Broadly, the Oz novels of L. Frank Baum ( it is not J. Frank Baum as some have incorrectly recorded. the Witch character is expanded into a feature character rather than an expendable villainess. methinks this occult garbage is dross. Gregory Maguire wrote 'Wicked - The Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of the West'. This book is loosly based on 'The Wizard of Oz'.
Because she had the respect of her peers, and because that's what she does for a living, are why Winnie Holzman [b. 1954] wrote the script for the musical 'Wicked'. Her approach and her style met with the approval of Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954], who's the author of the original 1995 book edition of 'Wicked'. They likewise met with the approval of Stephen Lawrence Schwartz [b. March 6, 1948], who's the lyricist/composer for the performing arts version of Maguire's novel.
They made wicked as a prologue to what happened before the Wizard of Oz.
The book 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' came out in 1995. 'Wicked: the musical' (only the best musical ever) came out in 2003.
Wicked the musical did not open until October 30th, 2003.
Böse is a literal German translation of the musical title 'Wicked'.
Wicked the musical Premiered on Broadway October 30th, 2003!
Wicked is playing at the Gershwin Theater.
Wicked is a musical as well as a book. Both the musical and book include drama.
Wicked - musical album - was created on 2003-11-10.
The book 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' came out in 1995. 'Wicked: the musical' (only the best musical ever) came out in 2003.
No character of that name exists in the musical. That character may be in the novel, "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire, but not in the Broadway musical.
No, but there is a Popular Broadway Musical called "Wicked" that contains the song"The Wizard and I"
Wicked the musical did not open until October 30th, 2003.
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The musical Wicked is a proper noun. All proper nouns should be capitalised.
The musical Wicked! is 2 hrs, 30 min. Intermission is another 15 min.
You can read the novel the musical was based on Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. But be warned that the book is very different to the musical, with dark themes and adult content.
Yes, The songs in Wicked were created specifically for they Musical.
Böse is a literal German translation of the musical title 'Wicked'.