When Cynthia Erivo signed on to play Elphaba in Universal’s big-screen adaptation of “Wicked,” she knew one thing: she wanted to be green. But Erivo wanted to actually be green, not have the ...
self-absorbed and pop-u-lar. After a prologue showing how the young Elphaba (Karis Musongole) — the future Wicked Witch of the West — was ostracized by her father (Andy Nyman) for being the pr ...