Many different types! The composer, Stephen Schwartz, had different sounds and styles for each song. The first song, "No One Mourns The Wicked" was made to sound a bit like "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" from the Wizard of Oz. while songs like "Popular" and "Dancing Through Life" were made to sound more pop. "Wonderful" is made to sound ragtime and vaudeville, and "No Good Deed" is somewhat operatic, kind of like an aria.
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Wicked has a combination of musical styles. There are your average show tune, pop, jazz, and classical.
Modern, ballroom, ballet and acrobatic are the dance styles in the musical "Wicked."Specifically, modern dance and acrobatics characterize the movements of the Flying Monkeys in "Dancing Through Life" and "One Short Day." Ballroom and ballet dominate in "Dancing Through Life." Elphaba and the Wizard also dance a vaudevillian waltz in "Wonderful."
The book 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' came out in 1995. 'Wicked: the musical' (only the best musical ever) came out in 2003.
Wicked the musical did not open until October 30th, 2003.
Böse is a literal German translation of the musical title 'Wicked'.