Marissa Bose's casting is groundbreaking and deserving of celebration. The role itself, however, comes with caveats ...
Marissa Bode, who recently starred as Nessarose in the new cinematic adaptation of "Wicked," boldly confronted the flurry of ...
Marissa Bode is speaking out against ableist comments about her "Wicked" character. The actress, who plays ...
Spoilers ahead. If you’re familiar with the Broadway show, you know Nessarose has quite the arc in Act 2. She succeeds her ...
Marissa Bode of 'Wicked' condemns jokes around Nessarose's disability, calling certain comments 'very gross' and 'harmful' ...
Nessarose's iconic slippers couldn't have been the same as the ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz because MGM still owns that ...
The "Wicked" production team had a "very intentional" commitment to amplify disabled people with its casting and portrayal of ...
Wicked” costume designer Paul Tazewell opens up about the making of Elphaba and Glinda's costumes on Wicked — the meaning of ...
Marissa Bode, who stars in the film Wicked, is the first ever Nessarose to actually be a wheelchair user. John M. Chu's Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda has taken ...
Wicked has previously faced criticism over how Nessarose's disability is treated in the second act of the musical.
Few books attain the iconography of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). Perhaps better known is the MGM ...
Bode pointed out that “aggressive” comments about wanting to push Nessa out of her wheelchair or saying that she deserves her ...