Early on, “Wicked” costume designer Paul Tazewell decided that the beauty of Oz needed to be reflected in the wardrobes of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande). This would help define ...

Frank Baum's story is undoubtedly the definitive version of The Wizard of Oz, and from it, The Wicked Witch of the West emerged as one of the most fearsome and most memorable movie villains of all ...

A vivid reimagining of the classic The Wizard of Oz, Wicked spotlights the untold stories of Oz's most famous (or infamous) characters, namely the Wicked Witch of the West and her unlikely friend ...

It’s true to the lore: the Wicked Witch of the West’s sister is the one wearing the shoes when the house falls upon her in The Wizard of Oz. For an ... with blue and purple, but eventually ...

Based on the Broadway musical, it serves as a backstory to the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, casting that film’s villain, the Wicked Witch of the West, in a positive light, as a misunderstood and ...

the origin story of prominent characters in "The Wizard of Oz." The "Wicked" musical is based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 book "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," which ...