Published in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz quickly became a best seller and realized Baum’s aim of giving America a fairy tale to call its own.,Baum’s subsequent Oz books furthered that aim but, almost from the start,

While Wicked puts a revisionist spin on the earliest Oz tale, the story's connection to its original source material remains integral.

I grew up watching The Wizard of Oz; I played it on repeat as a little kid. However, I hadn’t revisited it until after I saw Wicked in theaters right before its premiere on the