Broadway’s Wicked will welcome two new witches to the stage this spring, with Lencia Kebede serving as the first Black ...

Just a few days after Black History Month ends, the Broadway smash "Wicked" will make some Black history of its own.

Broadway has its first Black full-time Elphaba. Lencia Kebede has been announced as the first Black actress to play ...

Bainbridge will become the first wheelchair-using actor to take on the role of Nessarose on stage. It follows the casting of Marissa Bode, the first wheelchair-using actor to play the character, in ...

In 2022, Brittney Johnson made history when she became the first Black actress to take on the role of Glinda full time. Kebede’s historic moment also comes after the success of the Wicked film, where ...

Wicked is getting a new Elphaba, and she’s about to make history: Lencia Kebede will be the first Black actress to assume the role full time in the Broadway company. Kebede, who recently starred ...

Kebede is new to WICKED and is the first Black actress to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company ... and Alexandra Socha (Glinda) will play their final performances on ...

Allie Trimm, who has been serving as a standby for the role, will play Glinda. Interestingly, Trimm starred as Patrice alongside Grande as Charlotte in Jason Robert Brown’s 13 on Broadway – both ...