Kristin Chenoweth - Wicked and More
The original Glinda of the Broadway musical Wicked
Chenoweth on Broadway
As of March 27, 2010, Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth returns to Broadway as "Fran Kubelik" in Promises, Promises. She plays opposite Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes as "Chuck Baxter." Promises Promises official site (opens new browser window) - AND while you're visiting Broadway, see the current production of Wicked
BOOKS
A Little Bit Wicked
A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages
When asked why she decided to write the book, Chenoweth says in press notes, "So many amazing things are happening in my life right now; I felt the need to stand still for a moment and take stock of it all. So many blessings, so much love, all the music, laughter, and challenges. I can see God's hand on me every step of the way, which reminds me to do my best because He's watching me as I go forward. I celebrated a landmark birthday while I was working on the book, and it felt great to be able to say 'so far, so good!'"
Kristin Chenoweth in Defying Gravity the book.
Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked
Kristin Chenoweth is quoted in the book: Working on the Inside: The Spiritual Life Through the Eyes of Actors
Kristin Albums
Kristin Chenoweth effortlessly transitions between stage, television and film with the captivating grace that only she can project. 
As I Am - Kristin Chenoweth's album
Karaoke: Sing Songs in the Style of Kristin Chenoweth - or at
Pocket Songs
This Karaoke includes Girl in 14 G, Taylor the Latte Boy, My Funny Valentine, etc.
Watch Kristin's charming Tony winning performance from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway's Lost Treasures III - The Best of the Tony Awards
Kristin and Wicked the musical
- Wicked: CD, Sheet Music, News
- Kristin Chenoweth Recordings, Videos, DVDs
- Kristin Chenoweth Bio...
- Links to official and Kristin fan sites
- Kristin Chenoweth interviews
- Chenoweth Photos
Wicked the Musical
"Wicked: The Road to Broadway" - a DVD bonus feature on
Broadway: The American Musical | plus "For Good" rehearsal
Watch Kristin Chenoweth and
Idina Menzel rehearse and perform "For Good" from Wicked
in the DVD's special feature. PLUS a 16-minute bonus feature "Wicked: The Road to Broadway" with footage from the colorful production and interview
clips. It includes several minutes with stars Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth
in rehearsal, on stage, and backstage. Watch Kristin sparkle as she is interviewed,
see her dancing, enjoy her beautiful costumes and stunning entrance to the show. 3 Disk DVD about Broadway: Discount off list price: Broadway
- The American Musical - DVD amazon.com
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Hear Kristin on the WICKED CAST ALBUM: Wicked's composer Stephen Schwartz wrote music specifically for Kristin Chenoweth's remarkable four-octave vocal range. Wicked's Cast Album and Karaoke info, etc
Wicked SHEET MUSIC: - Want to sing "Popular," "For Good," and other Wicked songs? Visit the Wicked Piano Vocal Selections page
To find out about Wicked, get ticket information, etc. follow links on MusicalSchwartz.com's Wicked home page
Chenoweth Recordings, Videos, DVDs
A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas
New in 2007: Kristin Chenoweth sings the classic "Tonight" from West Side Story: A Place for Us: A Tribute to 50 Years of West Side Story
Enjoy her first solo album for $14.99 from Amazon.com: Let Yourself Go
Sing Songs in the Style of Kristin Chenoweth
Pocket Songs
This Karaoke includes Girl in 14 G, Taylor the Latte Boy, My Funny Valentine, etc.
Watch Kristin's charming Tony winning performance from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway's Lost Treasures III
As I Am - Kristin Chenoweth - New Album
ABOUT AS I AM: In addition to covering recent uplifting hits from some of her favorite singers such as Faith Hill ("It Will Be Me"), Trisha Yearwood ("The Song Remembers When"), Amy Grant ("There Will Never Be Another") and Sandi Patti ("Upon This Rock"), Chenoweth introduces "Borrowed Angels," a touching new ballad by Oscar nominee Diane Warren, and Jerry Wise's tenderly reassuring "When You Abide in Me."
She also brings a new flavor to enduring classics like the traditional "Poor Wayfaring Stranger," the hymn "Just As I Am," and the exuberant "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee," based on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." She samples a wide range of contemporary gospel sounds, as well, from Bill and Gloria Gaither's gospel classic from the 1970s "Because He Lives" to Mercy Me's best-selling "Word of God Speak."
A hidden bonus track offers a bit of a departure from the rest of the album – the charming "Taylor the Latte Boy," a wistfully comic song about a girl who falls in love with her Starbucks barista. The song has become a favorite of Chenoweth's fans in her concert appearances.
Leonard Bernstein's Candide - Live at Lincoln Center (2004)
Kristin
sings "This moment" on John Bucchino's Grateful, a collection of
sensitively written compositions in the "adult contemporary" genre with performances
by Judy Collins, Michael Feinstein, Art Garfunkel, Patti Lupone, Liza Minnelli,
and others.
