Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

In the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, it is very clear who the bad witch is.

I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too.

Recognize the cackle.

That is the Wicked Witch of the West, played by Margaret Hamilton.

She was mean and green and remains one of

cinema's most iconic villains. In command of her army of flying monkeys, she's terrified

generations of children, even some adults. But what if the Wicked Witch of the West wasn't always so wicked?

What if she got that way or was seen that way for a reason?

That was the premise of the original Broadway hit musical Wicked, focus on the backstory of Elphaba,

The Wicked Witch of the West, and her relationship with Blinda the Good Witch.

The show has won three Tony Awards and has since become Broadway's second highest-grossing show, trailing only the Lion King.

Consider this. For 20 years, Wicked has been a pop culture phenomenon on stage, and now it is making the leap to the big screen.

Coming up, we talk to the gravity-defying star at its center.

From NPR, I'm Scott Detrow.

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