As the full-time Glinda in the Broadway musical 'Wicked,' Brittney Johnson made history as the first Black woman to play the lead role in the Broadway production
Johnson also got a two-minute ovation at the close of the show. As the full-time Glinda in the Broadway musical"Wicked," Johnson made history on Monday as the first Black woman to play the lead role in the Broadway production. Oh what a celebration we had tonight as @sunnybrittney floated into Oz as Glinda on Broadway. #WICKED pic.twitter.com/QMpYuZz5vt
— Wicked the Musical February 15, 2022 "Wicked" opened in 2003 at the Gershwin Theatre in New York. The show focuses on the unlikely friendship between the witches of Oz Elphaba and Glinda. The show has earned several Tony awards and a Grammy.
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