I wonder why, since not only is she a witch, but she could’ve made it so much easier just by handing over the Wicked Witch of the East’s ruby slippers and nothing more. The Wizard ends up ...

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West written by Gregory Maguire. And last year, the long-awaited film version of the musical finally hit cinemas - with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana ...

Adapted from the 1995 novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” and written by Steven Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, the story is one that humanizes the Wicked Witch of ...

and Erivo’s Elphaba (eventually dubbed the Wicked Witch of the West) before Dorothy landed in Oz and sauntered down the Yellow Brick Road. It became the sixth-highest grossing movie of 2024 and ...

Gregory McGuire had this brilliant idea that in college, Glinda, the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West were college roommates. That’s just an adorable, incredible, mind-blowing idea ...

We see Elphaba demonstrate she’s a force to be reckoned with standing up against The Wizard and being the “Wicked Witch” we know her to be. By not giving up during the audition, you could ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Wicked—the Oscar-nominated blockbuster starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande—is new on 4K Ultra ...

Magic is one of the fundamental components of Wicked’s narrative, yet it also feels under-discussed, particularly in regard to Glinda (Ariana Grande). Elphaba’s (Cynthia Erivo) magical ...