Production
Scenes from the episode were filmed on location at the Pantages Theatre with the Los Angeles production company of the hit musical Wicked, which was a stand-in for the Broadway production. That this wasn't a real show is obvious in the fact that at the end of "Popular", Elphaba is seen on stage after she is supposed to have left, as well as the bubble (containing Henry and Betty) moving during "Defying Gravity" (as the bubble isn't used at all during that number).
The use of Wicked was one of many Broadway-themed episodes that have influenced the series. In a July 29, 2007 interview with Playbill, producer Marco Pennette expressed his love for the musicals and its performers: "I love theatre actors," says Pennette. "I grew up back east (he was born in Greenwich, Connecticut), and I'm a big lover of theatre. I want to go into theatre; TV sort of lured me away..."
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