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

One of the biggest hits of 2024 was Wicked, breaking box office records and gearing audiences up for part two – Wicked: For ...

A Sesame Street episode was once pulled from syndication after parents complained it was too scary due to the appearance of a ...

Long before Wicked reimagined the Witch of the West as a dissident resisting fascism, Oz was a hotbed of political commentary ...

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 ...

Many TV villains could easily be one of the Wicked Witches from Frank L. Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz universe. They are self-involved and often corrupt, using magic to get their way and ...

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.

As a parent, movies like “Mary Poppins” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” offer a different perspective.

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.