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Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo, left) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) are school rivals who become best friends in the musical "Wicked," a prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" based on the Broadway show.
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 ...
Jessica Vosk (born September 30, 1983) is an American singer and actress, known for her work in musical theater.. Vosk is best known for her performance as the lead role of Elphaba in Wicked, which she played on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre from July 2018 to May 2019 (a period that included the show's 15th Anniversary).
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which in turn is based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation.
Wicked made its stage debut in 2003, with Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth playing witches Elphaba and Glinda, respectively. More than two decades later, fans are getting a two-part movie ...
That line may as well be the motto for “Wicked,” which aims to show how Elphaba’s motives have been misunderstood in previous depictions of Oz, including creator L. Frank Baum’s OG novels ...
Jemma Rix (née Stevenson; born 25 December 1984) is an Australian theatre performer, who has played the role of Elphaba in the Melbourne, Sydney, Australian and Asian touring companies of Wicked. Rix first performed the role in the shortened 30-minute version of the show at Universal Studios Japan .
The lineage of Elphabas begins in 2000, not with Menzel, who won a Tony for her performance, but with Stephanie J. Block. She was a part of early workshops with composer Stephen Schwartz and book ...