Cynthia Erivo has opened up some more about why she pushed for Elphaba to have micro braids in the movie adaptation of Wicked. As I’m sure you are aware, the hotly-anticipated film was released to ...

Cynthia Erivo had one request when it came to Elphaba's hair. Erivo, 37, opened up about the micro braids she donned while playing Elphaba in Wicked, while chatting with Variety on Tuesday, December ...

Erivo wanted a hairstyle that better represented her character being played by a Black woman. Cynthia Erivo shared why she gave her Wicked character micro braids, using the hairstyle to honor Black ...

Cynthia Erivo has opened up some more about why she pushed for Elphaba to have micro braids in the movie adaptation of Wicked. In this interview, costume designer Paul Tazewell detailed how he used ...

Cynthia Erivo had one request when it came to Elphaba’s hair. Erivo, 37, opened up about the micro braids she donned while playing Elphaba in Wicked, while chatting with Variety on Tuesday, December ...

“The green stands for every person who feels othered,” said Cynthia Erivo, explaining her intentional depiction of Elphaba as a Black woman. For the last few weeks, “Wicked” has certainly had a ...

The talented singer and actress explained how that came to be when she spoke to The Root in a new interview on Monday. While the green skin of Cynthia Erivo’s character Elphaba in “Wicked” comes as a ...

Just ask Jon M. Chu, who directed the two-part film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical “Wicked.” “It was like a ...

Cynthia Erivo has opened up some more about why she pushed for Elphaba to have micro braids in the movie adaptation of "Wicked." As I’m sure you are aware, the hotly-anticipated film was released to ...

How and why did the kind-hearted, smart and green Elphaba Thropp become such a nasty, powerful, dare we say wicked witch of the classic tale “The Wizard of Oz”? The big-screen adaptation of the ...