There's a reason that in "The Wizard of Oz," the Munchkins of Munchkinland sing "Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead" after Dorothy ...

Wicked features many overt references to The Wizard of Oz, but there are a variety of more subtle Easter eggs from the 1939 movie to be found.

The Basics: The Wizard of Oz ... house, which remains relatively intact when a rip-roaring tornado tears through the Kansas farmland and picks it up. The house lands on and kills the Wicked Witch ...