{"id":2171695,"date":"2025-11-22T02:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2171695"},"modified":"2025-11-22T02:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:40:17","slug":"10-movie-musicals-whose-new-songs-dont-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/10-movie-musicals-whose-new-songs-dont-suck\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Movie Musicals Whose New Songs Don&#8217;t Suck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>    <\/p>\n<p data-characters=\"289\" data-injectable=\"true\" data-video=\"true\">Is anyone surprised that \u201cNo Place Like Home\u201d and \u201cThe Girl in the Bubble,\u201d the two new Stephen Schwartz songs in <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/wicked-for-good-review\/\">Wicked: For Good<\/a><\/em>, aren\u2019t all that memorable? While it\u2019s not impossible, there are very few <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/best-musical-movies-of-all-time-ranked\/\">movie musicals<\/a> that pull off adding a new song. <\/p>\n<p data-characters=\"795\" data-current-count=\"795\" data-injectable=\"true\"><em>Wicked: For Good<\/em> was fighting an uphill battle. The new songs aren\u2019t actively bad, and there are a <em>lot<\/em> of bad songs added to movie musicals for one reason or another. \u201cSuddenly\u201d from <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/tag\/les-miserables\/\">Les Miserables<\/a><\/em>? Terrible. \u201cLearn to be Lonely\u201d in <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/tag\/phantom-of-the-opera\/\">Phantom of the Opera<\/a><\/em>? Just in the credits, thankfully, but still boring. \u201cBeautiful Ghosts\u201d in <em>Cats<\/em>? Hard pass. \u201cEvermore,\u201d in the live-action <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>? With so much <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/cuckoo-dan-stevens-has-proved-we-should-always-let-him-get-weird\/\">love and respect to Dan Stevens<\/a>, no thank you. I don\u2019t even like <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/tag\/dear-evan-hansen\/\">Dear Evan Hansen<\/a><\/em>, but even I know that \u201cThe Anonymous Ones\u201d was unnecessary. The two <em>Wicked<\/em> songs just aren\u2019t <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/all-the-good-songs-arent-just-in-the-first-act-of-wicked-hope-that-helps\/\">as good as their Act 2 companions<\/a>, and don\u2019t necessarily pull the threads they needed to pull in order to expand this story. <\/p>\n<p data-characters=\"500\" data-current-count=\"500\" data-injectable=\"true\">Now, \u201cMean Green Mother from Outer Space\u201d from <em>Little Shop of Horrors<\/em> is a good song, and maybe even a great song. But since I prefer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/in-defense-of-the-little-shop-of-horrors-theatrical-cut\/\">the stage musical\u2019s ending and love the original \u201cFinale (Don\u2019t Feed The Plants)\u201d<\/a> so much, I can\u2019t fully endorse the change. Occasionally, a movie musical will use a cut song instead of a totally original song. \u201cYou Can\u2019t Win\u201d from <em>The Wiz<\/em> and several songs in <em>tick, tick\u2026 BOOM<\/em> are examples of that. <\/p>\n<p data-characters=\"489\" data-current-count=\"489\" data-injectable=\"true\">Occasionally, however, a movie musical gets it right with new material. More than one of them, in fact, did it off so well that the new songs got added back in to subsequent stage productions. There are more 20th century examples than more recent examples, sure; and they <em>rarely<\/em> get more than a nomination at the Academy Awards if that. Only \u201cYou Must Love Me\u201d from <em>Evita<\/em> won Best Original Song, and do we really want to get into <em>Evita<\/em> right now? The point is, it can be done! <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bye-bye-birdie\" data-injectable=\"false\"><em>Bye Bye Birdie<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"300\" data-injectable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bye Bye Birdie - Opening Song\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m8wjDcvlAeM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"366\" data-current-count=\"666\" data-injectable=\"true\">The catchy title song, \u201cBye Bye Birdie,\u201d was not in the original stage musical. It was written for the film! Granted, it\u2019s more of a pop song than a musical theatre song. It doesn\u2019t advance the plot or reveal character in any way. When it was added to the 2009 Broadway revival, it was used as a celebratory finale. But it <em>doesn\u2019t suck<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-sound-of-music\" data-injectable=\"false\"><em>The Sound of Music<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"300\" data-injectable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Have Confidence from The Sound of Music\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RV-6qbUHVww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"413\" data-current-count=\"713\" data-injectable=\"true\"><em>The Sound of Music<\/em> movie adaptation cut Max and Elsa\u2019s songs, and that\u2019s a shame. But it added \u201cI Have Confidence\u201d for Maria, which is a really good \u201cI Want\u201d song, and the love duet \u201cSomething Good\u201d for Maria and the Captain. Both of those songs have made their way into later stage productions. It makes an already epic musical even longer, but can you blame them?