Wicked is a touring production of the long-running Broadway musical that chronicles the untold story of the witches of Oz, focusing on the complex friendship between Elphaba (the future Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda. The show features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, and it mounts large-scale, theatrical staging and well-known songs for audiences on the road. This production plays at the Boston Opera House, bringing the Broadway spectacle and its themes of identity and power to local theatregoers.