Chu, is a revelatory prequel to “The Wizard of Oz," and the first of a two-part epic. It follows Elphaba and Glinda, who "meet as students at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz and ...

Gregory Maguire’s original Wicked novel and its Broadway adaptation from Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman depicted the duo ...

“‘The Wizard of Oz’ was definitely one of my springboards ... Ariana Grande in ‘Wicked’©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection For Elphaba, who possesses real magical powers, Tazewell ...

The backstory of Glinda the (Not-So) Good Witch and Elphaba the (Not-So) Wicked Witch of the West certainly makes us all look at our childhood classic fave The Wizard of Oz (1939) a little ...

Elphaba’s Promise Elphaba makes a pledge ... After encountering The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads, and their lives take very different paths.

Anything set in the same magical world as classic The Wizard of Oz has failed to fill its sizeable ruby slippers - but Wicked ...

With Ariana Grande’s Glinda and Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba taking over screens and ... which is an adaptation of a book – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum – that was a prequel ...

which stars Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, is an adaptation of the Broadway musical. The musical is, of course, connected to the 1939 classic movie “The Wizard of Oz.” ...