Frank Baum’s flying monkey origin saw the creatures becoming enslaved to the Wicked Witch, via a magical golden cap, Maguire’s book saw Elphaba actually create the species in a rather ...

Wicked ended with Elphaba being tricked by The Wizard and Madame Morrible into using the Grimmerie to create the flying monkeys in hopes of using them as spies against the animals of Oz.

So then you need to set up Elphaba more than maybe the show does ... [because of the strike] our ‘Defying Gravity’ and flying days,” he told THR. The team finished up the 10 days of ...