“He Really Did That”: People Can’t Cope With The Author Of “Wicked’s” Seriously Brutal Reason For Giving Elphaba The Last Name “Thropp”

Just eight years after Maguire’s book was released, his now-iconic story about Glinda and Elphaba made its transition to the stage, debuting in San Francisco in 2003. 

Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth famously originated the lead roles in the show, and they continued to lead the cast when Wicked transferred to New York City’s iconic Broadway later that same year. 

And while Idina, Cynthia, Kristin, and Ariana undeniably know almost everything there is to know about the beloved characters that they’ve brought to life on both stage and screen, nobody knows more than the man who first developed these characters way back in the ‘90s.