Elphaba, played by actor Cynthia Erivo, adjusts her black hat in front of a colorful background.
Anyone who's going to see Wicked this week probably knows that it's based on the highly popular musical of the same name or that this is only half of the musical's story. But the Wicked musical draws from its own source material: the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.
✕ Remove Ads Elphaba Goes Down a Dark Path in the ‘Wicked’ Novel Close While Elphaba's journey in the Wicked novel mostly mirrors her development in the musical and film, there are a few key changes. Chief among them is her relationship with Fiyero Tigelaar; Fiyero and Elphaba reconnect after Fiyero is married,and they carry on an affair that results in Elphaba giving birth to a son, Liir.
Future ‘Wicked’ Books Explore Elphaba's Legacy ✕ Remove Ads As previously mentioned above, Wicked isn't the only revisionist novel Gregory Maguire wrote. He penned three sequels, including Son of a Witch, which focuses on Liir; A Lion Among Men, which tells the life story of the Cowardly Lion; and Out of Oz, which sees Oz falling into war after the Wizard and Dorothy's departure.
Though the Wicked musical does change a few major elements and turned out to be lighter than the original novel, Maguire was mostly happy with the results — except for the ending."The biggest change they made was to my ending," he told The Guardian."I felt a little aghast but came around to it because the messages remain the same: time is short, cherish who you love, and what you do matters.
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