Front cover of an edition of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Gregory Maguire adds new dimensions to the children's stories of Oz with the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (ISBN 0-06-039144-8). This book re-tells the classic, but from a different point of view.
This version is not recommended for children.
This book raises questions about what is wicked and what is good? What happens when a child is born different, green?
Major sections of the book are the prologue, Munchkinlanders, Gillikin, City of Emeralds, In the Vinkus and The Murder and Its Afterlife.
Adaptations[]
The novel was adapted as the successful American musical Wicked, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzaman. The musical officially opened at the Curran Theater in San Francisco on June 10, 2003. Wicked had its official premeiere at the Gershwin Theater on Broadway on October 30, 2003. It officially opened at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London's West End on September 27, 2006.
The musical has in turn received a two-part American film adaptation. The first film, Wicked (titled on screen as Wicked Part I), premiered at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia on November 3, 2024. It was released in the United States on November 22, 2024. The second film, Wicked: For Good, is scheduled to be released in the United Sates on November 21, 2025. Both films are directed by Jon M. Chu and star British actress and singer Cynthia Ervio as Elphaba and American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande as Glinda.
See also[]
External links[]
- Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West on The Wonderful Wiki of Oz
- Wicked on Broadway Wiki
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