Erik is a writer based in Arizona. He's written about video games and the entertainment industry for over a decade, and previously covered politics and culture. He also runs a Substack newsletter ...

The following contains spoilers for Wicked: For GoodWicked: For Good's biggest missed opportunity could have fixed an issue that the musical has had since it was on Broadway. Wicked and Wicked: For ...

Wicked's second act has a problem, and John M. Chu’s movie version, Wicked: For Good, has some small but important fixes. It isn’t a box-office issue: Part two of Chu’s film adaptation of one of ...

The new numbers added to Wicked: For Good were intended to remedy this problem and raise the emotional stakes for Elphaba and Glinda on personal levels. “Girl in the Bubble,” sung by Glinda, aims to ...

Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering. His new book is Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World (W.W.