There are many of 'Wizard of Oz' easter eggs found in 'Wicked's' music. The origin story is a hit Broadway play adapted into a movie musical.

Wicked': The secret connection between Elphaba's name and the author of the original book, published in 1900, L. Frank Baum.

She becomes friends with a popular girl named Galinda, later Glinda (Ariana Grande), until Oz deems Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West. Playing heavily on America’s nostalgia for The Wizard of ...