The magical tale promises to not only cast a spell at the box office but has already garneredglowing reviews.
Opening on Broadway on October 30, 2003, the show is presented in two different acts.
The Wicked Witch is quite different in the book.
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Elphaba and Galindasenemies-to-friendsarc also remains completely intact.
Additionally,the movie reaches the same conclusion asthe musicals act one finale.
The stage show never presents her as morphing into a traditional villain, and the movie follows suit.
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However, her journey to becoming the character Oz fears is sourced from a painful upbringing.
But,the stage production never shows Elphabas upbringing beyond her birth.
There are hints of her difficult childhood, but the movie gives the audience so much more understanding.
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Galinda also receives a more nuanced take.
Its a wonderful way to make the characters' transition more understandable and satisfying.
But the movies characters arent the only thing to get a deeper take.
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But the movie offers a much more interesting hierarchy to the school.
Wickeds journey from stage to screen was not only a long one, but a complicated one.
The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
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The story of how a green-skinned woman framed by the Wizard of Oz becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
