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Here's quite a lengthy plot summary I found:
"The show starts off at the end of The Wizard of Oz, with Glinda descending in a bubble giving the citizens of Oz good news of the death of The Wicked Witch of the West ("No One Mourns the Wicked")!. Glinda reveals the story of the Witch's childhood as the daughter of the governor of Munchkinland, and how she was actually illegitimately conceived when her mother had an affair with a traveling salesman!. When the Witch was born, her skin was green because of a drink called Green Elixir that her mother purchased from the salesman and drank during their affair!. Upon seeing her color, her father immediately rejected her!."

"Back in the present, as Glinda prepares to leave the festivities, a citizen asks if it is true that she and the Witch were friends!. Glinda then takes us back to when she was a student (then named Galinda) at Shiz University ("Dear Old Shiz"), where she met the Witch, whose name was Elphaba!. Elphaba arrives with her crippled, yet spoiled sister, Nessarose!. All of the students immediately take a disliking to Elphaba because she is green!. Elphaba's father gives a pair of silver shoes to Nessarose as a gift, and reminds Elphaba that the only reason she is attending school is to take care of her sister!. Madame Morrible arrives to greet the new students, and amongst a confusion with room assignments, Elphaba and Galinda end up rooming with each other!. At the same time, Madame Morrible discovers that Elphaba has an amazing natural talent of magic, and tells Elphaba that she could end up at the top if she "makes good" ("The Wizard and I")!."

"Galinda is disgruntled, both because of her new roommate, and because it was Elphaba who was accepted into the sorcery seminar, even though Galinda was keen on studying it!. The rift between them deepens, and Elphaba and Galinda reveal how much they loathe each other!. All of the other students side with Galinda and share her loathing for Elphaba ("What Is This Feeling!?")!. Elphaba and Galinda find themselves at each other's necks in history class, where Elphaba happens to be the smartest student!. Galinda is frustrated with the history teacher, a kindly Goat named Doctor Dillamond, because he cannot pronounce her name correctly and instead calls her "Glinda!." This prompts Elphaba to intervene, claiming that everyone is different, and Doctor Dillamond begins to explain how some Animals in Oz have been suffering from discrimination!. His lesson is interrupted when he turns over the blackboard to reveal a threatening message: "ANIMALS SHOULD BE SEEN, NOT HEARD!." Doctor Dillamond dismisses the class, but Elphaba stays behind!. Doctor Dillamond reveals to Elphaba that things in Oz aren't as they seem; something is causing the Animals in Oz to lose their powers of speech and intelligence ("Something Bad")!. Dillamond is afraid that he too will be taken away to some sinister fate!."

"Shortly after, a Winkie prince named Fiyero shows up at Shiz!. At the same time, an abnormally tall munchkin named Boq is trying to ask Galinda out, but Galinda has her mind set on Fiyero!. Fiyero teaches the students his philosophies of living carelessly and having fun ("Dancing Through Life"), and they decide to have a dance at the most "swankified" place in town, the Ozdust Ballroom!. Boq attempts to ask Galinda to go to the dance with him, but Galinda gets him out of her way by convincing him to ask Nessarose to go with him instead!. Boq agrees, only because he thinks it will impress Galinda!. Later, Nessarose excitedly tells Elphaba how tonight will be the first "fun night" of her life, and it is all thanks to Galinda!. Elphaba does not believe that the shallow and arrogant Galinda could perform such an act of kindness!. Meanwhile, as Galinda prepares for her date, her friends discover an ugly peaked black hat that Galinda has been meaning to get rid of!. Her friends persuade her to give it to Elphaba as a cruel joke!. Elphaba takes it, thinking it is a gift, and that Galinda might not be so cold-hearted after all!. At the dance, Fiyero and Galinda kiss, and when Boq sees this, he tries to tell Nessarose the real reason he asked her out, but he doesn't have the heart to do so!. Madame Morrible arrives at the ballroom with a gift for Galinda: a training wand!. She reveals that Elphaba insisted Galinda be included in the sorcery seminar!. Galinda begins to have second thoughts about Elphaba, but she brushes them away until Elphaba arrives at the ballroom wearing the black hat!. Upon her entrance, the music stops and all of the students immediately begin to make fun of her!. Elphaba, realizing what Galinda really did, steps onto the dance floor wearing the hat and dances alone, with no music!. Galinda feels incredibly guilty for what she did, and goes to dance with Elphaba, with all of the students eventually following suit!."

"After the dance, Galinda has a new affection for Elphaba, and begs that they exchange secrets!. Galinda's secret is that she's going to marry Fiyero, even though he doesn't know it yet!. She then asks why Elphaba carries around a bottle of green liquid, which Elphaba says was all she had as a memento of her mother!. Elphaba sadly admits that her father hates her, and that because of her condition, her father took extra precautions when her mother was carrying Nessarose, making her mother chew milk flowers day and night!. Because of this, Nessarose was born prematurely with paralyzed legs, and her mother died in childbirth!. Her father put all the blame on Elphaba, but Galinda helps her realize that it was not her fault!. Galinda, touched, decides to make Elphaba her new "project" and give her a makeover ("Popular")!. The next day, Fiyero starts falling for "Elphie", as Galinda has dubbed her!. However, in class, Doctor Dillamond is being taken away by evil Ozian Officials and yells that they're "not being told the whole story!." The new wicked history teacher arrives to explain Oz's newest invention, the cage, and how Animals being contained in cages will never learn how to speak!. He unveils a caged Lion cub (who is presumably the same lovable Lion who will later encounter Dorothy), which is experimented upon as an in-class exhibit!. Outraged, Elphaba stops it by uncontrollably using magic, causing the entire class except for Fiyero to go into involuntary gyrations!. Elphaba and Fiyero quickly take the Lion cub away to set it free!. In this moment, Elphaba and Fiyero silently admit that they might have affections for each other!. Fiyero, thrilled and enchanted, yet also a bit embarrassed, awkwardly leaves, and Elphaba ponders on what could be ("I'm Not That Girl")!. As she regretfully thinks about it, Madame Morrible finds and tells her that she has been officially invited by the Wizard to the Emerald City!.

