“If I’m flying solo/At least I’m flying free/To those who ground me, take a message back from me/Tell them how I am defying gravity,” she sang. Lencia Kebede appears as Elphaba in the ...

“Defying Gravity,” in both the stage musical and film, serves as the moment that Elphaba “transforms” into the Wicked Witch of the West that Wizard of Oz fans know, with the added context ...

Because if you’re going to, I don’t know, perhaps end on a ‘Defying Gravity,’ let’s say, then you have Elphaba that needs to be the most pivotal moment of her life. So then you need to ...

Bainbridge joined NBC News’ Joe Fryer on “Flipping The Script” to discuss her journey to the stage and how it feels to break barriers for people with disabilities while playing Elphaba’s ...

She sings the Act 1 showstopper “Defying Gravity,” shooting into the air and the power of the moment ripped through her. “When the lights went off at the end of the song, I started sobbing ...