Instead, "Elphie" serves as a psychological backstory to understand Elphaba's character, explaining what made her one of the most iconic witched in literacy, theater and film. Making the novel one ...

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Gregory Maguire's new Wicked prequel book Elphie expands on Elphaba's tragic relationship with the flying monkeys.

Elphie answers to Elphaba, and every nickname you could make from it, and the whole family still said it wrong until the movie was popular (insert eye roll here, you’re welcome)." ...

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Elphie answers to Elphaba, and every nickname you could make from it, and the whole family still said it wrong until the movie was popular (insert eye roll here, you're welcome)." ...

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All of last year, the pair channeled their characters’ respective colors at promotional events — with Grande perennially pink for Glinda and Erivo rocking green and black for Elphie.