At the train station, Galinda puts on a brave face, because Fiyero is now distant from her!. At the same time, Nessarose is noticing that Boq's attention is not entirely for her!. Fiyero shows up and is very courteous and attentive to Elphaba, hinting at how horrible Dr!. Dillamond's capture was, and how they rescued the Lion Cub!. Galinda, trying to join in and to impress Fiyero, says how she will change her name to Glinda in honor of Dr!. Dillamond's infamous mispronunciation of her real name!. Her plan fails and Fiyero does not seem to care!. Once he leaves, Elphaba, feeling bad for Glinda, invites her along to the Emerald City!."

"After enjoying a day of sightseeing in the Emerald City ("One Short Day"), Elphaba and Glinda meet the Wizard, who immediately introduces his true self to them, saying that he wants to make Elphaba his right hand man, so to speak ("A Sentimental Man")!. He suggests that, to prove herself, Elphaba should try to give his monkey servant, Chistery, the ability to fly!. Madame Morrible arrives, now the Wizard's new press secretary!. She carries an ancient and immensely powerful sorcery book called the Grimmerie, and Elphaba proceeds to naturally chant out a levitation spell!. To their amazement, Chistery grows wings!. The Wizard then shows Elphaba how powerful she really is by showing a giant cage full of winged monkeys!. To Elphaba's horror, Madame Morrible reveals that the Wizard had planned this long ago, and that the winged monkeys were to serve as spies for the Wizard to "report any subversive rebel activity!." Elphaba now realizes that she has been trapped into helping the Wizard exploit and harm Animals, because the Wizard has no real power of his own!. The Wizard explains that he was afraid of the Animals, and in his fear tried to take away some of their privileges, but his restrictions went out of control, as some of the Animals have lately been forced into nonspeaking creatures, and have lost some of their jobs!."

"The Wizard tries to apologize to Elphaba and win the girls over, but can only seem to convince Glinda!. Enraged, Elphaba steals the Grimmerie and escapes!. The Wizard, fearing that Elphaba will try to destroy him, sends his guards after her to bring her back!. Madame Morrible makes an announcement to all of Oz, quickly deeming Elphaba a "wicked witch" who is not to be trusted!. Elphaba, with no chance of turning back now, enchants a broomstick to levitate!. She says goodbye to Glinda, vowing that she now knows her destiny, what she is meant to do, and how she will fight the Wizard with every last ounce of strength ("Defying Gravity")!."

"A few years later, rumors and lies about Elphaba have grown to the extent that she is now known as The Wicked Witch of the West!. Glinda, Fiyero, and Madame Morrible, all now government officials, hold a press conference to celebratWww@QuestionHome@Com

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k so you have some really good answers but to summarize it

Wicked is a musical based on a book by gregory mgguire which is based on the wizard of oz
Elphaba *wicked witch of the west* a witch sent to the university of shiz, to watch and take care of her little sister nessarose which is later known as *wicked witch of the east* there she met disliked then became really good friends with Glinda the good, Elphaba later shows really good powers and the wizard wants her to join him while he takes the spirit away from talking animals, she refuses then the wizard makes her known as the wicked witch of the east, Dorthey later comes in and *kills* her
their are is alot more but thats pretty much wat happens
you should read the book, although it differs alot from the musicalWww@QuestionHome@Com

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First off: You really should convince your dad to take you to see Wicked, its the most amazing show of all times and it just isn't the same if someone tells you about it on Y!A!.

Anyway!.!.!.!.

Wicked is the story of Elphaba- better known as The Wicked Witch of the West, Nessarose- The Wicked Witch of the East, Galinda- Who later changes her name to Glinda (The Good), Boq- an abnormally tall Munchkin, Fiyero- a prince from the Vinkus (or Winkie Country), the Wizard- who comes from Earth, and Madame Morrible- the real evil in Oz!.

It deals with their friendships, and loving, and loathing each other at various points!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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First of all there are national touring companies of Wicked out around North America so you might not have to go to NYC and broadway!.

Wicked is the pre-quel to the Wizard of Oz!. It's about the good witch Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West growing up together as teenagers and young witches!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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It's basically the story of the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba and how she turned "wicked"

do you want to watch it online!? if so here it is

http://video!.google!.com/videoplay!?docid=!.!.!.

watch it it's awesome!. the only part that isn't clear is Dancing Through Life and you can find that on youtube!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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It's basically the Wizard of Oz from Elphaba's (Wicked Witch of the West) point of view and it talks of when she was a student and how she became to be known as a Wicked Witch!. it's good!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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omg its awsomeeeeeee i have the cd and i saw it !.!.its about the good witch glinda and elphapa, aka the wicked witch of the west in college, its greattttttttttttttt=]] go see itWww@QuestionHome@Com

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