That's the mantra of Glinda, "Wicked's" bubbly good witch. And it applies, equally, to the "Oz" stories where she made her first appearance. They've always been popular. With children, parents ...

The 1939 The Wizard of Oz movie keeps her character very much the same, though interestingly, the Wicked Witch's iconic green skin was a creation of the film's, not from the original source material.

The Wizard of Oz has been a worldwide classic for many decades now, but John M. Chu’s latest musical movie Wicked has offered a completely new lens through which to view this timeless story. The ...

That's the mantra of Glinda, "Wicked's" bubbly good witch. And it applies, equally, to the "Oz" stories where she made her first appearance. They've always been popular. With children, parents ...

While Wicked explores how the Wicked Witch and Glinda came to be who they are in The Wizard of Oz, it’s not exactly a prequel due to the timeline. Act I of the musical and part one of the film ...

Loosely based on the original 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L. Frank Baum, "Wicked" tells the background story of the witches we meet in Oz during Dorothy's famous visit.

When Glinda Comes Down In Munchkinland My Feelings Were Very Muddled To be honest, I didn’t think much about The Good Witch growing up with The Wizard of Oz.

Both have their origins in Gregory Maguire’s 1995 revisionist prequel, which suggested events that might have shaped the characters in L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” ...

“That is the original wand from ‘Wizard of Oz.’” Indeed, the starry silver wand was first seen held by actress Billie Burke in the 1939 film.

Glinda (Ariana Grande) later confirms to the people of Munchkinland, a region in Oz, that Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) is dead, leading to cheers and joyful singing.

While Wicked explores how the Wicked Witch and Glinda came to be who they are in The Wizard of Oz, it’s not exactly a prequel due to the timeline.

What to remember from ‘Wizard of Oz' before seeing ‘Wicked' What will you see in "Wicked: Part One" that you might remember from the 1939 classic? More than you'd think.