"....This moment, ripened, bursting, taste it, name it. This moment, precious, fleeting, catch it, frame it..."
John is a brilliant songwriter and best friend of Stephen Schwartz. Songs that touch the heart and mind. Buy or listen to clips: John Bucchino's Grateful at CDBaby.com
Bewitched: DVD Bewitched
ANNIE - Don't
miss Kristin's performance on Disney's Annie that also includes Godspell movie's
lead Victor Garber and other top stars. Amazon.com editors say: "Disney's 1999
TV production of the classic 1977 musical Annie is remarkable for its casting
of stage actors rather than ratings trump cards. Tony winners Audra McDonald (Grace),
Alan Cumming (Rooster), and Kristin Chenoweth (Lily) join four-time nominee Victor
Garber (Daddy Warbucks) and Les Misérables veteran Alicia Morton (Annie)
to tell the tale of the Depression-era orphan who gets a taste of the upper-crust
life."
It's available on video, DVD, and CD
Annie Video Tape [new browser window].Annie DVD [new browser window].
Annie (1999 Television Film) Soundtrack CD [new browser window].
Kristin sings Stephen's popular song "Lion Tamer" from The Magic Show on The Stephen Schwartz Album. She also sings a cheery rendition of "Rewriting History" with music by Stephen Schwartz on the multi-artist CD Our Heart SingsBuy - Our Heart Sings [new browser window]
Kristin is featured on a revival album for You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, in which she performed on Broadway. This version of the show includes some new music by Stephen's good friend Andrew Lippa.
Buy - You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown [new browser window]Kristin also sings on several other albums including a Cole Porter album You Never Know and a musical by the composer of Falsettos, called A New Brain.
You Never Know (2001 Studio Cast) [new browser window].A New Brain (1998 Original Cast) [new browser window].
Chenoweth sings on The Music Man soundtrack: Disney Presents The Music Man (2003 TV...) [new browser window]
Other recordings include Steel Pier, 110 in the Shade, and Myths and Hymns.
Forthcoming: Kristin's Tony winning performance from Charlie Brown is supposed to be on Broadway's Lost Treasures III - The Best of the Tony Awards
Kristin Chenoweth bio and influence on Wicked.
KRISTIN'S INFLUENCE ON WICKED:
Before Kristin Chenoweth was cast as Glinda, notes Winnie Holzman, "the part was a much more peripheral figure. Based on wanting Kristin to do the show, and how much we felt she brought to it, we started to reshape the whole plot. It became the story of a friendship. That happened because of Kristin; Idina [Menzel] had not been cast at that point.
From her official bio: Acclaimed for her distinctive comedic gifts as well as her wide-ranging musical abilities, Chenoweth made her Broadway debut in a production of Moliere's Scapin starring Bill Irwin, followed in the spring of 1997 by the Kander and Ebb musical Steel Pier, for which she won a Theatre World award. The next season, she appeared in the City Center Encores! production of Strike Up the Band and the Lincoln Center Theater production of A New Brain. During the 1998-99 season, she created the role of Sally in the first Broadway production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, sweeping the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as the season's Best Featured Actress in a Musical. ....
Chenoweth starred in the sitcom "Kristin," which lasted six episodes on NBC in 2001. Her other TV credits include "The West Wing," "Frasier," "Sesame Street," Marian in "The Music Man" and Lily in "Annie." She is the inspiration for the character of Harriet Hayes in the NBC drama "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," created by Aaron Sorkin. Chenoweth recently signed on to star in ABC's "Pushing Daisies," a pilot under consideration for next season's schedule.
Announced Dec 18, 2008 Kristin Chenoweth has been tapped to star in NBC's David E. Kelley legal drama. In "Legally Mad," Chenoweth is set to play Skippy Pylon, a cheerful and brilliant attorney who nonetheless exhibits flashes of psychosis -- and enjoys being mistaken for a teenager.
Chenoweth will make her Met opera debut as Samira in the revival of John Corigliano's Ghosts of Versailles, scheduled to open in March 2010.
(Note: Kristin is sometimes misspelled Kristen Chenoweth or Cristin Chenoweth)
Kristin Chenoweth Sheet Music
"Popular," "Thank Goodness," "For Good" and others - part of Wicked sheet music
"Taylor the Latte Boy" is now available as downloadable individual sheet music: Musicnotes: Taylor the Latte Boy Piano/Vocal/Chords $9.95
"Taylor the Latte Boy" is published in the songbook for the composers: Goldrich and Heisler - Songbook, Volume 1
Links
Read about Kristin's career -- interview/article from April 2006: Kristin Chenoweth's Career - 'Wicked' star follows Hollywood's path
To find out about Wicked, get ticket information, etc. follow links on MusicalSchwartz.com's Wicked home page
List of Videotaped interviews from Seth's Chatterbox - Seth interviewed Kristin three timesl; she also appears on the musical compilation tape singing "Taylor, the Latte Boy"
Glitter - Kristin's Official Fan Club
Kristin's website http://www.kristinchenoweth.com/ includes discussion forum
http://kristinchenoweth.org - A Kristin Fan site with message board.
