With "Wicked" the movie being an adaptation of the stage musical which is an adaptation of the book, things get confusing. Here's what to know.

With Wicked now in theaters, the adaptation of the Broadway musical — which itself is an adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel — has sparked a renewed interested in all things Wizard of Oz. Not only has there been an uptick in sales of copies of Maguire’s book (and a prequel novel,

Wicked movie director Jon M Chu has explained why some elements of The Wizard of Oz prequel don't match up. The film tells the story of how multiple characters from Dorothy Gale's iconic adventure in Oz came to be the way they are, but for those whose only reference point is the 1939 film, some things don't make sense.

I grew up watching The Wizard of Oz; I played it on repeat as a little kid. However, I hadn’t revisited it until after I saw Wicked in theaters right before its premiere on the

In “Wicked: Part One” The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) enlists Elphaba and Galinda to help him decide on a color for a super-sidewalk that will thread throughout Oz that he’s building (yellow, naturally, wins).

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are the latest stars to step into the iconic roles of Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch o

"The Wizard of Oz" is America's favorite children's book. And among critics and librarians, it was once the most despised.

On top of the many confirmed connections to The Wizard of Oz, one likely theory proposes that a Wicked character brought Dorothy to the Land of Oz.