Elphaba's sister Nessarose in Wicked is destined to become The Wicked Witch of the East in the Wizard of Oz universe. Here's ...

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Early on, “Wicked” costume designer Paul Tazewell decided that the beauty of Oz needed to be reflected in the wardrobes of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande). This would help define ...

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Meanwhile, author Gregory Maguire, fascinated by The Wizard of Oz and contemplating the nature of evil, wrote the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The book ...

We call it “history.” So says the Wizard in the musical “Wicked,” based on Gregory Maguire’s novel about the witches of Oz. Maguire created Elphaba’s name from the initials of L.

Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Now, as a Kansan born and raised, like most, I’m ambivalent about that ...

Long before Wicked reimagined the Witch of the West as a dissident resisting ... Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as an allegory about the evils of the gold standard.

What about Glinda?” Answering these questions necessitated weaving together the narratives of “Wicked” and “The Wizard of Oz.