Wicked Witch of the West in Munchkinland

This is a clip from the Warner Theatre's Summer 1990 performance of The Wizard of Oz.

Apologies for the quality, but when you record on a low-end VHS camera, wait 17 years, and then upload it through a TV tuner card, things can be lost.

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• Wizard
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• Oz
• Wicked
• Witch
• Munchkinland
• fire
• smoke
• flashpot
• stage
• theatre
• musical
• acting
• dorothy
• glinda

[ElphabaMalfoy]

why do they alway's have to make her ugly? Elphaba jus wanted to be loved

[BackOfTheHearse]

Remember that there is a difference between the Wicked Witch of the West from Wizard of Oz and Elphaba from Wicked. It's important to differentiate between those.

[BackOfTheHearse]

Also, remember that Elphaba in the BOOK Wicked was not beautiful. She was very often described harshly, and she had very hard features. When Galinda did a little makeover at Shiz, there was a quality of beauty that was found, but it's not something that was immediately apparent. The musical, in my opinion, really did not do the book justice at all.. too many changes.

[BackOfTheHearse]

I have now uploaded the footage of the witch melting.

[actor13]

Do you have any more of videos of this show?

[BackOfTheHearse]

I could upload more... what would you like to see?

[LUVMEN21]

now THATS a WICKED WITCH!!!!

[slimmy38]

can someone get the rest of this...this is pretty impressive

[BroadwayStephen]

how did they do the trap door?! its amazing!

[TaffyGaya]

Who is the witch of the south? 

[xInTheYearOf39x]

Wow, this is REALLY good - the Wicked Witch is freaky :S

[boffinme80]

@BackOfTheHearse ** Glinda didn't see the harsh features behind Elphaba, as she only saw that she was just lonely and not the hint of wickedness that was entitled to her name.

Fiyero said that "It's what's inside that matters" to Elphaba meaning that she was kind-hearted as that is what made her beautiful. It was like a condition that everyone misjudged and only certain people knew who Elphie really was.

So Wicked and WoO are very clever telling prophecies! ^^

[boffinme80]

@BackOfTheHearse There is a difference but it's the perspective. Wizard of Oz is through Dorothy's perspective and Wicked is through Elphaba's, Glinda's and Fiyero's. Mainly Elphaba's as she is the main character. The reason she is ugly in WoO is because Dorothy is told by the citizens that she is a "wicked" witch, not misunderstood so the character represents Dorothy's creative view.

In Wicked, it is told by Glinda that the witch is her best friend and what she saw is not what everyone else saw

[chad2CCC]

That was like, a perfect impersonation of Margaret Hamiltons wicked witch!

[Scar2401]

@BackOfTheHearse Ummm Elphaba IS the Wicked Witch of the West. Wicked merely tells HOW she Gained that title.