No Good Deed (Commentary)

[Spoken]

"No Good Deed," I mean, this to me is as big as "Defying Gravity"

I mean, her voice is so huge here, and she makes it feel like butter

This is the moment where the Wicked Witch accepts herself to be the Wicked Witch

Not just a person leaving a place, not just a person saying, "I don't need this anymore"

This is a person who says, "I am this, and I need this space, and I have this army"

Cynthia's vocal on that is incredible, and then what she did live when, when it was shot

Whew, I mean, I mean, over and over and over

Like, I, I, I don't know how she did what she did

It was just, it was absolutely extraordinary

Cynthia's a powerhouse, and she just tore into it

And I remember hearing her sing it, and it was like all her hair just blew back

Because there was so much power and ferocity in her performance

It's what I always want from that song, and she just delivers it just completely

What I love about singing as Elphaba is that all of her songs are turning points in her story, in her life, in her growth

And so it feels like every time we sing a new song, there's something that she realizes about herself or has to learn about herself, whether it's easy or not

Uh, and there are always decisions to be made in these songs

It feels really powerful to be able to use music in that way