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Her interpretation of the witch dictated how the character would be viewed for decades to come.
She also gave the witch her signature cackle, black dress, and pointed hat.
Cynthia Erivo in ‘Wicked’; Margaret Hamilton in ‘The Wizard of Oz’.Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures; Mary Evans/AF Archive/Courtesy Everett
“I didn’t realize until I went back.
It’s the first time I realized, ‘Oh, she has nails.
That’s something I can pull in to the look of her.'”
“I was like, ‘Where does that come from?'”
Erivo said on theSentimental Menpodcastof determining the origins and style of Elphaba’s nails.
“‘What do we do to make it feel like it’s part of the DNA of her?’
Her DNA does something to the way things grow.
“I had seen the show a couple times,” Ervio adds.
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Wickedpremiered on Broadway in 2003.
The show went on to earn 10 Tony Award nominations in 2004, including one for Best Musical.
