There’s also Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), which tells the origin story of the wizard of Oz; the film frames the wizard in a much more sympathetic light than Wicked.

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.

" 'The Wizard of Oz' won itself a bad reputation because it became a musical comedy and a movie," noted Carol Ryrie Brink in the South Dakota Library Bulletin in 1948.

Both have their origins in Gregory Maguire’s 1995 revisionist prequel, which suggested events that might have shaped the characters in L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” ...

AI experts predict fan reactions to an AI-transformed version of "The Wizard of Oz" will be mixed. The technology could "breath new life" into the classic film, experts said.

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 ...

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.

Wicked the musical and The Wizard of Oz are based on the same book. L. Frank Baum, who created the Land of Oz, wrote 14 Oz books. Baum's first novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was released in 1900.

The iconic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" have hit the auction block nearly 20 years after they were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum.. Online proxy bidding for “The ...

The auction included other pieces of “Wizard of Oz” memorabilia. A Wicked Witch of the West hat worn by the actress Margaret Hamilton sold for nearly $3 million, the auction house said.

'The Wizard of Oz,' released in 1939, is one of the most beloved movies of all time. Revisit it with these behind-the-scenes photos from set, featuring Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Billie ...

A pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz" was auctioned for a record $28 million. The iconic shoes were stolen in 2005 but they were recovered by the FBI in 2018.