#glee wicked

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What if Glee did Wicked?

I saw this post by Kevin McHale on X (formerly Twitter) and it made wonder what would have been the casting if Glee did a production of Wicked, like they did for West Side Story, Grease, etc.

And I think the answer depends on the season.

I think the casting would reflect the storylines so :

Season 1

Rachel as Elphaba ; Quinn as G(a)linda ; Finn as Fiyero.

Because it was the season where they were kinda fighting over Finn, and it would have created more drama if Rachel had to sing ALAYM on stage with Finn, and with the public seeing that they have chemistry. Quinn would have been livid.

It would also have been quite early in the season, before we see too much of her being pregnant (because "A PREGNANT TEENAGER ON STAGE?? Are you crazy Will ? The parents will be livid. I have to agree with Sue, you can't do that!" ~ Principal Figgins). Also it would have been before Jesse came because he would have been Fiyero with no hesitation.

Also, Brittany and Santana would have been Pfanee and Shen Shen, it's obvious.

I think that Mercedes would have been Madame Morrible, and for the Wizard I think it would have been Puck or Kurt, depending on what Will choose.

Now, for Nessa, you probably think that it should be Tina, BUT Nessa is in a wheelchair, and Artie is too. I could picture him trying to play on that, be like "I'm really in a chair, I should get a chance to have a role that is about someone who is in a wheelchair". I don't know if he would win that argument or not, but it could have been funny.

Then Boq would be the one who didn't get the Wizard, so Puck or Kurt, and Matt could be Dr Dillamond. (He would finally had a solo!). I think that Mike didn't really sing then, so he wouldn't have audition for a main role. But maybe he could be the lion?

And if Artie got Nessa, Tina would be Dorothy.

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Season 2

So, in season 2, Kurt moved school, so he wouldn't be in the play. Mike sang more, Matt left, Sam and Lauren joined.

I think the main casting would stay the same, but maybe Sam would have auditioned for Fiyero and would get the Wizard.

I also don't think there would have been a lot of changes with what I said previously. For Boq/Dr Dillamond there's Harry and Puck. Mercedes would still be Morrible. I don't know if Lauren would have auditioned for a role. Tina would be whatever left too.

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Season 3

Season 3 is more interesting because there are new members of the New Directions: Sugar, Rory, Joe (aka Teen Jesus), Blaine.

The musical of season 3 was West Side Story, and it took place in the first episodes of the season. Meaning that Wicked being later would change a lot of things.

I think that the musical should take place when Quinn is in her wheelchair because it would mean that she could play Nessarose, and Artie's argument about being the only one in a wheelchair wouldn't work. Plus, Artie was the director (I think? I remember him being of charge of the auditions) of West Side Story, so he could direct Wicked.

So at the time where Quinn was in a wheelchair, Rachel was having an existential crisis about the NYADA, and being overdramatic and saying that her Broadway dream was over, that she could never be in a Broadway musical. Which means that it would be the perfect timing to not give her the lead.

With Quinn as Nessa, maybe Teen Jesus Joe could be Boq.

So, Elphaba could be Mercedes, Blaine would probably be Fiyero, and Santana could be G(a)linda.

The Wizard would be Kurt, and Morrible could be Tina (or Rachel if needed to give her a role).

Sugar would be Dorothy (we need to give her a role) and Rory would be Dr Dillamond.

Puck would probably be ensemble or not in the musical at all since he was at this moment where he had to retake an exam or so he wouldn't be graduate. So maybe he could have been forbidden to be in it until he got his exam.

Brittany and Mike would be the choreographers.

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Seasons 4/5

Now, with the new cast we would have Marley as Elphaba, Kitty as G(a)linda and Jake as Fiyero.

The had that rivalry over him, kinda similar to Quinn/Finn/Rachel so it makes sense.

Unique would be Morrible, Blaine as the Wizard, Sam as Boq, Tina as Nessa, and Ryder as Dr Dillamond.

Brittany as the choreographer, Joe would probably have disappeared when they would do that. And Artie would direct.

I won't try doing a casting for season 6 as the newbies weren't really the focus, plus the season was so short, I don't see where theh would have time to do a musical.

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If I forgot someone, or a role, don't hesitate to tell me, and I would love to hear if you have a different opinion.

[angelhummel]

[ameliadoesstuff]

ninjago & musicals

[whatiwillsay]

to understand what kind of lesbian glinda is you must first understand what kind of lesbian quinn fabray is. in this essay I will-

[galindasbubbles]

Faberry is gelphie but in a different font… trust..,,.,,.,,,

[gailynovelry]

Thinking a little bit about that one "I'm an English major and a professional as opposed to you amateurs" anon. Gonna roast 'em a little bit, but with the intention of addressing a thing we've had in mind for a while.

Real talk, coming from someone who WAS an English major; majoring in English is not necessarily a guarantee that someone is a good writer. For one, you can be bad at your major, full stop. For another, it's not even a guarantee that someone identifies as a writer to begin with. English as a major is pretty broad, and it covers reading too, among other things. There's library science, analytical academia, historical preservation & interpretation (MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS HELL YES), editing, nonfiction trades (often crosses over with STEM majors), marketing (crosses over with business majors), and also book design and typography (<3 <3 <3 our favorite, crosses over with art majors).

Someone can major in English and take a specific minor with the goal of falling into a trade that is not writing literary fiction. In fact, we would argue that most people who get something useful out of their major are the ones that do that.

It's also worth noting that it's possible to be an English major focused on "lowbrow" fiction. There are people who major in English and use the experience towards the end of writing erotica. There are people who major in English with the intent to write genre fiction. There are people who major in English to study the history and social context of fanfiction.

These things are, in fact, worthy fields of study! The realm of the "amateur" is the realm where a lot of cultural conversations and innovations happen!

Expecting English as a major to be a tract specifically for producing acclaimed literary fictionists is not realistic, not how the discipline typically works, and it's certainly not a thing you can use to hold over other writers' heads. It is perfectly possible for people to write good things (professional-grade things even) without ever touching a college course.

I sat through so much bad writing in college. Technically bad, thematically bad, gramatically bad. And I routinely bump into non-graduate authors who write texts, formal and informal alike, that blow my own writing clean out of the water with their quality.

In short, dismissing other people in your general field as "amateurs" who are beneath you is an incredibly unprofessional thing to do.

[shot-in-the-sky]

The Glee Club kids would never recover from the Wicked movie. They would hold so much space that they would suffocate from lack of oxygen.

They would not address the fact that Rachel's dad is the Wizard.

[apricitystars]

i knew you in you had the same look

another life in your eyes

[jackandmaxanne]

CHICAGO (2002) WICKED (2024)

[dicingvision]

RIP to Kurt Hummel, you would’ve loved the Wicked movie, but I fear you would’ve been the grown man who was sitting behind me singing “Defying Gravity” under his breath loudly, and Blaine Anderson would’ve been that man’s partner who at some point went “SHUSH HONEY THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE HERE”

[stranger-than-chris-colfer]

[thebootstrap-paradox]

Friendly reminder that Rachel Berry’s mom is Elphaba and her dad is The Wizard

[backslashdelta]

What Is This Feeling? would have gone SO hard as a Kurtbastian duet

[dearestspiral]

Just saw a tiktok of how faberry would’ve ATE singing ‘what is this feeling’ from wicked

[itsashortworldafterall]

This remains one of my absolute favourite videos ever 😭😭 I miss them and their shenanigans! Hurry up pro shot release!

[wikitpowers]

if i know one thing, it’s that kit sings ‘teenage dream’ by katy perry at the top of his lungs and he cries listening to the darren criss acoustic glee version