Just a few days after Black History Month ends, the Broadway smash "Wicked" will make some Black history of its own.

PREVIOUSLY (Dec. 29): It’s official: Wicked has pulled ahead of Mamma Mia! to become the top-grossing film based on a Broadway musical. Wicked has grossed $634.4 million worldwide since it ...

Long before Elphaba and Glinda became Oscar-nominated Hollywood stars, they have delighted audiences in London and around the ...

Broadway has its first Black full-time Elphaba. Lencia Kebede has been announced as the first Black actress to play Elphaba in Broadway’s Wicked full-time. She will be joined by Allie Trimm, who is ...

Wicked is getting a new Elphaba, and she’s about to make history: Lencia Kebede will be the first Black actress to assume the role full time in ... the only show on Broadway that week to top ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Ms. Kebede is new to WICKED and is the ...

Broadway’s Wicked will welcome two new ... became the first Black actress to play Glinda full-time on Broadway in 2022. In celebration of the show’s 20th anniversary in 2023, Johnson told ...

Bainbridge will become the first wheelchair-using actor to take on the role of Nessarose on stage. It follows the casting of Marissa Bode, the first wheelchair-using actor to play the character, in ...

Kebede, who recently starred in the touring company of Hamilton, will join Wicked on Tuesday, March 4. She’ll play opposite Allie Trimm, who takes over as Glinda at the same time. Trimm was the ...

Broadway’s Wicked will welcome two new ... became the first Black actress to play Glinda full-time on Broadway in 2022. In celebration of the show’s 20th anniversary in 2023, Johnson told ...