Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire.Gregory Maguire’s new Wickedprequel digs deeper into Elphaba’s background, but the story told in Elphie: A Wicked Childhoodalso changes one character from the original novel — and makes their portrayal more perplexing. Maguire’s Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West came out back in 1995, and it has since been adapted as a musical and movie. Both iterations make changes to Maguire’s Wicked book, with everything from the way Elphaba’s magic works to her age being altered for the stage and screen.
