Three distinct, interwoven plotlines will entertain children, romantics and adults: Kids will like the budding friendship between the over-confident student and the humble one who grows stronger. Those into romance will appreciate the someone-who-loves-someone-else triad. Prom queen-like Glinda + fellow student Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey, Bridgerton) + smart nerd girl Elphaba = love and discord. The most dramatic sub-narrative involves the persecution of animals. They’re demeaned, rounded up and imprisoned. Their leader, a profit-like goat professor named Dr. Dillamond (Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones), becomes their saintly leader. Any devices in this narrative that evoke the evils of fascism, Nazi Germany and current times are intended.