The film adaptation of "Wicked" ends right when Act I of the hit Broadway musical does: with Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba deciding to turn against the Wonderful Wizard of Oz and fly from the Emerald City — all while belting out "Defying Gravity."

But where does its sequel, "Wicked: For Good," pick up?

The second film opens with the construction of the yellow brick road — yes, the one from 1939's "The Wizard of Oz" — which is carried out through the labor of the land's animals. But the work is interrupted by none other than Elphaba, who flies in on her broom to free the animals. Her rebellion is painted by the leaders in the Emerald City as pure violence, earning her the famous moniker the Wicked Witch of the West.

Meanwhile, after choosing not to leave Oz with her best friend at the end of t

See Full Page