The Band have released an impressive acoustic version onto YouTube to show case their talent.

Check out the video below.

In previous posts I’ve written about the song Defying Gravity from the hit musical Wicked, performed in the original Broadway style, in a rock style by Kerry Ellis, and in a Glee Mash up.

And now the group Philos have released their version of Defying Gravity, and again it’s completely different to the other versions as the band have really stamped their own style onto the song. Check them out in the video below.

It’s mix of brilliant Jazzed up versions of popular songs have helped the show become popular and it’s modern take on the musical genre has helped introduce a new generation to musical drama.

In the video below a talented fan of the show performs his version of 2 of the songs from the first season of GLEE, Defying Gravity & True Colours.

Kerry also released an Album where she added she own rock style to a number of the Wicked numbers. The Album is produced by Queen’s Brian May and is titled Wicked in Rock.

The video below shows Kerry Recording the song.

Wicked is a thought provoking look at the events leading upto the Wizard of OZ, and follows the adventures of Elphaba, who will go on to become the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda, who becomes the Good Witch of the North. Wicked has gone onto to break box office records around the world.

Avenue Q has been described as an adult Sesame Street, and when it closed on Broadway it became the one of the longest running shows of all time. The show features mainly commedy songs, and the show is aimed at adults, whith strong language and adults themes.

As of June 21, 2009, the production had grossed $117,009,852 and had returned profits of $23,500,000 to its investors.

So what happens when the 2 shows combine. In this clip Trekkie Monster as Elphaba and Kate Monster as Glinda sing one of Wicked’s show stopping songs “Popular.”

This video explains it very nicely!!

Normally theatre recorded videos are poor quality but this one is quite good, and is reportily of Kerry Ellis performing Defying Gravity with Kendra Kassebaum in Wicked on Broadway on 17/06/2008.

The song is the finale of the first act in Wicked, when Elphaba discovers that the The Wizard of Oz is not the hero she had originally believed him to be. Realising this, and despite Glinda’s arguments, Elphaba vows  to fight the Wizard and his evil schemes. During the song, Elphaba enchants a broomstick to levitate and, she rises above the stage.

The fantastic sequence is brought to life by 60 moving lights, smoke, and wind effects.

Wicked has broken box office records all over the world and has won a Tony Award

In this clip the fantastic Kerry Ellis sings the Wizard and I.