5 days ago · NEW YORK (AP) — Green tears were flowing when Lencia Kebede made history this week on Broadway, becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked.” “It’s hard to even pinpoint a single emotion because I feel that it changes like every five minutes,” she told The …

Lencia Kebede is an Ethiopian-American actress. She currently plays Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked. Kebede is the first principal black Elphaba on Broadway. Kebede joined the Broadway production of Wicked on March 4th, 2025, replacing Mary Kate Morrissey as Elphaba. She stars alongside Allie Trimm as Glinda and Jordan Litz as Fiyero.

2 days ago · Green tears were flowing when Lencia Kebede made history last week on Broadway, becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked.” “It’s hard to even pinpoint a single emotion because I feel that it changes like every five minutes,” she told The Associated Press, still buzzing a ...

5 days ago · Green tears were flowing when Lencia Kebede made history this week on Broadway, becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked.”

5 days ago · Theater-Wicked-Lencia Kebede. 1 of 2. Lencia Kebede appears as Elphaba in the Broadway musical "Wicked" in New York on March 1, 2025. (Joan Marcus via AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS.

5 days ago · Lencia Kebede has become the first Black woman to take on the role of Elphaba in a full-time capacity in the original stage production. ... Before joining ‘Wicked’, Kebede spent five years ...

3 days ago · Lencia Kebede, an Ethiopian actress, made history as the first full-time Black actress to portray Elphaba on Broadway. While the cinematic version of “Wicked” is currently streaming on Peacock ...

Mar 4, 2025 · Broadway News Lencia Kebede, Allie Trimm, Jenna Bainbridge, More Fly Into Broadway's Wicked March 4. Kebede is the first Black actor to play Elphaba full-time on Broadway, while Bainbridge is the ...

Lencia Kebede is honored to continue living out her soul’s purpose on the Gershwin stage as Elphaba in Wicked. As a proud first-generation Ethiopian-American, Lencia graduated from...

3 days ago · Green tears were flowing when Lencia Kebede made history this week on Broadway, becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked ...