Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo reveals she was behind the choice for Elphaba to have micro-braids in Wicked

‘It was a direct connection between me as a Black woman and Elphaba as a green lady’

Sure, Wicked has some gay subtext – but how many characters and actors are actually queer?

We’ve heard about the hints and teases, now let’s get to the meat of the topic

Ariana and Cynthia admit they had ‘no idea’ what was going on with Wicked holding space

‘I didn’t know what any part of it meant – I didn’t understand the first sentence’