The Wicked Witch of the East (song)

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"The Wicked Witch of the East" is a song from the hit Broadway musical Wicked, composed by Stephen Schwartz. It is sung by Nessarose, Elphaba, and Boq.

[edit] Context within the musical

The song is the second song of Act Two of Wicked. It is sung by Nessarose as her sister, Elphaba, known as the Wicked Witch of the West, transforms her longtime love-interest, Boq into the Tin Woodman, brought on by the incorrect spell that Nessarose cast on Boq in an attempt to have him 'lose his heart to her.' She shrinks his heart instead. The song reflects on her evil deeds, in a way to tell of Nessarose's transformation from a "tragically beautiful", innocent girl into, as she describes herself, "the Wicked Witch of the East".