The Chinese-American film-maker helms the musical fantasy film based on the 2003 Broadway production.
NEW YORK – The musical fantasy film Wicked is an adaptation of the stage musical of the same name. That hit production was itself a revisionist take on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz and the classic 1939 Judy Garland film it inspired, The Wizard Of Oz.
Speaking at a recent question-and-answer event with the cast in New York City, he recalls watching the tryout production of Wicked the musical in San Francisco just a few months before it opened on Broadway in 2003. He sees their journey reflected in The Wizard Of Oz’s yellow brick road, a symbolic pathway that leads to the Emerald City.
“We all have our pieces in this – it’s the American fairy tale about the American dream,” says Chu. He is married to American graphic designer Kristin Hodge and has five children, the oldest aged seven and the youngest a newborn.
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