![]() ![]() It is produced by Universal Pictures and directed by Joe Mantello, with musical staging by Wayne Cilento. ![]() The musical debuted on Broadway on October 30, 2003. The plot is set mostly before Dorothy's arrival from Kansas, and includes several references to well-known scenes and dialogue in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Their friendship struggles through their opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, their reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. Wicked tells the story of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz. The story is based on the best-selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, a parallel novel of L. Wicked is a musical with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |