Erivo kept her remarks short and sweet, closing with a wink to one of Elphaba's most famous lines from the hit Broadway musical-turned-Universal movie: "Pink and green goes well together." ...

she is not. Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection One of the more nefarious implications is that Cynthia Erivo landed the role of Elphaba because she is Black. You know, Grammy ...

Erivo: Mark Seliger / Taylor: Dino Serrao / Gibbs: Charlie Nunn Photography / Mohamed: Joshua Kissi / Hodge: Kwaku Alston Cynthia Erivo, Teyana Taylor, Marla Gibbs and Raamla Mohamed will be ...