Wicked features many overt references to The Wizard of Oz, but there are a variety of more subtle Easter eggs from the 1939 ...

Frank Baum's 1897 children’s classic book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," and primary ... winged monkeys deployed from the Wicked Witch's austere stone castle. And finally, it's perhaps not ...

Cynthia Erivo stars as Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, before she turned evil. Glinda the Good Witch, aka Galinda (played by Ariana Grande), is key to Elphaba’s ...

It's in perhaps an unlikely place — Nessarose's silver slippers (silver to match the original L. Frank Baum book and the Broadway production of Wicked, not ruby like the MGM film). Related: Wicked ...

The Cumberland County Playhouse presents “Wizard ... the Wizard of Oz. A crowd favorite included the “Certificate of Death” that announced the official death of the Wicked Witch of the ...

How thrillifying that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande opened the Oscars ceremony with a performance of songs from “The Wizard of Oz,” “The Wiz” and “Wicked.” At the Dolby Theatre in ...

In the original Wizard of Oz novel by L. Frank Baum, Nessarose is known as the Wicked Witch of East, the sister of Elphaba, Wicked Witch of the West (Cynthia Erivo), and her fate is sealed when ...

The stars also paid tribute to “The Wizard of Oz,” with Grande singing “Over the Rainbow,” and “The Wiz,” with Erivo singing “Home.” By Esther Zuckerman The stars of “Wicked ...

How thrillifying that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande opened the Oscars ceremony with a performance of songs from "The Wizard of Oz," "The Wiz" and "Wicked." At the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on ...

Adapted from the popular Broadway musical based on Gregory Maguire's book and a revelatory prequel to “The Wizard of Oz," "Wicked ... character study of the Wicked Witch of the West's early ...