Production designer Nathan Crowley found ways to expand the world of “Wicked” in its conclusion, “For Good.”

The story of Elphaba ( Cynthia Erivo ) and Glinda ( Ariana Grande ) continues, following the choices and consequences the witches made in the first “Wicked.” In “ Wicked: For Good, ” Elphaba has been declared the “Wicked Witch,” thus determining her destiny.

As a result, she’s forced to hide in the forest.

“In the stage show, that’s written as a grotto. It’s a hiding place,” Crowley explains. In his designs, Crowley notes the forests were “full of circular, rotating trees. They formed fluid shapes.” One idea he had was to put Elphaba in a canopy. It wasn’t in the script, but he had the idea that the forest of Oz would have a mother tree, and that’s where she would create

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