Houston Life Behind the scenes at 'Wicked': FULL EPISODE

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Wizard Of Oz in the past ? When I watched the show , I’ve seen some Wizard Of Oz references . Ruby slippers , the Tin Man , the Scarecrow & There’s no place like home . How did you get inspired to make a villain twist to the story of the classic story we know and love ?

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Wicked the musical was based on a book of the same name written by Gregory McGuire which is much darker in tone whereas the musical made it a bit more light hearted so that’s where the inspiration came from for the story

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Just like the story of the witches , it’s almost like a prequel adaptation between Oz , the great and powerful and The Wizard of Oz . It does show some of the similarities to the original references .

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@@jasonkingsley9134 Wicked the book was intended to be a prequel of sorts to the original L Frank Baum book but is it’s own universe as is the ‘39 movie, Oz the Great and Powerful and Wicked the Musical. All have references to the source material