"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Long before Hollywood got involved, witches have been figures of fear and fascination in myth and ...

This week Wicked: For Good hits theaters, promising to tell audiences the second half of the story of how a young, talented, green girl of Oz named Elphaba Thropp became the Wicked Witch of the West, ...

Wicked seems to have cast a spell of attraction on audiences, from the 1995 bestselling novel to the Tony-nominated Broadway musical to the wildly popular movie adaptation, which opened its first ...

The Wicked Witch of the West has had many names across many adaptations — and she’s been played by many notable actresses over the decades Alyssa Modos is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...