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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).
[2] [3] Her father is John Morrissey, a founding partner at Jackson Cross Partners. [4] She has Irish ancestry. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] When asked how she decided what career path she wanted to follow, Morrissey said, "My grandfather used to sing on the Irish Radio and play in a band, and my dad would dress us up like the Rolling Stones when my brothers ...
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 ...
Elphaba leaves behind hat and her mom's green bottle, which Glinda takes to Oz. Surprise! The Wizard Is Elphaba's Dad.
I’d play the album in the car when I missed my mom (she loved musicals), and my daughter eventually began singing along, pausing occasionally to ask questions about Elphaba and her character arc ...
Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo (/ ə ˈ r iː v oʊ / ə-REE-voh; [2] born 8 January 1987) is a British actress and singer. She has received several accolades, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, three Academy Awards & four Golden Globe Awards.
For example: Elphaba bites off a midwife’s finger as an newborn; her parents are involved in what is essentially a loving throuple with a Quadling man named Turtle Heart; Fiyero is a child groom ...
"The Wizard and I" features the "Unlimited" theme present throughout the musical. In this piece, Elphaba prophesizes a celebration throughout Oz regarding her, though she does not know it regards her "death" at the end of the musical, after being "melted" by Dorothy, which Elphaba ironically sings about in saying that she is "so happy I could melt."