What is the Wizard's real name?
2024's Wicked confirms the real name of The Wizard of Oz, connecting to the original Broadway production as well as the original Wizard of Oz story by author L. Frank Baum. In Wicked, Elphaba and Galinda encounter Jeff Goldblum's Wizard in the Emerald City, eventually learning the truth about his lack of magical power, as well as his plans for the Land of Oz.
Wicked Confirms Oscar Diggs In The Wizard's Real Name Shown Just Before "Defying Gravity" Close ✕ Remove Ads As seen at the beginning of Wicked's final number"Defying Gravity", Glinda tries to reason with Elphaba and get her to stay in the Emerald City to try and compromise with the Wizard. Meanwhile, Elphaba tries to convince Glinda to join her and go on the run.
3 Having been a stage magician back in Omaha, Oscar Diggs similarly called himself"The Wise and Magnificent" rather than the"Great and Powerful" as he'd come to be known in the Land of Oz. However, although Oz is an abbreviation, "Oscar Diggs" itself is shortened from the Wizard's much longer name in the original story by L. Frank Baum. After all, The Wizard of Oz has seven middle names.
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