The place where Elphaba and I meet is empathy and advocacy for justice,” said Lencia Kebede, who is the first Black actress ...

Cynthia Erivo is reflecting on what it was like to shave her head for her Oscar-nominated role as Elphaba in ‘Wicked: Part One.’ She recalled the first time she ‘took the green off’ and looked in the ...

Broadway’s Wicked will welcome two new witches to the stage this spring, with Lencia Kebede serving as the first Black ...

Aside from Grande, actresses Amanda Seyfried ... on to reveal that she didn’t think she would be considered to play Elphaba. “Historically, Black women have never really been seen for the ...

Joining the long-running show in March, Kebede made history as the first Black actress to play Elphaba on Broadway full-time. "It is the largest honor a person could ever carry," said Kebede of ...

Cynthia Erivo, Oscar nominee and star of 'Wicked: Part One', recently shared her experience of shaving her head to play Elphaba in the film. Speaking at the Canva Create event at SoFi Stadium in ...

Kebede is now a working actress in New York defying gravity eight times as week as the first Black actress to play Elphaba full time in “Wicked” on Broadway. The New York Times ...

Cynthia Erivo is reflecting on what it was like to shave her head for her Oscar-nominated role as Elphaba in Wicked: Part One. The “Defying Gravity” singer, 38, told the crowd during the Canva ...

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