Since Wicked is a reinterpretation of The Wizard of Oz, we discuss which characters from the 1939 classic make an appearance ...

If you, somehow, have never seen The Wizard of Oz (1939), you’ve likely absorbed much of the story through cultural osmosis; homage, parodies and references. Wicked follows the Wicked Witch ...

Loosely based on the original 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L. Frank Baum, "Wicked" tells the background story of the witches we meet in Oz during Dorothy's famous visit.

She encounters the Wicked Witch of the West, the Great Wizard, and the Good Witch of the North. Dorothy then sets down the yellow brick road to see the Wizard of Oz with her friends - the Tin Man ...

It wasn’t always easy being green for Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. And Hamilton — who died at age 82 in 1985 — went through a ...

Meanwhile, author Gregory Maguire, fascinated by The Wizard of Oz and contemplating the nature of evil, wrote the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The book ...

"The best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy." — 'The Wizard of Oz, Wicked: Part 1' In his 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L Frank Baum transports readers to a ...

As Elphaba and Glinda run off from the Wizard, they end up in an attic which stores the Wizard’s hot air balloon—alluding to ...

Paul Tazewell, a former wizard himself, commanded a staff of a hundred and forty people to dream up and sew the costumes that ...

With Wicked in theaters, PEOPLE is looking back at The Wizard of Oz Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West, was burned on set, and removing the makeup around the wounds ...