Wicked features many overt references to The Wizard of Oz, but there are a variety of more subtle Easter eggs from the 1939 ...

Elphaba is green in Wicked because her biological parents drink a “green elixir” while pregnant with her. In fact, they state ...

Wicked 2 will show what happens to Elphaba after being labeled the Wicked Witch, and one theory suggests that Morrible might ...

How thrillifying that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande opened the Oscars ceremony with a performance of songs from “The Wizard of Oz,” “The Wiz” and “Wicked.” At the Dolby Theatre in ...

Adapted from the popular Broadway musical based on Gregory Maguire's book and a revelatory prequel to “The Wizard of Oz," "Wicked ... character study of the Wicked Witch of the West's early ...

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The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” a 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire. That’s all based on “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” written by L. Frank Baum in 1900 and turned into the ...

Cynthia Erivo in “Wicked” (Credit: Universal Pictures) Erivo leads the larger-than-life film adaptation as Elphaba. The witch (who was ... plays the illusive Wizard of Oz.

Wicked was a massive hit with fans, but musicals have a tough time cracking the Best Picture ceiling, and unless it completely redefines the genre in voters’ eyes, it’ll likely be more of a ...

The highly anticipated “Wicked ... the good witch tries to set him up with Elphaba’s sister Nessarose. Towards the end of the stage production, it is revealed that Boq becomes a significant character ...