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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.It adapts the first act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a reimagining of the Oz books and the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
The movie musical, starring pop star Ariana Grande and British stage actress Cynthia Erivo, is expected to create magic at the box office on its opening weekend. The film's long-running press tour ...
Wicked has thoroughly impressed critics, who have declared the movie musical a “masterpiece” and a must-see following early screenings.. Directed by John M Chu, the new screen adaptation of ...
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 ...
The Overstory challenges traditional notions of storytelling by giving equal importance to the lives of trees and forests. Powers employs a narrative structure that reflects the layered complexity of forest ecosystems, with the human stories forming the "understory" and the overarching narrative of trees and forests representing the "overstory ...
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 ...
'Wicked' is a better movie than 'Gladiator II' The witches have it, folks. To briefly summarize my "Wicked" review: Erivo and Grande are extraordinary as Elphaba and Glinda. It's not unlikely that ...
Wicked is not merely based on a musical; the musical's source material is a series of dark fantasy novels by Gregory Maguire, who presents a revisionist version of L. Frank Baum's original Oz books.