<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-little-mermaid\" data-injectable=\"false\"><em>The Little Mermaid<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"300\" data-injectable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Halle - For the First Time (From &quot;The Little Mermaid&quot;)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AttNBbP1l_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"698\" data-current-count=\"998\" data-injectable=\"true\">Here, I\u2019m gonna get a little controversial. Live action adaptations of Disney musicals are as notorious as Broadway musical adaptations when it comes to adding songs that are mid by comparison. I know that people like to make fun of the Awkwafina and Daveed Diggs joint \u201cScuttlebutt\u201d that Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda added to the score of the 1989 animated film. But \u201cWild Uncharted Waters\u201d is charming, and \u201cFor The First Time\u201d is an absolute banger. Miranda is so good at capturing the rush you get when you\u2019re about to see your crush in song, and that moment where the fantasy breaks and Ariel remembers that she gave up her voice? Chills. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"godspell\" data-injectable=\"false\"><em>Godspell<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"300\" data-injectable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Beautiful City&quot; - Hunter Parrish, Stephen Schwartz &amp; Broadway Inspirational Voices\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zig_4SPdZQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"335\" data-current-count=\"635\" data-injectable=\"true\">\u201cBeautiful City\u201d was not originally part of the Stephen Schwartz musical <em>Godspell<\/em>. It was written for the 1973 film for the ensemble and added to the 2011 revival as a solo for Jesus. Other professional stage productions have used the song in other ways. But since the film, it\u2019s hard to imagine <em>Godspell<\/em> without it. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-little-night-music\" data-injectable=\"false\"><em>A Little Night Music<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"300\" data-injectable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audra McDonald Sings Sondheim&#039;s &quot;The Glamorous Life&quot; at New York City Center Gala\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zkCOims7yhY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"618\" data-current-count=\"918\" data-injectable=\"true\">In the original 1973 Stephen Sondheim stage musical, \u201cThe Glamorous Life\u201d is a chaotic ensemble song. In it, a theatre troupe travels from town to town and the leading lady and her mother write letters back and forth. The opening verse is sung by the star\u2019s daughter, who introduces her own unconventional upbringing. For the 1977 film, Sondheim rewrote the song as a ballad entirely from the daughter\u2019s point of view. The new version of \u201cThe Glamorous Life\u201d is a sweeping, emotional song full that has had a life in concerts (see Audra MacDonald crushing it above) since the film. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"grease\" data-injectable=\"false\"><em>Grease<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"300\" data-injectable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Travolta And Olivia Newton John - You&#039;re The One That I Want\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itRFjzQICJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"649\" data-current-count=\"949\" data-injectable=\"true\">The original musical <em>Grease<\/em> was very different in tone <em>and<\/em> tune to the movie we know and love. So many songs in the movie were not in the early versions of the stage play, including \u201cGrease,\u201d \u201cHopelessly Devoted To You,\u201d \u201cSandy,\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019re The One That I Want.\u201d To the surprise of nobody, those songs were very quickly added into subsequent productions of <em>Grease<\/em> on the West End, Broadway, and around the globe. (There <em>was<\/em> a different song titled \u201cGrease\u201d in the original Chicago production of the musical that has cropped up in some revivals\u2026 just to keep you on your toes!)