Have you ever wondered about what happened in the Land of Oz before that do-gooder Dorothy and her dog Toto came on the scene and saved the world? Well, Gregory Maguire did, and he went one step further - he wrote a book. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is the result of Maguire's ponderings.
Did you know that the Wicked Witch of the West was actually named Elphaba, and that she could sing like a nightingale? Or that her sister, the owner of the red shoes , was named Nessarose and was born without arms? Did you know that Glinda the Good Witch (born Galinda) was, w…