Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has sensationally claimed that she was told to sing out of sight while white actresses lip synced on stage when she was at the world-famous Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
The Oscar-nominated British actress, 39, whose RADA contemporaries included actors James Norton and Daisy May Cooper, says she was left ‘humiliated’ when she was passed over for a bigger part in a student production but asked to understudy from the wings twice for actresses who were unable to sing.
Instead of being simply asked to replace them on stage when one was unwell and another lost her
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