'Wicked' on Broadway gets its first Black Elphaba
Just ahead of Black History Month, the Broadway smash "Wicked" is about to make some Black history of its own. Producers ...
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‘Wicked’s Lencia Kebede Is Broadway's First Black Actor to Play Elphaba Full-Time
Broadway’s Wicked ... have played Elphaba as understudies or standbys, but never before has a Black actress played the role ...
Cynthia Erivo Casts a Spell: How Her Elphaba Changed ‘Wicked’ for Good
So why does it seem as if she might have been born to play the iconic Wicked Witch of the West in “Wicked,” Jon M. Chu’s ...
Broadway’s Elphaba from ‘Wicked’ sang the national anthem at Eagles NFC Championship Game
Broadway star and Philly native Mary Kate “MK” Morrissey, who plays Elphaba in “Wicked," took a day off from the theater to ...
‘Wicked’ Casts Lencia Kebede As First Black Actress To Play Elphaba Full Time On Broadway; Allie Trimm To Join As Glinda
Kebede, who recently starred in the touring company of Hamilton, will join Wicked on Tuesday, March 4. She’ll play opposite ...
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A brief history of the Glinda & Elphaba couple ship in 'Wicked'
No matter who the leading women of Wicked end up ... While they may not have sex on the page, the two women do kiss in the 1995 novel. "'You'll be all right,' Elphaba said, 'now you're a seasoned ...
Idina Menzel Played Elphaba and Elsa. Now She’s Going Out on a Limb.
In the years that followed, she moved to Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband, Aaron Lohr, an actor turned therapist ...
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WICKED Sets First Black Broadway Elphaba and New Glinda This Spring
Mary Kate Morrisey (Elphaba) and Alexandra Socha (Glinda) will play their ... Before Wicked, she spent five transformative years in Hamilton (Angelica Schuyler; previously Woman 5), toured ...
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Breaking Baz: ‘Wicked’s Jon M. Chu On Unlocking The Musical For The Big Screen And How Casting Cynthia Erivo As Elphaba Was “Like A Coup”
The beauty of Wicked, for me, is that, yes, it’s huge in that Golden Age MGM musical kinda way, but it’s also so intimate: two young women — Elphaba and Glinda, played by Erivo and Ariana ...
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‘Wicked’s Lencia Kebede Is Broadway's First Black Actor to Play Elphaba Full-Time—Cynthia Erivo Manifested It
Broadway’s Wicked will ... in her ELLE 2024 Women in Hollywood interview. She said she didn’t believe she could play Elphaba given the lack of Black women who have embodied her onstage ...
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‘Wicked’s Lencia Kebede Is Broadway's First Black Actor to Play Elphaba Full-Time
Broadway’s Wicked will ... in her ELLE 2024 Women in Hollywood interview. She said she didn’t believe she could play Elphaba given the lack of Black women who have embodied her onstage ...