What\&##39;s so Wicked about Wicked?

Selected lyrics related to disability in the popular Broadway musical, Wicked are analyzed and placed in the context of disability literature, common disability stereotypes, historical and contemporary uses of disability as a metaphor in film and literature, and portrayals of persons with disabilities in the popular media, specifically the arts. Music educators must learn to recognize discriminating and/or stereotypic portrayals of persons with disability in the arts, question these stereotypes, and most importantly, be mindful never to propagate such stereotypes in their teaching and writing.

ALICE-ANN DARROW, Irvin Cooper Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, came to Florida State University in 2003 from The University of Kansas. She received her BM, BME, MM, and PhD degrees at Florida State University. Her teaching and research interests are teaching music to special populations, nonverbal communication in the classroom, the role of music in deaf culture. Related to these topics, she has been the recipient of over twenty federal, university, or corporate grants, and published numerous monographs, research articles, and book chapters.