Elphaba is green in Wicked because her biological parents drink a “green elixir” while pregnant with her. In fact, they state ...

Many scenes of Elphaba's childhood were among the cuts in Maguire’s “hefty brick of manuscript pages” when the book was first ...

Cynthia Erivo brings a nuanced understanding to the role of Wicked’s Elphaba as she critiques censorship and social hierarchies, warns against fascism and exposes the hollowness of ruling-class ...