The global bestseller that inspired the hit musical phenomenon. Now a major movie and record-breaking box office sensation. In this classic tale of good and evil, what if we weren`t told the whole story? Long before Dorothy follows the yellow brick road and triumphs over the Wicked Witch of the West, a little girl with emerald-green skin is born in the land of Oz. Elphaba grows up to be smart and prickly, a lonely outsider with an extraordinary talent for magic. Arriving at university, she dares to believe she might finally fit in. But Oz isn`t the haven she`d dreamed of. Some of its citizens are in grave danger, and Elphaba is determined to protect them from the Wizard`s power. And when the world declares her a wicked witch, Elphaba takes matters into her own hands... Fall under the WICKED spell this year.