.sunnybrittney: 'Today, Feb. 14, 2022, I make Broadway history as the first Black woman and woman of color to play the title role of Glinda in the Broadway production of Wicked. It is one of the greatest honors of my career thus far.'
Today, Feb. 14, 2022, I make Broadway history as the first Black woman and woman of color to play the title role of Glinda in the Broadway production of “.” It is one of the greatest honors of my career thus far. I am so grateful to God for the opportunity. The term “Black History” has always felt misleading to me. It seemed to imply that Black triumphs, Black contributions, and even Black struggles, were all in the past. But the truth is: Black history is happening right now. Every day.
“Goodness” is a running theme in “Wicked.” The show challenges the audiences’ perception of what it truly means to be “good”, and more notably in my opinion, what goodness. My casting in the role of Glinda is immensely significant because, for the first time in the show’s history, a Black woman is in a role that literally personifies goodness. From the moment I appear on stage I am given the benefit of the doubt toward innocence, purity of intention, and joyful ignorance.
The history that Black children are taught by their parents and loved ones is meant to instill pride in us for who we are and where we came from. It is to coat us in protective armor against a society that tells us we are “other” and therefore unworthy of what everyone else seems naturally entitled to. We are taught that we are the descendants of Kings and Queens and that our capabilities in this life are limitless.
The opportunity to play Glinda, means giving young Black girls, and frankly people of color of all ages and genders, an opportunity to see themselves as nuanced and fully formed human beings who are capable of both strength and gentility. People whose very existence makes them inherently worthy of respect, care, empathy, joy and redemption. Little Black girls will get to see themselves being celebrated and loved for simply existing. They will get to see themselves wearing a crown.
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