Hair and makeup designer Frances Hannon tells IndieWire about giving the witches of Oz a glow-up and painting a horse blue in Jon Chu's adaptation of the Broadway musical. The most notable challenge ...

Erivo says in a voiceover that she was given the option to do the makeup or have it be CGI — and it was a no-brainer Cynthia Erivo didn't think twice about committing to sitting in the makeup chair ...

When Cynthia Erivo signed on to play Elphaba in Universal’s big-screen adaptation of “Wicked,” she knew one thing: she wanted to be green. But Erivo wanted to actually be green, not have the color ...

And how a dash of neon yellow fixed a persistent problem. By Brande Victorian Deputy Awards Editor Only a handful of figures are so famous for wearing a particular color that they’ve had a shade named ...

Cynthia Erivo went green for her role of Elphaba in Wicked — and for the actor, CGI just wouldn’t cut it. In a sped-up video of her lengthy on-set makeup process, Erivo explained exactly why she ...

Cynthia Erivo wasn't just a passive participant in creating the look for Elphaba Thropp, aka the Wicked Witch of the West. She helped the hair and makeup wizards develop the character from her ...