Elphaba in a sentence

Around the time Elphaba takes Dorothy prisoner, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion rally a group of witch hunters to take Elphaba down.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star front and centre as good and bad witch Glinda and Elphaba in Jon Chu’s movie adaptation of the hit musical, which is being split into two parts.

Bailey’s next big screen project is Wicked, playing Fiyero alongside Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.

Director Jon M. Chu shared a first look into the "Wicked" movies with photos of Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.

Grande will also share the screen with Bailey, who has been cast as Elphaba’s love interest, Fiyero.

In 2022, she talked about auditioning for the role of Elphaba Thropp in and recently told fans she got a call back.

The film, which is being split into two parts, stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, the young woman who will eventually become the Wicked Witch of the West.

The musical chronicles the relationship between witches Elphaba and the pixie-like Glinda, who were school rivals turned best friends.

After Dr. Dillamond is apprehended, and his class is subject to a corrupt professor's inhuman demonstration involving a lion cub, Elphaba uses her powers to knock everyone out except Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey).

And, developing a darker side to Baum’s fanciful creation, Maguire also gave Elphaba a political motivation for wreaking havoc on her homeland: the oppression of its talking animals.

Cynthia Erivo, who stars as Elphaba, openly identifies as queer, as do co-stars Jonathan Bailey, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode and Bronwyn James.

Elphaba confronts Glinda about giving away Nessarose's shoes, and the two end up in a brawl.

Having that passion for what this piece is and loving it so much and knowing how much I want to communicate through Elphaba, that’s probably where that came from.

In 2021, announced that pop star Ariana Grande would star as Glinda opposite Tony-winning actress Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.

In a dazzling tribute to Universal Pictures’ upcoming cinematic event, —set to premiere on November 22, 2024—Khan’s designs vividly translated the personalities of the film’s iconic characters, Elphaba and Glinda, onto the runway.

It features Elphaba as a talented girl arriving at a magical college, only to be bullied by Glinda and a clique of rosy-cheeked sycophants because she happens to have been born with green skin.

It is adapted from the long-running Broadway musical, which opened in 2003 with Idina Menzel as Elphaba and Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and quickly became a smash hit that broke box office records.

Meanwhile, Ethan Slater will take on the role of the Munchkin Boq, and Marissa Bode plays Elphaba's sister and future Wicked Witch of the East, Nessarose.

The award-winning Broadway musical premiered in 2003, starring Idina Menzel as Elphaba and Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda.

The first DLC pack will include Elphaba and Glinda as playable characters, while the second DLC pack will give players access to The Wizard and Madame Morrible.