After her breakout performance in Wicked, the world finally got to learn what theatergoers have known for a long time: Cynthia Erivo is a musical star. She blew audiences away with her performance as Elphaba,

Cynthia Erivo sits in a Century City recording studio on a recent afternoon, mulling over her choice of footwear the other night.The British singer and actor — whose overlapping work in music, film, television and theater have put her an Oscar win away from EGOT status — has just returned to her adopted home of L.

While discussing her queer identity and coming out, Wicked star and Tony winner Cynthia Erivo stressed the importance of being your authentic self, in a cover story published on Monday in Billboard. “I want to encourage people to not decide to just tuck away and start hiding and not being themselves anymore,