This is particularly the case when it comes to one of two leads of the Wicked cast, Cynthia Erivo and her perfectly green ...

From Shrek to The Grinch to Elphaba, green characters are often considered social outcasts. Teaching about them can help ...

Cynthia Erivo brings a nuanced understanding to the role of Wicked’s Elphaba as she critiques censorship and social hierarchies, warns against fascism and exposes the hollowness of ruling-class ...

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

Despite being pitied for the color of their skin or wheelchair use ... Instead, she’s forced to go it alone, even as Madame Morrible calls her a “wicked witch” across Oz’s radio waves. Elphaba is ...

Broadway has apparently taken a color-conscience ... of Elphaba. She was first recognized for her work as Harriet Tubman in 2019’s “Harriet.” Before the follow-up, “Wicked: For Good ...