![]() Platt, and David Stone, with direction by Joe Mantello and choreography by Wayne Cilento, the original production of Wicked premiered on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre in October 2003, after completing pre-Broadway tryouts at San Francisco's Curran Theatre in May and June of that year. ![]() Produced by Universal Stage Productions, in coalition with Marc Platt, Jon B. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba Thropp (later known as the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda Upland (later known as Glinda the Good), whose friendship struggles through their opposing personalities, viewpoints, same love interest, reactions to the Wonderful Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's fall from grace. Its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy Gale arrives in Oz from Kansas. The musical is told from the perspective of two witches of the Land of Oz. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation. ![]() It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, in turn based on L. Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musicalĭrama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical Multiple international productions ( see below)ĭrama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical May 28, 2003: Curran Theatre, San Francisco Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Official poster of the original San Francisco production
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