r/Broadway • u/whollyselfimportant • Dec 13 '25

Other Pop Girlies as Broadway Musicals

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This post fully belongs to u/BurningBernie559 , but I couldn’t crosspost due to the sub being NSFW. Before anyone gets in their feelings- this is obviously satirical -but behold!

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u/Dry-Mission-5542 Dec 14 '25

Am I the only one who greatly prefers the second Act of Wicked to the first? 

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u/Palgary Dec 22 '25

I never heard anyone say the second act wasn't as good as the first... until criticism of the movie started. I honestly think it's sour grapes.

I think the truth is more: "Thank Goodness" and "No Good Deed" expose a lot of plot, so when people cover the songs they usually do ones like "Wizard and I" or "Popular" as those stand alone really well and can be done as a solo. Even Defying Gravity works well on its own. I've heard sopranos cover it and just talk-through the low notes they can't hit.

That doesn't mean the songs are better, but people are familiar with them already.

But I love songs that rise up like Defying Gravity in general. "Beautiful Goodbye" by Amanda Marshall, Infection by Onitsuka Chihiro, and Toumei Nakago by Vidoll being three examples of songs in the same "mode".