] Day

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Credits

Writers
  • Stephen Schwartz
Producers
  • Stephen Schwartz
  • Stephen Oremus
  • Greg Wells
Vocal Coach
  • Antea Birchett
  • Eric Vetro
Preparer
  • Jordan Cox
  • Global Service Music
  • Aiden Davis
  • James Reagan
  • Brad Ritchie
Contractor
  • Jasper Randall
  • Isobel Griffiths
Audio Editor
  • Ashley Andrew-Jones
Additional Orchestration
  • Jonathan Beard
  • Ed Trybeck
  • Henri Wilkinson
Assistant Engineer
  • Jason Soudah
  • Laura Beck
  • Wil Jones
  • George Lloyd-Owen
  • Eve Morris (Engineer)
  • Sean Phelan
Recording Engineer
  • Nick Wollage
  • Ian Kagey
  • John Prestage
Orchestration
  • Jeff Atmajian
Arranger
  • Stephen Oremus
  • Dominick Amendum
  • Greg Wells
  • Jeff Atmajian
Vocal Engineer
  • Robin Baynton
Rhythm Section
  • Greg Wells
Mixed At
  • Barbara McLean Stage
  • Robert Wise Stage
Vocal Editor
  • Robin Baynton
Additional Mixing
  • Laurence Anslow
Musical Supervision
  • Dominick Amendum
  • Maggie Rodford
Dialogue
  • Jeff Goldblum
  • Stephen Schwartz
  • Winnie Holzman
Background Vocals
  • Derrick Williams
  • Nicholas Ward
  • Nikki Renée Daniels
  • Shayna Steele
  • Michael Seelbach
  • Marissa Rosen
  • Allsun O’Malley
  • Desi Oakley
  • Michael McCorry Rose
  • Kara Lindsay
  • Ross Lekites
  • Pablo David Laucerica
  • Kristoffer Cusick
  • Jesse JP Johnson
  • Troy Iwata
  • Julie Garnyé
  • Caitlyn Gallogly
  • Alyssa Fox
  • Danny Drewes
  • Meg Doherty
  • Michael Cole
  • Ashley Brown
  • Larkin Bogan
  • Wendi Bergamini
  • Isabella Ye
  • Nora Winter
  • Skylar Bohon Oremus
  • Theo Lowenstein
  • Spencer Lincoln
  • Jackson Hayes
  • Annika Reese Franklin
  • Austin Elle Fisher
  • Scarlett Diviney
  • Max Chambers
Violin
  • Richard George
  • Fenella Barton
  • Mark Berrow
  • Daniel Bhattacharya
  • Natalia Bonner
  • Thomas Bowes
  • Charlie Brown (Violinist)
  • Ben Buckton
  • Emil Chakalov
  • Ralph De Souza
  • Christina Emanuel
  • Dai Emanuel
  • Jonathan Evans-Jones
  • Nina Foster (violin)
  • Kathy Gowers
  • Marianne Haynes
  • Raja Halder
  • Phillippe Hanoré
  • Ian Humphries
  • Martyn Jackson
  • Patrick Kiernan
  • Bea Lovejoy
  • Dorina Markoff
  • Laura Melhuish
  • John Mills
  • Steve Morris
  • Everton Nelson
  • Odile Ollagnon
  • Oscar Perks
  • Tom Pigott-Smith
  • Kotono Sato
  • Sarah Sexton
  • Anna Szabo
  • Cathy Thompson
  • Clare Thompson
  • Michael Trainor
  • Matthew Ward
  • Debbie Widdup
  • Warren Zielinski
Viola
  • Bruce White
  • Laurie Anderson
  • Nick Barr
  • Catherine Bradshaw
  • Reiad Chibah
  • Sue Dench
  • Clive Howard
  • Martin Humbey
  • Helen Kamminga
  • Peter Lale
  • Fiona Leggat
  • Lydia Northcott
  • Kate Musker
  • Andrew Parker (Violist)
Cello
  • Nick Cooper
  • Adrian Bradbury
  • Tim Gill (Cellist)
  • Sophie Harris
  • Paul Kegg
  • Rachael Lander
  • David Lale
  • Vicky Matthews
  • Frank Schaefer
  • Bozidar Vukotic
  • Tony Woollard
Double Bass
  • Mary Scully
  • Steve Mair
  • Paul Kimber
  • Roger Linley
  • Rupert Ring
  • Steve Rossell
  • Ben Russell
  • Lucy Shaw
  • Beth Symmons
  • Laurence Ungless
  • Dominic Worsley
Flute
  • Karen Jones (Flutist)
  • David Culbert
  • Helen Keen
  • Eliza Marshall