5 ways to get even more pumped for ‘Wicked’
READ the novel that inspired the show. Gregory Maguire’s “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” first released in 1996, is currently on National Book Store’s Top 10 Fiction Bestsellers list and we’re not surprised. This was the book that inspired composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz to create the Tony Award-winning musical. Get a dose of Elphaba and Glinda before the curtains open at the CCP by picking up the book.