The Wizard Gandalf from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was inspired by Merlin from Arthurian legend and Odin from ...
Gregory Maguire wrote 'Wicked' because he needed his own "sense of dignity" as well as money to pay his own bills.
The Invisible Parade' is "the Wizard of Oz set in a graveyard" and depicts a beautiful path through grief for families ...