It wasn’t always easy being green for Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. And Hamilton — who died at age 82 in 1985 — went through a ...

Long before the new movie Wicked made a sympathetic character of the Wicked Witch of the West, she was played by actress Margaret Hamilton in the classic film, The Wizard of Oz. The most successful ...

The most successful movie musical opening ever keeps on flying high. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DEFYING GRAVITY") CYNTHIA ERIVO: (As Elphaba, singing) I think I'll try defying gravity. SHAPIRO: Long before ...

CYNTHIA ERIVO: (As Elphaba, singing) It's time to try defying gravity. I think I'll try defying gravity. And you can't pull me down. SIMON: Long before the Broadway musical and now the new movie ...