Luft, 71, is the daughter of the original Wizard of Oz star Judy Garland and American businessman, Sidney Luft. On Instagram, she was full of praise for the new film, having seen it in an early screening. In a lengthy post, Luft gushed about the movie, calling it “astounding, epic, touching and honest.”

According to late "The Wizard of Oz" icon Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft, "Wicked" is defying filmmaking gravity. Luft, who is the daughter of Garland and Sidney Luft and half-sister of Liza Minnelli, took to social media to praise the musical prequel ...

Garland, who died in 1969 at age 47, starred in the 1939 classic adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Dorothy opposite Billie Burke as Glinda the Good Witch and Margaret Hamilton as Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft has joined the chorus of moviegoers raving about “Wicked” ahead of the musical’s theatrical release. Luft’s mother, of course, is an icon of cinema having played Dorothy Gale in 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz.

Garland was an iconic American actress, singer, and dancer, best known for her portrayal of Dorothy Gale in the beloved 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Garland's career spanned decade

Luft, who once played the Wicked Witch of the West herself onstage, calls the Ariana Grande/Cynthia Erivo movie "epic, brilliant, touching and honest"

Wicked, tells backstory of the witches of Oz — as in The Wizard of Oz — and the daughter of the star of the original movie, Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft, has seen the movie adaption of the famous Broadway play,