name to “Glinda” in honour of Dr. Dillamond, but Fiyero just says goodbye. Elphaba invites Glinda for a day of sightseeing in the Emerald City (“One Short Day”). Elphaba and Glinda meet the Wizard of Oz, who is not as scary as they thought (“A Sentimental Man”). He promises Elphaba to grant her request if she proves herself. Madame Morrible appears; she is the Wizard’s new “press secretary”. She gives Elphaba a book of spells, the Grimmerie, which only the magically gifted can read. Elphaba is asked to perform a levitation spell on the Wizard’s monkey servant, Chistery, but it makes Chistery sprout wings. She discovers that the Wizard is behind the suppression of the Animals and that he is a fraud. She flees the Wizard’s chamber, and Morrible warns all of Oz that Elphaba is a “wicked witch”. Elphaba vows revenge on the Wizard, enchants a broom, and flies from the Emerald City (“Defying Gravity”). Act II Later, Elphaba is known as “The Wicked Witch of the West.” The Wizard has given Glinda the title “Glinda the Good” and made her the nation’s defender against Elphaba. Fiyero cannot find Elphaba. He reluctantly agrees to marry Glinda. A press conference to celebrate their engagement and his appointment as captain of the guard is hijacked by the crowd’s panicked rumours about Elphaba; one says that “water can melt her!” Glinda maintains a cheerful front for the press but regrets her decision (“Thank Goodness”). Elphaba visits Nessarose, now the governor of Munchkinland after the death of their father. Nessa has taken away the Munchkins’ rights so that Boq can’t leave her. Elphaba tries to convince her to join her against the Wizard, but Nessa is consumed by her problems. Elphaba tries to help by giving Nessa the power to walk, by turning Nessa’s jewelled shoes into ruby slippers. Nessa thinks Boq would love her now, but he sees this as proof that she no longer needs him and wants to tell Glinda of his love for her. Nessa takes the Grimmerie to cast a spell to make Boq fall in love with her. She pronounces the words wrong and accidentally shrinks Boq’s heart (“The Wicked Witch of the East”). Elphaba works another spell to save his life, transforming him into the Tin Woodman. Horrified, Nessa blames Elphaba. Elphaba returns to the palace to free the monkey servants and encounters the Wizard. He admits that he is an ordinary man and offers to redeem Elphaba’s reputation (“Wonderful”). When she sees that Dr. Dillamond has lost the power of speech, Elphaba angrily accuses the Wizard, but he calls the guards to arrest her. Fiyero helps Elphaba escape and leaves with her. Heartbroken (“I’m Not That Girl” (reprise)), Glinda suggests that the Wizard and Morrible use Nessarose as bait. Morrible agrees and conjures up “a change in the weather”. In the woods, Elphaba and Fiyero express their love for each other (“As Long As You’re Mine”) before Elphaba has a vision of Nessa in danger. Fiyero says she could stay at Kiamo Ko, his family’s castle. In Munchkinland Elphaba finds Nessa crushed by a house carrying Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto, who Glinda has sent on the yellow brick road with Nessa’s ruby slippers. The Wizard’s guards arrive. Fiyero holds Glinda hostage as Elphaba flees. Glinda pleads for the guards not to harm him, but they escort Fiyero to a nearby cornfield. At Kiamo Ko, Elphaba casts a spell to save Fiyero but is crestfallen by the limitations of her power. She accepts her reputation as a “Wicked Witch” (“No Good Deed”). In the capital of Oz, Glinda realizes that Madame Morrible is responsible for Nessa’s death. The citizens declare war on Elphaba and set out to take Kiamo Ko (“March of the Witch Hunters”), where Elphaba holds Dorothy captive, demanding that Dorothy give her Nessa’s slippers. Glinda arrives to warn Elphaba of the danger and begs her to free Dorothy. Elphaba refuses until she receives a letter concerning Fiyero. The two women forgive each other. Elphaba gives the Grimmerie to Glinda (“For Good”). As the mob arrives, Glinda hides, and Dorothy throws a bucket of water on Elphaba, melting her. The only remains of her are her pointy hat and the Green Elixir that her mother drank. In the Emerald City, Glinda confronts the Wizard with Elphaba’s bottle, which he recognizes as his own; he was Elphaba’s biological father and the cause of her green skin. Glinda banishes the Wizard from Oz and sends Morrible to prison. Meanwhile, Fiyero (transformed into the scarecrow by Elphaba’s spell) comes to the spot where Elphaba melted. He knocks on the floor, and Elphaba steps out from a trap door. She regrets that she will never see Glinda again. Back in the present, Glinda finishes the story and promises the people of Oz that she will earn her title as Glinda the Good. They celebrate as Glinda mourns. Elphaba and Fiyero leave Oz (“Finale”).
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