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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' movie: The biggest changes from the Broadway musical and book. In Maguire's original novel, the tale of Dorothy and co. following the Yellow Brick Road does still appear, but at the end ...
The new "Wicked" movie musical is a prequel to "The Wizard of Oz." ... Maguire's novel reframes the popular plot of the original book and 1939 movie "The ... Glinda the Good Witch gives Dorothy ...
Dorothy is not really a character in Wicked the musical, but she is part of the plot. In act II of the stage production, Dorothy’s voice is heard and her shadow is seen as she throws a bucket of ...
The Wicked Witch of the East is a character who is crushed by Dorothy's house in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). Prior to this, she ruled over the Munchkins and had possession of the magical Silver Shoes ( Ruby Slippers in the 1939 musical) that made it possible for her to conquer the Munchkin Country in the undiscovered Land of Oz .
Dorothy appears in Universal Pictures' two-part film adaptation of Wicked, based on the 2003 musical of the same name, alongside Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion. All five make a brief cameo in the first film and will have a bigger role in the second film, Wicked: For Good .
Act II of the Broadway musical, which will play out on screen when Wicked Part Two arrives in theaters next November, more directly ties into The Wizard of Oz timeline, with Dorothy's arrival ...
“Wicked,” which introduced such classics as “Defying Gravity,” “Popular” and “For Good” into the Broadway pantheon, recounts everything that happens before Dorothy lands in Oz and ...