| Many of us have grown up watching the 1939 | | | | they start to open up to each other and later |
| movie The Wizard of Oz. Now the MGM classic | | | | become best friends. |
| has been reinvented on stage in the Broadway | | | | A series of events change the lives of Elphaba, |
| musical Wicked. Wicked the Musical is the untold | | | | Galinda, and Nessarose. Elphaba becomes known |
| story about the witches of Oz. Based on the | | | | as the Wicked Witch of the West while Galinda is |
| 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the | | | | put into the limelight and becomes Glinda the |
| Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, the story | | | | Good Witch. Nessarose later becomes known as |
| takes place before Dorothy Gale's arrival to Oz. | | | | the Wicked Witch of the East when she begins to |
| Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends who | | | | oppress the people of Munchkinland after she |
| grow up to become the Wicked Witch of the | | | | becomes governor. |
| West and Glinda the Good Witch of the North. | | | | Wicked the musical is a brilliant combination of |
| You do not need to be familiar with the Wizard of | | | | drama, comedy, and action. Wicked appeals to a |
| Oz movie to enjoy this musical. However, Wizard | | | | wide range of show goers. Audiences young and |
| of Oz fans will be enlightened by the musical's | | | | old, women and men, Broadway musical veterans |
| explanations to some unanswered questions left | | | | and rookies, will enjoy various aspect of the |
| by the movie. After watching Wicked, Wizard of | | | | show. |
| Oz fans will see the characters in a whole new | | | | From the first opening sequence to the last |
| way. | | | | number, you will be enchanted and captivated by |
| Elphaba, born with emerald green skin, is smart, | | | | Wicked. The colorful and unique awarding winning |
| feisty, and a social outcast. Because of her | | | | costumes and the elaborate set from Wicked will |
| unusual green skin color, she is an outsider and | | | | leave you in awe. The song and dance numbers |
| others isolate her, including her father who is also | | | | will delight and entertain and you will be left singing |
| the governor of Munchkinland. | | | | and humming the tunes even after the show. The |
| Nessarose is Elphaba's younger sister. She is highly | | | | songs "Defying Gravity" and "Popular" are one of |
| dependent on Elphaba because of her disability, | | | | the two show-stopping numbers. I highly |
| which has left her in a wheelchair. Unlike Elphaba, | | | | recommend buying the Wicked musical CD |
| she is the apple of her father's eye. At school, | | | | soundtrack so that you're able to relive the |
| Elphaba meets Galinda (later known as Glinda). | | | | musical through the CD long after the show is |
| Galinda is bubbly, beautiful, vain, and very popular | | | | over. |
| among her classmates. Galinda comes from the | | | | Wicked is currently playing at the Gershwin |
| upper crust of society and is used to getting her | | | | Theater in New York and at the Orpheum |
| way. | | | | Theater in San Francisco. Wicked is also on tour |
| Elphaba and Galinda are complete opposites and | | | | throughout the United States and also has |
| despise one another. After a misunderstanding, | | | | international productions in London, Germany, |
| Galinda and Elphaba become roommates. At first | | | | Japan, and Australia. |
| they have a difficult time getting along, however, | | | | |