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‘Wicked’ Casts Lencia Kebede As Broadway’s First Black Elphaba; Allie Trimm To Join As Glinda


Allie Trimm will take over as Glinda.

Kebede, who recently starred in the touring company of Hamilton, will join Wicked on Tuesday, March 4. Departing the show are Mary Kate Morrisey (Elphaba) and Alexandra Socha (Glinda), who will play their final performances at the Gershwin Theatre on Sunday, March 2. Kebede, a first-generation Ethiopian-American, comes off five years in the Hamilton tour, most recently in the role of Angelica Schuyler.

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