<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dreamgirls\" data-injectable=\"false\"><em>Dreamgirls<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"300\" data-injectable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beyonc\u00e9 Sings &quot;Listen&quot; from Dreamgirls (2006) - FULL Song | Paramount Movies\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ympijPVXbc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"542\" data-current-count=\"842\" data-injectable=\"true\">It\u2019s hard to argue with a song when Beyonc\u00e9 is singing it. (Now, do I wish that the live-action <em>The Lion King<\/em> had let her sing \u201cShadowland,\u201d one of the best songs from <em>that<\/em> stage musical? Absolutely. We were robbed!) The movie added three other songs: \u201cLove You I Do\u201d, \u201cPatience\u201d and \u201cPerfect World.\u201d \u201cListen\u201d is the best of the three. It was the lead single for the movie. Most importantly, however, they sang it on <em>Glee<\/em>. That\u2019s how you know a song has really made it.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"annie\" data-injectable=\"false\"><em>Annie<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"300\" data-injectable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Annie (1982) - Let&#039;s Go to the Movies Scene (4\/10) | Movieclips\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JPGqII7pnC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"724\" data-current-count=\"1024\" data-injectable=\"true\">I personally will always begrudge the fact that \u201cWe\u2019d Like To Thank You Herbert Hoover\u201d was not in the 1982 movie adaptation of <em>Annie<\/em>. (It wasn\u2019t in the 1999 television movie either, for that matter.) But I can\u2019t act like \u201cLet\u2019s Go To The Movies\u201d isn\u2019t a bop. I\u2019m even fine with it replacing \u201cNYC,\u201d which <em>is<\/em> in the television movie, because \u201cLet\u2019s Go To The Movies\u201d is such a good showcase for Ann Reinking\u2019s brilliance. The same goes for \u201cWe Got Annie,\u201d a shorter addition that\u2019s more dance than music. There are other adaptation changes in this movie that have aged pretty poorly. But the songs are innocent!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cabaret\" data-injectable=\"false\"><em>Cabaret<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"300\" data-injectable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maybe This Time - Full Song - Cabaret 1972 - Liza Minnelli\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yMpSQV1-bsA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"386\" data-current-count=\"686\" data-injectable=\"true\">Like <em>Grease<\/em>, the 1972 Bob Fosse film <em>Cabaret<\/em> added more than one song that is now inseparable from the stage show: the devastating Sally Bowles solo \u201cMaybe This Time,\u201d which was a single on Liza Minelli\u2019s first album <em>Liza! Liza!<\/em> that happened to be written by <em>Cabaret<\/em> composing team Kander and Ebb, as well as the 100 percent new group number \u201cMein Herr.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-characters=\"361\" data-current-count=\"361\" data-injectable=\"false\">A similar thing happened with Barbra Streisand\u2019s cover of \u201cMy Man\u201d in <em>Funny Girl<\/em>. That song was not written for the movie, but is now famous because of the movie. It was on one of Streisand\u2019s albums first. It was actually written decades before, by different composers, and first popularized in the United States by the real Fanny Brice.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hairspray\" data-injectable=\"false\"><em>Hairspray<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"661\" data-injectable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The New Girl in Town - Hairspray (Movie Clip)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gRi2T6mgH3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"787\" data-current-count=\"787\" data-injectable=\"true\">Even if it weren\u2019t for so many classic examples of movie musicals with songs so good you didn\u2019t know they were new, I will always defend a modern movie musical\u2019s right to add new songs, because of <em>Hairspray<\/em>. An occasional swing and a miss is worth it, because \u201cThe New Girl in Town\u201d and \u201cLady\u2019s Choice\u201d are so, so, so, soooooooo good. Especially \u201cThe New Girl in Town,\u201d because it accomplishes so much in the film. It shows how white artists stole songs from Black artists in the Motown era. It\u2019s pop lyrics indirectly verbalizes how Tracy is shaking things up in Baltimore as she rises to fame. And since it\u2019s over a montage, the number is cinematic in a way that only a movie musical (obviously) can accomplish.  