The story on Wicked is based on the novel by Gregory Maguire and the hit film wizard of oz and Screen play by Winnie Holzman, It tells the story of a green girl and a very popular blonde girl and how before Dorothy changed the history of Oz, how the wizard isn’t wonderful as he says he is, how Elphaba became wicked and how Galinda became good.
I went to see Wicked in the West End on the 20th of December 2008, it was honestly the best West End show I have seen. I made a BIG fuss over having to see a particular person playing Elphaba, she is called Kerry Ellis, I made a fuss because my friends that have seen it both in Broadway and the West End think that Kerry Ellis is the best Elphaba they have seen. At the stage door I saw the actor of Boq (that is not a typo he’s a munchkin) and Oliver Tompsett as Fiyero (also not a typo he’s the boy that both Elphaba and Galinda fall in love with) I didn’t talk to them - just saw them.
The story is set before, in and after the Wizard of Oz and as some of the people that made Wicked say “it’s like while filming the Wizard of Oz and the camera man has turned the camera around to show you what is really happening”
WICKED FACT FILE!
Did you know ? Elphaba sister was called Nessarose (the wicked witch of east)
Did you know? Nessarose’s death was a trap to capture Elphaba
Did you know? Elphaba does not die it’s just a trick
Did you know? Elphaba turns Fiyero into the scarecrow
Did you know? Elphaba turned Boq into the tin man
Did you know ? The lion is cowardly because Elphaba wouldn’t let his own battles when he was young
Did you know? The Wizard was never wonderful as he said he was
Did you know? Nessarose was cripple but Elphaba put a spell on her to make her walk
Did you know? That Fiyero knows that Elphaba still lives
Did you know? That the story has two follow ups in book form called: Son of a Witch and A Lion Among Men
BY OLIVER SHARLAND-HARRIS 7/2
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