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Elphaba Thropp (/ ˈ ɛ l f ə b ə ˈ θ r ɒ p /) is the protagonist in the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, its musical theatre adaptation, and the musical's two-part film adaptation, Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025). Elphaba is a reimagining of the Wicked Witch of the West ...
Two of the movie’s deleted scenes take place at the train station before Elphaba and Glinda journey to the Emerald City. While one sees the return of Elphaba’s father, Governor Thropp (Andy ...
Set before “The Wizard of Oz,” “Wicked” follows the story of Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and how the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and all those Ozians ...
Wicked director Jon M Chu has explained why he deleted a poignant scene between the movie’s lead characters, Elphaba and Glinda.. The musical follows Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good and Cynthia ...
Sometime later, Elphaba has become known as the Wicked Witch of the West for her opposition to the Wizard's regime, while Glinda has been positioned by Madame Morrible as the Wizard's spokesperson. Fiyero, now Captain of the Wizard's Guard, hopes to find Elphaba, but leaves when Glinda tells him that Elphaba does not want to be found ("Thank ...
Wicked, which opened on Broadway in 2003, starred Menzel as Elphaba, a green girl who is demonized by the Wizard of Oz as the Wicked Witch of the West, and Chenoweth as Glinda, the popular girl ...
She is distraught at being vilified by the Wizard's propaganda and the hatred of the citizens of Oz, so she decides she will no longer attempt to do good. The song begins with Elphaba screaming "Fiyero," but instead of being an unhitched scream, she actually sings a high note that is a minor second above the tonal centre of the song.
Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose, goes on to become the Wicked Witch of the East, who appears in the The Wizard of Oz only as a pair of stockinged legs sticking out from underneath a house.