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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).
In the 2021 novel Oscar Diggs, The Wizard of Oz, the Witch of the West is named Theodora Elphaba, a combination of the names from Oz the Great and Powerful and Wicked. In dramatic representations [ edit ]
“[The novel’s Elphaba] is sharp and opinionated and powerful. In the film, Cynthia Erivo is also sharp, opinionated and powerful, but she's also lovely, and that is a very interesting conundrum.
Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo, left) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) are school rivals who become best friends in the musical "Wicked," a prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" based on the Broadway show.
Chistery: The snow monkey Elphaba taught to speak and gave wings (making him a Winged monkey). He remains at Kiamo Ko, looking after Nanny. Shell Thropp/The Emperor Apostle: Elphaba's half brother, Shell is a fop and gigolo (and perhaps a sex addict). He becomes Emperor of Oz after the assassination of the Scarecrow.
Whether that's philosophically or practically in Elphaba's case, I think that to be able to say those words is a really powerful thing. And I think that so many people need to say it for themselves.
For example, at the end of the first act, when Idina Menzel’s Elphaba sang the show’s defining number, “Defying Gravity,” the Broadway production gave audiences the kind of spectacle ...
"That’s really powerful," Erivo said softly. "That’s what I wanted." ... The song "Defying Gravity" is about a decision facing Elphaba to either join forces with Oz's tyrannical Wizard or ...