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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).
Under the name Elphaba, she is the protagonist of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel and the 2003 musical Wicked, and is born green due to an elixir given by her father (the Wizard of Oz) to her mother (the wife of the governor of Munchkinland) during their adulterous affair. Discovering that she has real powers, the Wizard of Oz orders her arrest ...
Elphaba’s backstory is tragic: rejected by her father for her green skin, and forced to confront the death of her mother. ... “I was raised Catholic, I’m a gay man, I was the middle child of ...
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]
After Elphaba is born green, her father forces her mother to eat milkweed during her second pregnancy. Seemingly as a result of the milkweed, Elphaba's mother dies while giving birth to Elphaba's ...
While political allegory is the B-plot to “Wicked” the musical, which centers on Glinda and Elphaba’s friendship, it’s the main storyline of Maguire’s book. ... Fiyero is a child groom ...
The classic film is based on L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s novel ... talented girl named Elphaba whose father shunned her because she was born with green skin after her mother had an affair ...
Dodd was born in Yuba City, California, on March 10, 1978, the third of four children. Her father is an agricultural consultant and her mother is a piano teacher. She attended Bethany College in Santa Cruz County, California, with a major in music from 1997 to 1999. In 1999, she transferred to Azusa Pacific University, graduating in 2001. [1]