Both leads are brilliant, but Ariana Grande’s Glinda is too lovable to be a bully and Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba is too somber to be fun. Mostly, though, it seemed so recycled. The movie is ...

Last year, Wicked left many fans in tears at theaters for good reason. Poor Elphaba discovers that the Wizard of Oz isn’t who she thought he was after all. Her defiance against him and choice to ...

By Stephen Daw Pride Editor After her massive breakthrough as Elphaba in 2024’s Wicked, Cynthia Erivo is giving fans a taste of what’s to come in the film’s final chapter this fall.

She fails herself, her college, and her country, but she especially fails her rival, roommate, and eventual friend Elphaba. In the new movie adaptation of Act I of the Broadway show, one of the ...

And they went nuts for it. “Elphaba, I know you’re out there,” says Galinda in a voice-over. We see the pink witch emerging from her emerald castle. Elphaba drops on the balcony.

On Tuesday (Nov. 26), Erivo spoke with Variety about the creation of her version of the iconic character, saying that she wanted her Elphaba to be intrinsically similar to the actress underneath ...