Doctor Dillamond is an animal professor who tragically faces discrimination at the school. There’s also Boq, a munchkin who has a crush on Galinda. There’s Fiyero, a handsome prince who finds himself in an unintentional love triangle with the two witches. The two girls were joined at Shiz by some other classmates and professors whom are vital characters in the musical. And the witches aren't the only characters to be fully fleshed out! That's the thing about Wicked the musical (and the book it is based on): it shifts the focus fully from Dorothy and onto what was happening in Oz before she ever arrived.
The Wizard of Oz never gives these character this sort of backstory: but when you learn about Wicked, you realize the complexities that these archetypal characters have in a way that makes you see the story of Wicked in a whole new light. Though they were vastly different from each other, their rivalry in class quickly formed into a unique friendship. She was another strong witch and a match for Elphaba. Galinda, the whimsical, beautiful, and bubbly (literally) popular girl, was a stark contrast from Elphaba’s dark and elusive demeanor. However, after the headmistress of Shiz, Madam Morrible, took Nessa into her own care at the university, Elphaba was forced to find a roommate in none other than Galinda.
Because of the color of her skin and defensive disposition, Elphaba didn’t have very many friends with the exception of her sister, Nessarose. In the story of Wicked, Elphaba, a shy, fiery, and smart young girl with green skin and strong magical powers, attended Shiz University. The story of Wicked follows Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (Glinda the Good Witch) back before they were adversaries and were actually friends.
To learn about Wicked the musical, you need to first know that Wicked was translated from page to stage through Gregory Maguire’s novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, and takes place some years before that tornado brought Dorothy from Kansas to the great Land of Oz. Luckily that all changed in 2003 when Wicked came to Broadway, as a brand new musical about the witches of Oz. What is Wicked about? Everyone knows the story about Dorothy, her infamous ruby red slippers, and her adventures in the Land of Oz, but not all people know the history of her emerald green nemesis, the Witch of the West, and how she became so wicked.
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