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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). Elphaba is a reimagining of the Wicked Witch of the West ...
Cynthia Erivo's transformation into Elphaba for Wicked was involved, to say the least. But despite the actress, 37, having to sit in the makeup chair for hours each day, Frances Hannon, makeup and ...
Mandy Gonzalez, Elphaba 2010-2011: “My journey with Wicked started a little bit before [playing Elphaba] because I was actually hired to be part of the ensemble for the first reading. I remember ...
The book and musical could be distilled to the same plot summary: Behold, the unexpected backstory of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good.
This is such an exciting role for her playing Elphaba, who of course becomes the Wicked Witch of the West in "Wicked," and she talks about the role with just such emotion and earnestness and the ...
Set before “The Wizard of Oz,” “Wicked” follows the story of Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and how the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and all those Ozians ...
Wicked Part 1 officially hit theaters on November 22, and it celebrates the musical of the same name that tells the story of how Elphaba Thropp, a.k.a. the Wicked Witch of the West, came to be.
Still, her turn as Elphaba in Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” has cemented her place as one of her generation’s most versatile and captivating artists. The first half of the two-part Wicked saga is ...