Cynthia Erivo feels a profound kinship to the role of 'Wicked's' Elphaba. She admits she always felt like a bit of an outsider.

In “Wicked,” Elphaba and Glinda travel from Shiz University to the Emerald City on a glistening green train to meet the wizard. In real life, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have traveled much farther and wider and longer — and on airplanes — to promote their hotly anticipated film.

Fans are baffled by Elphaba’s tears in the Wicked movie, despite the novel stating that water is deadly to her. Could there be a hidden explanation?

While on The Tonight Show, Wicked star Cynthia Erivo debuted her take on Elphaba's battle cry at the end of Defying Gravuty.

The excitement surrounding the upcoming film adaptation of Wicked is palpable, especially with Cynthia Erivo taking on the iconic role of

Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo sat down with Nicholas Ducassi to answer our Very Important Questions about her new film, wardrobe and sharks versus planes. Nicholas Ducassi is an audience editor for Entertainment and Arts at the Los Angeles Times.

Since 2000, actresses all over the country — and the world — have played Elphaba, and the latest powerhouse singer to don green face paint and belt that signature gravity-defying high note is Cynthia Erivo .