Marissa Bode, 24, is the first actor who uses a wheelchair to portray Nessarose, a character who uses a wheelchair, in ...

It was in the spring of 2004 that I first saw Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth perform the showstopping “Defying Gravity” ...

Wicked: Part 1 is a good adaptation of the original book, however, parts of the execution in the movie are less than the ...

Though 'Wicked' is a prequel to 'The Wizard of Oz,' Dorothy wears silver shoes in the musical adaptation. Here's why.

Wicked, the character of Nessarose, and the accurate casting has the potential to change the game for other disabled actors – ...

Young Nessarose, played by Cesily Collette Taylor, in Wicked is praised for her adorable line delivery of "Yeah." Find out ...

Marissa Bode is the first actress living with a disability to portray the character "Nessarose" in the musical adaptation.

The motion picture version of the Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical made $164 million worldwide.

People packed into Bonham Theatre to watch Bode, who is playing Nessarose, the Wicked Witch of the West’s, or Elphaba’s, ...

The townspeople are overjoyed that the local villain has been thwarted, but some want to know how she came to be so wicked in ...

As a huge fan of the musical, and a researcher in disability studies, I was interested to see if this casting decision ...