Others, though, were quick to notice how well the film paid homage to Margaret Hamilton, the original Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939). “ I absolutely loooove how they ...

In “Wicked: Part One,” Elphaba does have a sister, but we never see anything of that sister in “Oz” except for her legs sticking out from under the house.

Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose, goes on to become the Wicked Witch of the East, who appears in the The Wizard of Oz only as a pair of stockinged legs sticking out from underneath a house. In Wicked ...

Just because the Wicked Witch of the West melted at the end of The Wizard of Oz doesn’t mean character actress Margaret Hamilton did. In fact, she went on to have an illustrious film career ...