The Wizard of Oz made notable changes to The Wicked Witch of the West that influenced her depiction in 'Wicked'.

In short, people are finding Oz everywhere but in the original books by L. Frank Baum — who invented the place in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900) and its 13 sequels (after his death in 1919 ...

Everyone loves "The Wizard of Oz," except the official arbiters of kid lit: critics and children's librarians. They hate the "Oz" books. Or at least they did. Cheap, commercial, poorly written ...

Wicked movie director Jon M Chu has explained why some elements of The Wizard of Oz prequel don't match up. The film tells ...

And of course there is the evergreen 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz," which is likely to be popping up on TV all through the holiday season. Does anyone still read the "Oz" books? In short ...

Released in 2013, this live-action film released by Disney is meant to be something of a spiritual prequel to MGM’s The Wizard ... books are actually repressed childhood memories of her time in Oz.

After the successful broadcast of The Wizard of Oz in 1956, the film didn’t air on television again until 1959 when it returned to CBS, but not in November. Between 1959 and 1962, the film was ...

"Wicked" is a prequel to or, perhaps more accurately, the origin story of prominent characters in "The Wizard of Oz." The "Wicked" musical is based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 book "Wicked ...

Ready to see the Wizard? Here's how to watch The Wizard of Oz online. By Lilian Gonzalez All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a ...

In its pages, inanimate creatures come to life ... handsome ones from Books of Wonder to utilitarian facsimiles from Dover Books. “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Emerald City of Oz” even ...