ohjustjake: There is a conversation about the No Good Deed entrance effect going on here:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1081234&dt=15 But for the record, Broadway has always used the trap door where Elphaba comes up from the for for NGD. On the road most venues don't have trap doors/elevators so in order to have some magic they wanted to have her fly in from the wing. During tech SJB was in the flight rig and it malfunctioned, with one cable pulling her and the other keeping her in place - major ouch for the midsection. So she had to be out for a bit and the plan was scrapped.
I like a good rhyme more than a good time