AdvertisementThe new "Wicked" movie musical is a prequel to "The Wizard of Oz."
Spoilers ahead for "Wicked" movie and Broadway show"Wicked" is a prequel to "The Wizard of Oz," but the story starts halfway through the original 1939 movie.
The "Wicked" movie and Broadway show, however, are based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West."
Glinda the Good Witch gives Dorothy the Wicked Witch of the East's ruby shoes.
AdvertisementThe movie follows the musical and book's plot where Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, didn't start out wicked.
Persons:
Oz, Frank L, Baum, Gregory Maguire's, Maguire, Cynthia Erivo, Dorothy Gale, Toto, Glinda, Dorothy, Elphaba, Ariana Grande, didn't
Organizations:
Broadway
Locations:
Kansas, Oz, Elphaba's, Munchkinland