Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba
Green tears were flowing when Lencia Kebede made history this week on Broadway, becoming the first Black actor to assume the ...
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Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba
take a message back from me/Tell them how I am defying gravity,” she sang. Lencia Kebede appears as Elphaba in the Broadway musical "Wicked" in New York on March 1, 2025. Credit: AP/Joan Marcus ...
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Broadway’s ‘Wicked’ welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba
Stepping into “Wicked” on Tuesday marked her Broadway ... She sings the Act 1 showstopper “Defying Gravity,” shooting into the air and the power of the moment ripped through her.
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Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pionering full-time Black Elphaba
Stepping into "Wicked" on Tuesday marked her Broadway debut. “Defying Gravity” Kebede had already ... of course, Idina Menzel, who won a Tony Award in the role in 2004. A career takes a ...