Elphaba and Glinda Lead “Wicked” to a Record-Breaking $164.2M Global Debut
The beguiling rendering of the popular Broadway musical Wicked danced into theaters this weekend, leaving audiences ...
‘Wicked's' Color Grading Is Intended to ‘Immerse People Into Oz, to Make It a Real Place,' Says Director Jon M. Chu: If It Was ‘Fake,' Then the Stakes That Elphaba and ...
Eighty-five years after the release of "The Wizard of Oz," director Jon M. Chu brings back this magical world to the big ...
Here's why 'Wicked' witch Elphaba is green and how you can sing with the movie
Elphaba isn’t green because she’s “Wicked.” And it's not because of a curse either. The so-called Wicked Witch of the West in ...
Broadway’s Elphaba Is Giving ‘Wicked’ Fans A Peek Behind The Green Curtain
Mary Kate “MK” Morrissey plays Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway. On social media, she gives fans a look into her “ordinary days” ...
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Wicked: How Can Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba Cry If She is Allergic to Water?
Fans are baffled by Elphaba’s tears in the Wicked movie, despite the novel stating that water is deadly to her. Could there ...
'Playing Elphaba in Wicked was like a fairytale'
A pair of best friends have told how being cast in the new blockbuster movie version of Wicked was "like a fairytale". Young ...
How ‘Wicked’s’ Makeup Artist Found the Perfect Shade of Green for Elphaba in a Discontinued Eyeshadow Line
But Erivo wanted to actually be green, not have the color superimposed onto her skin in post. So, the film’s makeup designer ...
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How ‘Wicked’ star Cynthia Erivo became Elphaba, from ‘Defying Gravity’ to ‘the perfect green’
“Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo opens up about her personal connection to Elphaba: “I know what it’s like to be the other in the ...
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Seven Elphabas from ‘Wicked’ talk going green and defying gravity
There may be no more spellbinding protagonist in contemporary musical theater than Elphaba Thropp, that green-skinned wallflower with a penchant for soaring over Oz and belting battle cries from ...
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How ‘Wicked’ author Gregory Maguire’s own story helped him channel Elphaba’s
We visited Maguire at his home outside Boston to go back to where it all began — both for his own life and for his trip into ...
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The Book ‘Wicked’ Is Based on Is So Much Darker Than You Know
provides a revisionist take on The Wizard of Oz and the Wicked Witch of the West — or Elphaba Thropp, as she's known in the novel. It also takes a far darker turn than the musical ever did ...