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Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba
Lencia Kebede appears as Elphaba in the Broadway musical "Wicked" in New York on March 1, 2025. (Joan Marcus via AP) Lencia Kebede appears as Elphaba in the Broadway musical "Wicked" in New York ...
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Broadway’s ‘Wicked’ Features First Full-Time Black Elphaba
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 ...
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Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pionering full-time Black Elphaba
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 ...
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Meet the first full-time Black Elphaba in ‘Wicked’ on Broadway: Lencia Kebede
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.” ...
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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 role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked.” ...
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Lencia Kebede makes history as 1st full-time Black Elphaba in Broadway's 'Wicked'
Lencia Kebede appears as Elphaba in the Broadway musical "Wicked" in New York on March 1, 2025. In the audience were some 60 family and friends - mom and her aunts and uncles, her many cousins ...