Yes
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.
The website for the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) says it will show there in Spring 2010.
Yes, the First National Tour of 'Wicked' is coming to Canada. The musical is scheduled to perform at Toronto's Canon Theatre from October 20 to November 28, 2010. The cast for that performance currently includes Donna Vivino [b. February 22, 1978] as Elphaba, Chandra Lee Schwartz at Glinda, Randy Danson as Madame Morrible, and Richard Kline [b. April 29, 1944] as The Wizard.
Summer 2010
this summer in June 2010.
Wicked As They Come was created in 1956.
June 2010
While there is no character named 'Elpaba', the character Elphaba Thropp is from the book "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire. The Broadway musical "Wicked" is based off this novel and also includes the character Elphaba Thropp.
June 2010
The original novel "Wicked:The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire was released in 1995. The musical Wicked isn't published (but you can find almost accurate librettos on the internet, or you can buy The Grimmerie online or at the musical, which contains a partial script), but it premiered at San Francisco's Curran Theatre in May 2003. In October, 2003, it moved to Broadway's Gershwin Theatre.
They are going to show it at Infinitus 2010 on July 17th, and it should come out shortly after.
Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (b. March 6, 1948) is responsible for the music and lyrics, and Winnie Holzman (b. 1954) is responsible for the text, to the musical "Wicked."Specifically, Holzman's text is based on the book "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." In fact, her script is an adaptation of the prequel by Gregory Maquire (b. June 9, 1954) to "The Wizard of Oz." The composer, the scriptwriter and the writer worked closely together to come up with an award-winning musical.