“Wicked” – the movie, the Broadway musical and the book – crafts Dorothy’s green nemesis as a fully-formed character with her own tragic backstory. The book is a prequel to L. Frank Baum’s “The ...

Gregory Maguire says publishing a “Wicked” prequel on the heels of the wildly successful movie adaptation may seem like “leaping after low hanging fruit,” but it’s a story he’s been waiting to tell ...