Wicked is a Broadway musical that reimagines the origins and friendship of Elphaba (the future Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda, featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman based on Gregory Maguire’s novel. It plays at the Gershwin Theatre in Midtown Manhattan and is notable as one of Broadway’s longest-running and most popular contemporary musicals, acclaimed for its score, staging, and large-scale production values.