Broadway’s ‘Wicked’ Features First Full-Time Black Elphaba
Wicked's Broadway run recently made history as the first Black full-time Elphaba, Lencia Kebede, made her debut ...
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Lencia Kebede becomes first full-time Black Elphaba in Broadway’s ‘Wicked’
Broadway has apparently taken a color-conscience cue from Hollywood with new casting announcements in the long-running smash hit “Wicked.” “Wicked,” which has been in performance at New ...
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Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba
Lencia Kebede appears as Elphaba in the Broadway musical "Wicked" in New York on March 1, 2025. Credit: AP/Joan Marcus “Everyone deserves a chance to fly,” says Kebede. “I'm projecting this ...
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Broadway’s ‘Wicked’ welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba
becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked.” “It’s hard to even pinpoint a single emotion because I feel that it changes like ...
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Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba
becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked.” “It’s hard to even pinpoint a single emotion because I feel that it changes like ...