Gregory Maguire says publishing a “Wicked” prequel on the heels of ... But Maguire didn’t feel any pressure as he stepped back into Elphaba’s cape to write "Elphie." ...

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 ...

Broadway has apparently taken a color-conscience cue from Hollywood with new casting announcements in the long-running smash hit “Wicked.” “Wicked,” which has been in performance at New ...

Elphie, a new prequel novel exploring the childhood of Wicked's Elphaba Thropp, is now on shelves. In an interview with the Today Show, filmed at New York's Drama Book Shop, author Gregory Maguire ...

In his new novel Elphie: A Wicked Childhood, out March 25 from William Morrow, Maguire takes readers back to Elphaba’s early childhood, before she met Glinda at Shiz University. The novel ...