- Published: Feb. 06, 2025, 12:51 p.m.
“Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo was holding space for a pizza from a Boston-area restaurant while she was in town this week.
Erivo ate at Source in Cambridge while she was in town to be honored as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
The award-winning pizza shop was featured in an episode “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” last year.
Erivo loved Source’s design and was “a very gracious guest,” a spokesperson for the restaurant told MassLive Thursday.
The award-winning entertainer ate a vegan pizza with red onion, roasted red peppers and broccoli rabe along with a side of Brussels sprouts.
Owner Daniel Roughan even presented Erivo with a custom Source T-shirt with her last name on it.
“We are so honored to have had @wickedmovie star, @cynthiaerivo dine with us before the annual Hasting Pudding Parade here in Harvard Square,” Source wrote on Instagram Thursday. “We couldn’t be more happy and blessed to have a soul like hers warm our space that we call home. Her breathtaking beauty, style and grace was captivating. Moments like these remind us of the power art has to inspire.”
Erivo’s lunch break came before she promenaded through Harvard Square in Hasty Pudding’s honorary parade for the theater’s annual Woman of the Year celebration.
A few hours after lunch, Erivo received her Pudding Pot award at a celebratory roast. She endured a string of comedians that made bad jokes about “Wicked” being long before they were forced off stage. Then she took part in a finger-painting contest, scratching out an abstract painting of what was supposed to be “Wicked ” co-star Ariana Grande.
