Elphaba is green in Wicked because her biological parents drink a “green elixir” while pregnant with her. In fact, they state ...

Gregory Maguire on how he got back into Elphaba's head for new "Wicked" prequel and what it was like watching Cynthia Erivo ...

Compared to previous books in the series, there is less happening to drive the narrative. Instead, “Elphie” serves as a ...

Almost 30 years after the publication of "Wicked," novelist Gregory Maguire offers readers Elphaba’s origin story in a new ...

Cynthia Erivo in “Wicked” (Credit: Universal Pictures) Erivo leads the larger-than-life film adaptation as Elphaba. The witch (who was born green) attends Shiz University and is randomly ...

Elphaba Thropp is best known as the all-singing, all-dancing, not-always-wicked Witch of the West in the musical adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel “Wicked” (1995). Those familiar only ...

The musical follows them from their girlhood friendship and explains how Elphaba became the Wicked Witch and Glinda became the Good Witch," the guide explains. The musical adaptation premiered on ...

with a new look at Elphaba Thropp, the beloved green heroine, before she was known as the Wicked Witch of the West. From her struggles with familiar jealousy, her thirst for knowledge and her ...

with a new look at Elphaba Thropp, the beloved green heroine, before she was known as the Wicked Witch of the West. From her struggles with familiar jealousy, her thirst for knowledge and her ...

with a new look at Elphaba Thropp, the beloved green heroine, before she was known as the Wicked Witch of the West. Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com Read the E-Edition, our digital ...