It has also lent the 1631 "Wicked Bible" — a version of the King James, in which the unfortunate printer Robert Barker and his associate, Martin Lucas, left a "not" out of the commandment against committing adultery; both were fined.
His Act 3 solo is in this version a wicked test of across-the-floor beats and in place high jumps, rivaling that of the Blue Bird solo.
America loves Susan, Bree, Lynette,Gabrielle and even Edie, but they have nothing on Mary, Sylvia, Peggy, Edith and the Countess in George Cukor's wicked movie version of Clare Boothe Luce's play.
His name is swirling as a candidate to direct a big-screen version of "Wicked" for Universal Pictures.
Mr. Lean then allowed him to play an extremely wicked Fagin in a controversial version of "Oliver Twist," whose release in the United States was held up for more than two years because some groups considered the Guinness characterization anti-Semitic.
It is expected to yield similar results for the upcoming Maleficent (a revisionist take on Sleeping Beauty, starring Angelina Jolie as the titular wicked queen) and Cinderella (a new version of the story directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Lily James and Cate Blanchett).
Mr. Iwanyk has been toiling for years on an adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" but may have missed his window: there are at least three other related projects in the works, including a film version of the musical "Wicked" and a "Wizard" backed by Walt Disney Studios.
