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Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , which in turn is based on L. Frank Baum 's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation .
Wicked has hit theaters as of Friday (November 22) with musical lovers ready to enjoy another adaptation of The Wizard of Oz prequel. It debuted at the Gershwin Theater in New York City in 2003 ...
Wicked’s story wouldn’t allow for the exact same transition since Elphaba is an Oz resident from birth instead of traveling from another world, and there’s nothing like it in the musical ...
The "Wicked" musical is based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 book "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," which takes place before the events of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The ...
Wicked (titled onscreen as Wicked: Part I) is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu, and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, with songs by Stephen Schwartz. It is the first installment of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name based on the 1995 novel , which in turn is based on the Oz books ...
When “Wicked” debuted on Broadway in 2003, Variety’s skeptical theater critic described composer Stephen Schwartz’s revisionist take on the iconic villain as “strenuous,” “lumbering ...
A number of productions for Wicked, a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, have won and nominated several awards. Wicked is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995), a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).
The song-filled character study of the Wicked Witch of the West’s early years ekes out great performances from Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande that’ll wow musical theater kids and old-school ...