Kristin Chenoweth Interviews
Read about Kristin's career - interview/article from April 2006: Kristin Chenoweth's Career - 'Wicked' star follows Hollywood's path
For a Wicked related interview visit: TheatreMania.com interview and photo [new browser window]
Kristin on Theatre Talk Nov '03 [new browser window] - Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel speak on Theatre Talk. The show includes clips of Wicked as well as a Hairspray-related interview. The video is available - follow the order tapes link.
A Playbill article about Kristin, Idina and Wicked. Behind the Rainbow
Kristin's Favorite Things: According to this article, her favorite showtune is "Being Alive" and her favorite after-show treats are chocolate chip cookies: Playbill article about Kristin
Photos and video clips
CBS special with original Broadway cast just before the Tony Awards: WICKED Tony Awards CBS video clip with Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda
Wicked Souvenir Book - For spectacular photos of the cast, sets, and costumes for the new musical, I recommend the Wicked souvenir book. Search on "WICKED" at BroadwayNewYork.com [new browser window] Popular Broadway mail order shop with lots of merchandise from all the shows). $14.95 (List Price $17.95). See Kristin sparkle and Idina exude her power in the giant photos on the 13 inch x 9 inch full color pages. The 24 pages present scenes from the opening, the first act climax, and many others, all capturing the stage magic of this amazing show. You'll see two large photos of Kristin as Glinda in a "princess" type gown with her tiara, as Galinda at Shiz University and more.
Photos are also available by following the links listed.
Kristin Chenoweth photo collection [new browser window]
Now on sale: 100% cotton baseball caps 
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Kristin as Glinda
Ben Brantley praised Ms. Chenoweth's variety in her performance as Glinda in Wicked. "Though this petite, even-featured blonde would seem to have a set and familiar persona, it's amazing how she keeps metamorphosing before your eyes and ears. Her voice shifting between operetta-ish trills and Broadway brass, her posture melting between prom-queen vampiness and martial arts moves, she evokes everyone from Jeanette MacDonald to Cameron Diaz, from Mary Martin to Madonna. And her precisely graded vocal and physical inflections turn even predictable one-liners into something so startling that you have to laugh."--NYTImes October 31st, 2003
"Popular"
If you like the bright, bouncy, humorous style of "Popular" you might also enjoy "All for the Best" from Godspell, "No Time at All" and "Extraordinary" from Pippin, "Style" and "Two's Company" from The Magic Show (DVD and video available), and maybe "Bread" or "Luckiest Man in the World" from The Baker's Wife, "Moving in with Linda" (music by Schwartz) from Personals, and "Crowded Island" from Schwartz's Reluctant Pilgrim CD.
Read Stephen Schwartz's Comments from his discussion forum at StephenSchwartz.com [new browser window] on lyrics for "Popular."
Wicked Original Broadway Cast Album Track List:
- 1. NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED - Glinda and Citizens of Oz
- 2. DEAR OLD SHIZ - Glinda and Students
- 3. THE WIZARD AND I - Morrible, Elphaba
- 4. WHAT IS THIS FEELING? - Glinda, Elphaba and Students
- 5. SOMETHING BAD - Dr. Dillamond and Elphaba
- 6. DANCING THROUGH LIFE - Fiyero, Glinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba and Students
- 7. POPULAR - Glinda
- 8. I'M NOT THAT GIRL - Elphaba
- 9. ONE SHORT DAY - Glinda, Elphaba and Denizens of the Emerald City
- 10. A SENTIMENTAL MAN - The Wizard
- 11. DEFYING GRAVITY - Elphaba, Glinda, Guards and Citizens of Oz
- 12. THANK GOODNESS - Glinda, Morrible and Citizens of Oz
- 13. WONDERFUL - The Wizard, Elphaba
- 14. I'M NOT THAT GIRL (reprise) - Glinda
- 15. AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE - Elphaba and Fiyero
- 16. NO GOOD DEED - Elphaba
- 17. MARCH OF THE WITCH HUNTERS - Boq and Citizens of Oz
- 18. FOR GOOD - Glinda and Elphaba
- 19. FINALE - All
You're on MusicalSchwartz.com -- fan site for Stephen Schwartz
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"Taylor the Latte Boy" song that Kristin made popular is now available as downloadable individual sheet music: Musicnotes: Taylor the Latte Boy Piano/Vocal/Chords $9.95
Watch and hear Kristin sing "Taylor the Latte Boy" - YouTube Taylor the Latte Boy
This Songbook includes "Taylor the Latte Boy"
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