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While Nessarose uses a wheelchair, the character had never been portrayed by an actor who uses one in real-life too until Bode, who recalls first seeing Wicked onstage when she was 11 or 12 years old.
Seemingly as a result of the milkweed, Elphaba's mother dies while giving birth to Elphaba's younger sister, Nessarose. "Elphaba is caught emotionally at that time. We have her carry that through.
Nessarose (Marissa Bode, left) is escorted to her new school by older sister Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo). Bode, 24, is the first wheelchair user in the musical’s 21-year history to be cast as Nessa ...
Elphaba is a reimagining of the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In the Baum novel, the Witch is unnamed and little is explained about her life; Wicked creates a backstory for her and explores the world of The Wizard of Oz from her perspective.
Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose, goes on to become the Wicked Witch of the East, who appears in the The Wizard of Oz only as a pair of stockinged legs sticking out from underneath a house.
She is known for playing Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked and as the original Young Cosette in Les Misérables on Broadway. She was seen on Law & Order in January 2023 as guest star Rachel Ford. She will be appearing in the upcoming films "Family Affair" and "Inappropriate Behavior" with Bobby Cannavale.
[5] [7] [8] Suskauer performed over 100 shows as Elphaba. [9] According to Suskauer, being painted into the makeup for Elphaba was a 15-minute process each night, and her standard warmup consisted of 20-minutes of vocal exercises. [9] Suskauer's performances as Elphaba have been received favorably by critics.
All the spoilers for 'Wicked Part 2,' including questions like does Elphaba die, what happens to Glinda, and who Fiyero ends up with at the end.