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Stephen Schwartz first discovered Wicked, the novel by Gregory Maguire, whilst on holiday in Hawaii. Immediately realising its potential for dramatic adaptation, Meeting Macguire in Conneticut in 1998, Schwartz persuaded him to release the rights for a stage production. In reading the novel, Schwartz considered how best to condense the book's complicated plot into a sensible script.

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In collaboration with Winnie Holzman, the outline of the plot developed over the course of a year. While the draft followed Macguire's "brilliant" idea of retelling the story of the classic children's book from the perspective of its main villain, the story of the stage adaptation "goes far afield" from its literary namesake.

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Holzman observed in an interview with Playbill that "It was [Maguire's] brilliant idea to take this hated figure and tell things from her point of view, and to have the two witches be roommates in college, but the way in which their friendship develops — and really the whole plot — is different [onstage].". Schwartz justified the deviation, saying "Primarily we were interested in the relationship between Galinda - who becomes Glinda and Elphaba... the friendship of these two women and how their characters lead them to completely different destiny's".

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The book, lyrics and score for the musical developed continually through a series of readings. For these developmental workshops, Kristin Chenoweth joined the project as Glinda, and Stephanie J. Block read the role of Elphaba before Idina Menzel was cast in the role in 2001. In early 2000 the production recruited David Stone, the New York producer, to begin the transition to a full Broadway production. Joe Mantello was recruited as director and by April 2003, the show had recruited a full cast and was prepared for a public production. Following an out-of-town tryout in San Francisco, California, Wicked's original Broadway production began previews at the George Gershwin Theatre on October 8, 2003, and officially opened on October 30. The cast included Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, Idina Menzel as Elphaba, and Joel Grey as The Wizard being billed over the title.

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