The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." Maguire's novel reframes the popular plot of the original book and 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz" around the book's main villain, the Wicked ...

Long before the new movie Wicked made a sympathetic character of the Wicked Witch of the West, she was played by actress Margaret Hamilton in the classic film, The Wizard of Oz. The most ...

The second film comes out next year. It might be time to pose a related question: Why won’t the Wicked Witch of the West ever die? The character has grown in stature since she first appeared as ...

As 'Wicked' prepares to cast its spell over the box office, we look at how portrayals of witches on screen have evolved to become symbols of female empowerment and an embracement of otherness.