A pointed black hat resting on a pool of water. A broken window. A yellow brick road being traveled by a girl in a gingham dress surrounded by a lion, a tin man and a scarecrow. Oh, and her little ...

The musical also provides a backstory for the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, the Wicked Witch of the East and even the flying monkeys. One of the factors that complicates Elphaba and ...

For fans of Wicked, the musical that explores the backstory of the Wicked Witch of the West ... also express excitement about the story.“The Scarecrow... birds from the corn,” one child ...