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Just as Pride Month ends, Disability Pride Month begins. The intersection between gender, sexuality, and disability is ever ...
One of last years biggest releases, and pop culture at large is seething with anticipation for the iconic musical to hit the ...
Now in its tenth year, the festival will bring 70 exhibitors, a showcase of disabled performers and family-friendly ...
Marissa Bode joins us on The Morning Blend to discuss her upcoming appearance in Wauwatosa for the groundbreaking of the ...
Marissa Bode Says Nessarose’s Storyline in ‘Wicked: For Good’ Will Be “Less Harmful to Disabled People” Than Original Broadway Version. Abbey White. Fri, April 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM UTC.
Marissa Bode has been a wheelchair user since the age of 11, and is now blazing a trail in Hollywood as the first version of Wicked's Nessa to be authentically cast The build-up to the release ...
Marissa Bode is trying her best not to "yap" when it comes to Wicked: Part 2. While appearing at the red carpet on Wednesday night for Out Magazine's "Out 100" celebration -- where she was being ...
Marissa Bode at the New York City premiere of "Wicked" at the Museum of Modern Art on Nov. 14. Taylor Hill / FilmMagic via Getty Images file. Dec. 1, 2024, 2:58 PM EST / Source: TODAY.
When she was 8 years old, Marissa Bode made her acting debut as an orphan in “The Prince and the Pauper” at her local community theater in Mazomanie, Wisconsin. “I had one line and I was so scared, ...
After Marissa Bode got the call asking her to play Nessarose in "Wicked," her parents had an unexpected reaction. "They were so happy for me for all about three minutes," Bode, 24, tells TODAY ...
In celebration of Black History Month at the University of Wisconsin, the UW Black Cultural Center invited Los Angeles-based actress Marissa Bode to speak on intersectionality at Memorial Union on ...
Marissa Bode is addressing the derogatory comments made about her “Wicked” character. Bode, who portrays the character Nessarose, the younger sister of Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba, ...