After Elphaba is painted as the Wicked Witch of the West as retaliation for not agreeing to do the bidding of The Wizard of ...

In The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West uses poppies to stall Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man's arrival to the Emerald City. During a classroom scene in Wicked, Elphaba brings her ...

Wicked’s characterization of Elphaba as a kindhearted activist stands in stark contrast to the evil witch seen in The Wizard of Oz. Glinda, meanwhile, can be vapid, selfish and downright mean at ...

Loosely based on the original 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L. Frank Baum, "Wicked" tells the background story of the witches we meet in Oz during Dorothy's famous visit.

Maguire's novel reframes the popular plot of the original book and 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz" around the book's main villain, the Wicked Witch of the West. Elphaba, as she's christened by ...

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Jon M. Chu directs the film and tells the early tales of characters we know from L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. The film serves as a prequel ...

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” by Gregory Maguire, based on L. Frank Baum’s characters in “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” All we’re saying is that you’d have to ...