Getting Ready, and Green, With Wicked's Current Elphaba, Lencia Kebede

To achieve Elphaba's iconic green hue, Wicked star Lencia Kebede requires the aid and artistry of Wicked Makeup Supervisor Christa Kaimimoku-Wong and Hair Department Head Mary Kay Yezerski-Bondoc. The sisterhood the three women have formed is as essential to Kebede’s process as her custom MAC shade of green (traditionally landscape green, but Kaimimoku-Wong notes she mixes true chartreuse to give Kebede a special glow). In the video above, see how the Green Team gets Broadway's favorite witch ready before a show (and how they get her into her specially designed wig, inspired by Cynthia Erivo).