I'm grateful for...MUSICALS!!!! 🎭 One of my all-time FAVES is Stephen Schwartz's 2003 smash hit Broadway musical "WICKED!!!!" 🧹 To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of "Wicked," I'm going to record/post 7 new videos this week of me singing/playing my favorite "Wicked" songs! #WickedWeek 🎹 Here's the 1st video that I recorded this afternoon of me performing "The Wizard & I!" 💚🖤

To see any of my 18 other "Wicked" music videos that are already posted on YouTube, click on my YT playlist linked below! 🎵 I'm SUPER excited for the 2 new "Wicked" films (starring Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande) that are coming to theaters in Nov. 2024 & Nov. 2025!! 👏

I've been obsessed w/ the original Broadway cast album of "Wicked" (feat. Idina Menzel & Kristin Chenoweth) since junior high! 💿 It was a THRILL to see the Broadway production twice in California during high school & to see Idina perform live at UVU in 2015 (I have a video of her singing "Defying Gravity" on my YT channel)! 🎤

I also had the unforgettable opportunity to collaborate w/ Kristin twice: I was the synthesizer player for the 2017 BYU Homecoming Spectacular (which featured her), & I got to sing/play some songs w/ her when she visited Encircle in SLC & Provo as an LGBTQ ally in 2019 (I have 3 videos of us performing "Wicked" songs together on my YT channel)! 🤩

[Month of Gratitude - Day #13 of 30] 🦃

Here's a link to my full YT playlist of "Wicked" music videos (which includes a video of me accompanying Melissa Carlos on "The Wizard & I" in 2018):    • John's "Wicked" music videos!  

Here's the original Broadway recording of Idina Menzel ROCKING "The Wizard & I!":    • The Wizard And I (From "Wicked" Origi...  

And here's a fantastic video of Ariana Grande performing "The Wizard & I" live on NBC:    • Ariana Grande "THE WIZARD AND I" Live...