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Espinosa received the 2006 Broadway.com Audience Award for "Favorite Female Replacement", in recognition of her performances as Elphaba during her Broadway run as lead. [9] Espinosa originated the role of Elphaba for the third U.S. production of Wicked in Los Angeles, which opened on February 21, 2007, playing the role until December 30, 2007. [10]
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).
She appeared as an alternate Elphaba, performing in Seoul, South Korea when the lead Elphaba, Jemma Rix, was unavailable. This marked the third country that DiNoia had played Elphaba in. In October 2012, she briefly returned to the role as Elphaba standby in the Broadway company, before Vivino returned to the role one month later.
Cynthia Erivo knows how to do this. Erivo has already dazzled audiences with her powerhouse performances on stage and screen. Still, her turn as Elphaba in Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” has cemented ...
In the musical film, you're introduced to Elphaba (played by Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (played by Ariana Grande) in their younger days at Shiz University. So how do these nemeses-turned-friends go ...
Roscioli next played the role in the San Francisco production from April 7–19, 2009, covering as the standby for Elphaba, in place of Vicki Noon who was performing the full-time role for a short period. [24] Roscioli made her Broadway debut on July 21, 2009, reprising the role of Elphaba in the New York company of the musical. [25]
Elphaba, played by Erivo as an adult and Karis Musongole as a child, is mocked mercilessly for having green skin. Growing up under her strict Munchkinland governor father (Andy Nyman) and then at ...
Louise Dearman (born 13 March 1979) [1] is a British actress and singer, perhaps best known for playing Glinda and Elphaba in the West End production of the musical Wicked. Notably, she is the only actress to have played both witches in any production of Wicked full-time.