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Wicked': Inside the 20-year journey from stage to screen. A production history with Marc Platt, Winnie Holzman, and Jon M.

Linda Woolverton’s first script was a straight film adaptation; a small part of the mix was the origin story of two witches of Oz, Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba the Wicked Witch of ... well,” said ...

In Gregory Maguire's original 1995 book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, there isn't any romantic relationship between Fiyero and Glinda. Not only that but Fiyero is ...

who would go on to become the Wicked Witch of the West. The film features beloved songs from the musical, including “Popular,” “Dancing Through Life,” and “Defying Gravity.” Wicked was directed by Jon ...

and Erivo’s Elphaba (eventually dubbed the Wicked Witch of the West) before Dorothy landed in Oz and sauntered down the Yellow Brick Road. It became the sixth-highest grossing movie of 2024 and ...

Chu’s decision to break up the story of the Wicked Witch into two films, one for each act of the original musical, won’t pay off again next winter when “Wicked: For Good” is released ...

Whether it’s Elphaba in “Wicked” or Celie in “The Color Purple,” the star doesn’t choose parts “frivolously”; she wants roles that stay with viewers. Standing 5-foot-1, Cynthia ...