Many scenes of Elphaba's childhood were among the cuts in Maguire’s “hefty brick of manuscript pages” when the book was first published in 1995, he tells USA TODAY. This prequel fills in ...

Author Gregory Maguire wrote the book “Wicked” as a prequel to “The Wizard of Oz” — and how he’s adding more to the story with a new book called “Elphie” that focuses on Elphaba ...

Cynthia Erivo stars as Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, before she turned evil. Glinda the Good Witch, aka Galinda (played by Ariana Grande), is key to Elphaba’s ...

Among the songs they performed was the best picture-nominated movie’s theme song ... He also posted some edits of their close-ups, referring to Cynthia as “Elphaba Dimagiba” and Ariana as “Ariana ...

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