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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
novel by Maguire
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based on book by Baum
- In L. Frank Baum
Other adaptations include Gregory Maguire’s Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995), which became a successful musical (2003) and film (2024).
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discussed in biography
- In Gregory Maguire
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Maguire’s first adult novel, became a best seller and was adapted into a record-setting hit musical, Wicked. The 2024 film version starred Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
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source material for the musical “Wicked”
- In Wicked
…on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the musical largely takes place before the events surrounding Dorothy’s arrival in the Land of Oz. The show follows the lives of green-skinned, ostracized Elphaba and blonde, popular Galinda as they go from…
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