Feb 2, 2025 · In the musical "Wicked," Elphaba's flying scenes are achieved through a combination of harnesses, rigging, and skilled stagecraft. The actress playing Elphaba is securely...

Clip taken from CBS 2 News Chicago, explaining the basic storyline of 'Wicked: A New Musical' and then looking at how Elphaba actually flies every night (yes! Unfortunately, it's not magic.)...

Nov 25, 2024 · In “Wizard and I,” animals gather around Elphaba. The crickets start to fly, bluebirds take off as she enters a field, and butterflies start to flutter around her as she moves toward higher ...

Mar 2, 2025 · Elphaba flies away on her iconic broom at the end of Wicked, but can she actually defy gravity all by herself? Director Jon M. Chu has the answer.

Why does Elphaba fly west? When she says, "If you care to find me, look to the western sky," it not only gives her the title "Wicked Witch of the West" but a...

Right before Defying Gravity, Elphaba is tricked into casting a levitation spell on monkeys. Focused on one named Chistery. She uses the same spell to make the broom fly. Later in Act 2 Elphaba gets the flying monkeys released as a sign of …

Nov 25, 2024 · Before “Defying Gravity,” Elphaba accidentally uses a levitation spell that she reads in the movie’s magic spell book, the Grimmerie, to make monkeys grow wings. Then, during “Defying Gravity,”...

Elphaba Thropp, later known as the Wicked Witch of the West, is the main protagonist of the Broadway musical, Wicked. Elphaba, the believed daughter of the governor of Munchkinland, is ostracized for her electric-green skin. She attends the university of Shiz in the magical land of Oz.

Since it would be extremely expensive and problematic to rig a trap door in every theatre that the tour would visit, the producers considered having Elphaba fly in on her broomstick via the fly rig system on a harness.

Elphaba Thropp, also known as the Wicked Witch of the West, is the green-skinned protagonist of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, published in 1995.