Facing the threat of losing work to automation, public sector workers, including teachers and nurses, are starting to fight back.

Producers recently announced the casting of newcomer Lencia Kebede as the first Black actor in the Tony Award-winning musical's 21-year run to play the role of Elphaba full time.

Lencia Kebede has become the first Black woman to take on the role of Elphaba in a full-time capacity in the original stage production.

Wicked just welcomed a new cast earlier this month, including Broadway's first Black actress to play Elphaba full-time- Lencia Kebede. Watch in this video as she arrives at Shiz for the first time ...

Lencia Kebede will become the first Black actress to play the role of Elphaba full time on Broadway in 'Wicked' starting this March.

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

This weekend, Broadway's Lencia Kebede joined Good Morning America to discuss her turn as Elphaba in the Broadway production of the hit musical Wicked. Watch the interview now!

Broadway’s Wicked will welcome two new witches to the stage this spring, with Lencia Kebede serving as the first Black actress to play Elphaba Thropp full-time. Kebede takes over the role from ...

Wicked is getting a new Elphaba, and she’s about to make history: Lencia Kebede will be the first Black actress to assume the role full time in the Broadway company. Kebede, who recently starred ...

Broadway’s ‘Wicked’ welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba Kebede, a first-generation Ethiopian American from Los Angeles, spent five years touring with ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

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 “Wicked.” Kebede, a first-generation ...