The movie and musical versions of “Wicked” are based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, following the friendship between Elphaba and Glinda. Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as ...

Only two of the seven musical-to-film transfers on this list won the Tony for best musical when they played on Broadway. Les Misérables won in 1987. Hairspray won in 2003.

Live performances of the full musical version of Wicked are scheduled to resume on Broadway Sept. 14. Ozians, the wait is finally over. Back on Broadway September 14th.

"Wicked," the movie, is based on "Wicked," the hit 2003 Broadway musical. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande play Elphaba and Glinda, roles originated by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth.

The musical opened on Broadway on Oct. 30, 2003, and has been running ever since. See where the original cast is up to now ahead of the movie release on Nov. 22 Since Wicked launched on Broadway ...