The Wicked Witch of the West has been portrayed many different ways in pop culture, but we?re not sure she?s ever looked as glamorous as she does here. Get your first look at Mary J. Blige as Evilene, a.k.a. the Wicked Witch of the West, in NBC?s upcoming live production of The Wiz.
As with everything in The Wiz, a modernized adaptation of Frank L. Baum?s classic The Wizard of Oz, this version of the Wicked Witch isn?t quite like the one you remember from the Judy Garland movie. In the 1978 movie version, she?s the evil boss of an underground sweatshop, and though the flying monkeys are still there, they?re more like a motorcycle gang than anything you?d see at the zoo.
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