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For Gregory Maguire, the author of the book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, on which the film was based, it’s a long way from the Oz he ...
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 ...
The author caught up with PEOPLE about his new book, creating his iconic protagonist and his reaction to the 2024 movie The world couldn’t get enough of Wicked when the blockbuster movie ...
The film and the Tony-winning Broadway musical are both based on the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, itself an adaptation of L.
Author Gregory Maguire tells the BBC about the inspiration behind Wicked. When author Gregory Maguire was a child, he and his siblings would regularly act out scenes from the classic 1939 film ...
Why Gregory Maguire felt like he had to write the book when he turned 39 Maguire took a long time to bring his idea to fruition. “I had had the idea for Wicked a couple of years earlier ...
The musical was an adaptation of the 1995 novel, "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," by Gregory Maguire. A Facebook post detailed a number of content warnings ...
And before that, there was “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” by Gregory Maguire, based on L. Frank Baum’s characters in “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” ...
Long before "Wicked" was a box office sellout or a Broadway hit, it was a novel written by Massachusetts-based author Gregory Maguire. The new "Wicked" movie, which stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana ...
If you went to elementary school in New England in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, there’s a chance Gregory Maguire taught you creative writing while he was writing “Wicked.” ...
Gregory Maguire, the author of 'Wicked', said he prefers 'Alice in Wonderland' to the book that helped make him famous. Interestingly, he has his own connection to 'Alice in Wonderland'.