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

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 ...

provides the perfect escape into the world of Oz, with a new look at Elphaba Thropp, the beloved green heroine, before she was known as the Wicked Witch of the West. From her struggles with ...

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 Hollywood on ...

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 ...

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform at the 97th Academy Awards. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) ...