SIMON: Long before the Broadway musical and now the new movie "Wicked" made a sympathetic character of the Wicked Witch of the West ... it wasn't easy being green. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: In the ...

who ultimately turns into the Wicked Witch of the West. “Misunderstood because of her green skin, a young woman named Elphaba forges an unlikely but profound friendship with Glinda, a student ...

Named Elphaba in the musical and film, the Wicked Witch is played by Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo. Green goes good — er, well — with pink, and Erivo fits perfectly with her co-star Ariana ...