Luft, who once played the Wicked Witch of the West herself onstage, calls the Ariana Grande/Cynthia Erivo movie "epic, brilliant, touching and honest"

Luft said that the musical prequel adaptation was "done with a great deal of love and respect for the original."

Garland, who died in 1969 at age 47, starred in the 1939 classic adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Dorothy opposite Billie Burke as Glinda the Good Witch and Margaret Hamilton as Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Garland was an iconic American actress, singer, and dancer, best known for her portrayal of Dorothy Gale in the beloved 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Garland's career spanned decade

Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft has joined the chorus of moviegoers raving about “Wicked” ahead of the musical’s theatrical release. Luft’s mother, of course, is an icon of cinema having played Dorothy Gale in 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz.

Wicked, tells backstory of the witches of Oz — as in The Wizard of Oz — and the daughter of the star of the original movie, Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft, has seen the movie adaption of the famous Broadway play,