Do You Know the Life of a Showgirl?

It's been two weeks since Taylor Swift’s twelfth album release of “The Life Of A Showgirl”. For each 12 tracks of the album, they each are hits in the top twelve on the Billboard Hot 100. Taylor Swift does it again, and could there be more? In honor of this pop and rock genre, we want to throw in a bit of Broadway for the glitz and glamor of it all. For each track, we have correlated a character and a hit Broadway show that plays along with the numbered track. Give them a listen and see if they make you think of big lights and center stage.

by Abbie Henry

Oct 18, 2025

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1. "The Fate of Ophelia" - Elphaba from "Wicked"

Just like the fate of Ophelia from the Shakespearean play “Hamlet,” Elphaba deals with prejudice all the same. In the cases of Ophelia and Elphaba, they are both seen as objects to be used. Elphaba exerts this rare power that others want to manipulate, and by resisting this, the people of Oz depict her as an “evil witch.” “I sit alone in my tower, you were just honing your power” is a line that mirrors Elphaba’s isolation in relation to Glinda’s rise to popularity among the townspeople.

Do You Know the Life of a Showgirl?

1. "The Fate of Ophelia" - Elphaba from "Wicked"

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