. "The musical is based on Gregory Maguire's bestselling 1995 novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, and serves as a prologue to Lyman Frank Baum's 1900 classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (as well as its movie equivalent, MGM's 1939 The Wizard of Oz). It explains what happened before Dorothy Gale arrived in the Land of Oz. The musical version of Wicked ignores the sequels to Maguire's other Wicked books, Son of a Witch (published in 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in 2008), and Out of Oz (published in 2011). The musical version of Wicked highlights the journey of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good Witch of the North), as they struggle with opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. Wicked was produced by Universal Studios, in coalition with producers Marc Platt and David Stone; the production was directed by Joe Mantello, choreographed by Wayne Cilentro, and costumed by Susan Hilferty. Originally premiering in San Francisco's Curran Theatre on May 28, 2003, the production opened on Broadway on October 30 of the same year in Manhattan's Gershwin theater. It originally featured Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and Norbert Leo Butz as Fiyero. At the 2004 Tony Awards, the Broadway production was nominated for 10 awards, eventually winning three. It was also nominated for the Drama Desk awards, gathering eleven nominations and winning three; the West End production later also received 5 Laurence Olivier Awards. According to Broadway.com, Wicked shifts from being the first- or second-most-grossing show in New York and is first in the West End, as well as being the 10th longest running Broadway show. Wicked has had 25 previews and 4544 shows as of September 28, 2014. Wicked has made a total of $868,505,846. A film adaptation of Wicked has been in talks since 2004 though producers have been waiting for a dip in the stage musical's earnings. Since 2012, Universal Studios were reported to produce the film with Stephen Daldry and Winnie Holzman, who wrote the musical's book, to pen the screenplay. in December 2012, Marc Platt announced that the film would \"soon\" be entering development stages, and following the success of Les Miserables (2012), it was expected to happen sooner rather then later. It was revealed in November 2014 that the film adaptation was going ahead and was aiming for a release in 2016."@en . "The musical is based on Gregory Maguire's bestselling 1995 novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, and serves as a prologue to Lyman Frank Baum's 1900 classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (as well as its movie equivalent, MGM's 1939 The Wizard of Oz). It explains what happened before Dorothy Gale arrived in the Land of Oz. The musical version of Wicked ignores the sequels to Maguire's other Wicked books, Son of a Witch (published in 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in 2008), and Out of Oz (published in 2011)."@en . "Wicked the Musical"@en .