Saw this tonight and thought parts of it were extraordinary, not everything worked, but in saying that I was never checking my watch on the time. The three hours plus run time flew by. Timely play.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian