As she’s taken on Elphaba’s role, she’s learned the importance of this character and her green skin — the beauty of it. She vividly remembers the first time she saw herself in full makeup.
Wicked's Broadway run recently made history as the first Black full-time Elphaba, Lencia Kebede, made her debut ...
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Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba"My makeup artist was like, ‘Just let it out ... lifting me and holding me,” she says. Lencia Kebede appears as Elphaba in ...
To make sure Elphaba's wigs, head, and face makeup were as perfect as possible, Erivo shaved her head before production.
"My makeup artist was like ... Kebede joins a sisterhood of green-clad Black women who have played Elphaba, a list that includes Saycon Sengbloh and Lilli Cooper, both Broadway standbys ...
“My makeup artist was like, ‘Just let it out, just cry, and then we can clean it up.’” Although Kebede is the first full-time Black actress to take on the role of Elphaba, there have been ...
"My makeup artist was like ... Lencia Kebede appears as Elphaba in the Broadway musical "Wicked" in New York on March 1, 2025. Credit: AP/Joan Marcus “It was just so important to me to ...
“My makeup artist was like ... Kebede joins a sisterhood of green-clad Black women who have played Elphaba, a list that includes Saycon Sengbloh and Lilli Cooper, both Broadway standbys ...
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