The movie, which remains extremely faithful to the Broadway show, is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, and imagines the early ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The 2025 Academy Awards are underway, and got one gravity-defying launch (sorry), courtesy of Wicked stars Ariana ... from the 1939 adaptation of The Wizard Of Oz, “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” ...

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 ...

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo made a splash at the 2025 Oscars while performing a medley of famous tunes from various versions of “The Wizard of Oz.” On Sunday, the singers took the stage to ...

The Wiz” is overdressed, overstuffed and overdone when all it needs is to concentrate on the singing and dancing skills of its accomplished cast.