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Meet the first full-time Black Elphaba in ‘Wicked’ on Broadway: Lencia Kebede

Fast Company Tech

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. Kebede, a first-generation Ethiopian American from Los Angeles, spent five years touring with Hamilton, most recently in the role of Angelica Schuyler.

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