A Wicked Childhood" to stars Idina Menzel and Cynthia Erivo, as well as all other performers to play the role of Elphaba.

Gregory Maguire's new Wicked prequel book Elphie expands on Elphaba's tragic relationship with the flying monkeys.

In the wake of the success of Wicked, on stage and screen, author Gregory Maguire, whose books were the inspiration for the ...

Compared to previous books in the series, there is less happening to drive the narrative. Instead, “Elphie” serves as a psychological backstory to understand Elphaba's character, explaining what made ...

As the movie makes its streaming debut on Peacock, the parallels have only become more pronounced — and more disturbing.

Gregory Maguire extends his fictional expansion of L. Frank Baum’s Oz, traveling back to the childhood of the antiheroic witch Elphaba.

Gregory Maguire on how he got back into Elphaba's head for new "Wicked" prequel and what it was like watching Cynthia Erivo ...

Last year, musical fans got a real treat with the big-screen adaptation of Wicked. The movie became one of the biggest ...

Then there’s Jeff Goldblum’s wizard at his control boards; he later tells Dorothy, the Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow, “Bring me ...

For fans, like me, looking to fill their “Wicked” obsession, “Elphie,” the fifth book in the Wicked Years ... before she was known as the Wicked Witch of the West. From her struggles ...