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" data-injectable=\"false\">BONUS: <em>Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again<\/em><\/h4>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-current-count=\"300\" data-injectable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) - Super Trouper Scene (10\/10) | Movieclips\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zqv3YesdtRU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-characters=\"769\" data-current-count=\"1069\" data-injectable=\"true\">Finally, I want to give a special shoutout to the genius that <em>Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again<\/em> even though it\u2019s an original film and a jukebox musical, so it doesn\u2019t really fit the assignment. The 2008 movie <em>Mamma Mia<\/em> added \u201cWhen All Is Said And Done\u201d to the Broadway line-up. It\u2019s not the best. But the sequel not only re-contextualized songs like \u201cWaterloo,\u201d \u201cDancing Queen,\u201d and the title song, but added \u201cSuper Trouper,\u201d \u201cOne Of Us,\u201d \u201cAngel Eyes,\u201d \u201cFernando,\u201d \u201cWhen I Kissed The Teacher,\u201d and so many other excellent numbers. The film is a great example of how to give new songs to old characters in creative and surprising ways. Learn something from this!<\/p>\n<p data-characters=\"41\" data-current-count=\"41\" data-injectable=\"false\">(featured image: Disney, Allied Artists) <\/p>\n<p><em>Have a tip we should know? <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#63170a131023170b060e02111a1016064d000c0e\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"66120f161526120e030b07141f1513034805090b\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-gamurs-author-drawer__overlay'&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&#10;&lt;div id='wp-block-gamurs-author-drawer__author-drawer-907-901812' data-divider=\" data-chip-style=\"text\" data-tile-font-size=\"\" data-author-posts-title=\"Latest Articles\" data-color=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gamurs-author-drawer__inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gamurs-author-bio__wrapper is-vertical\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-gamurs-author-bio__avatar img-vertical\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82104b2077b3bebc10e687c6f708b31e?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=pg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82104b2077b3bebc10e687c6f708b31e?s=184&amp;d=mm&amp;r=pg 184w, https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82104b2077b3bebc10e687c6f708b31e?s=184&amp;d=mm&amp;r=pg 184w, https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82104b2077b3bebc10e687c6f708b31e?s=184&amp;d=mm&amp;r=pg 184w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1249px) 184px, (min-width: 992px) and (max-width: 1248px) 184px, (min-width: 1249px) 184px\" alt=\"Image of Leah Marilla Thomas\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-gamurs-author-bio__box\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gamurs-author-bio__box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/author\/leah-thomas\/ \" class=\"wp-block-gamurs-author-bio__name fg-minimal\">Leah Marilla Thomas <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Just for author page --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-gamurs-author-bio__wrapper__text_tiles\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeah Marilla Thomas (she\/her) is a contributor at The Mary Sue. She has been working in digital entertainment journalism since 2013, covering primarily television as well as film and live theatre. She&#8217;s been on the Marvel beat professionally since Daredevil was a Netflix series. (You might recognize her voice from the Newcomers: Marvel podcast). Outside of journalism, she is 50% Southerner, 50% New Englander, and 100% fangirl over everything from Lord of the Rings to stage lighting and comics about teenagers. She lives in New York City and can often be found in a park. She used to test toys for Hasbro. True story!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Just for author page -->\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  (function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.themarysue.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is anyone surprised that \u201cNo Place Like Home\u201d and \u201cThe Girl in the Bubble,\u201d the two new Stephen Schwartz songs in Wicked: For Good, aren\u2019t all that memorable? While it\u2019s not impossible, there are very few movie musicals that pull off adding a new song. Wicked: For Good was fighting an uphill battle. The new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2171696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2171695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10-Movie-Musicals-Whose-New-Songs-Dont-Suck.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2171695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2171697,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171695\/revisions\/2171697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2171696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2171695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2171695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2171695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}