Marissa Bode is speaking out against ableist comments about her "Wicked" character. The actress, who plays ...

Marissa Bode, the first wheelchair user ever to play 'Wicked's' Nessarose, called jokes about her character's disability 'low ...

"It is simply a low-hanging fruit that too many of you are comfortable taking," the out actor said in a recent TikTok.

Listen to the people or to the person that it is affecting and how it makes them feel," said Bode, the first wheelchair user ...

Marissa Bode, the first wheelchair user to portray Nessarose in 'Wicked,' has called the reaction online to her character ...

Wicked has previously faced criticism over how Nessarose's disability is treated in the second act of the musical.

Instead of Nessarose “pleading for a disability to be fixed”, Wicked Part Two will see the script “focusing on the magic in ...

Wicked marks Bode’s film debut. In the movie, she plays Nessarose, the sister of Erivo’s Elphaba and the future Wicked Witch of the East. Like her character, Bode has used a wheelchair since she was ...

“Wicked” actress Marissa Bode is asking for kindness after receiving ableist comments on social media.

Ariana Grande has no plans to return as a coach to NBC's The Voice. After previously serving as a judge and mentor on the ...