Well, that is, fans who have never read "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," the book by ... former ...

which explains Glinda's appearance in the movie's opening number, "No One Mourns the Wicked," as she tells the Munchkins that ...

Nessarose has become a cruel governor of Munchkinland and earned the title of the Wicked Witch of the East. Elphaba, now known as the Wicked Witch of the West, tries to do good for the animals and ...

“What’s wonderful about the show is that you get an insight into why this woman becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, but you ... While visiting Nessarose in Munchkinland, Elphaba grants ...

before she was known as the Wicked Witch of the West. From her struggles with familiar jealousy, her thirst for knowledge and her encounters with the marginalized talking animals of Oz ...