Wicked (NY)

Wicked is the Broadway production of the hit musical based on Gregory Maguire’s novel, featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It plays at the Gershwin Theatre in New York City and dramatizes the backstory of the witches of Oz, focusing on the friendship and rivalry between Elphaba (the future Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda. The show is notable as a long-running, large-scale Broadway blockbuster with an acclaimed, memorable score and elaborate staging.