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Kendra Kassebaum in the Original First National Tour

Wicked has had two National Tours, with only the second currently running which travels around the United States and Canada to bring Wicked to nearly 9.5 million people. The National Tours have frequently been selling out entire engagements in fewer than seven hours.

• 1.1 Original Cast
• 1.2 Final Cast
• 2.1 Original Cast
• 2.2 Current Cast

First National Tour [ ]

Original cast [ ].

Stephanie J. Block as Elphaba. Original First National Tour Elphaba

The First National Tour (Emerald City Tour) had its first preview on March 9th, 2005 and it officially opened in March 21st, 2005 at the Canon Theatre in Toronto, Canada. The original cast was as follows;

Elphaba - Stephanie J. Block (Temporarily Kristy Cates from March 9th until March 24th.)

Glinda - Kendra Kassebaum

Fiyero - Derrick Williams

Madame Morrible - Carol Kane

The Wizard - David Garrison

Doctor Dillamond - Timothy Britten Parker

Boq - Logan Lipton

Nessarose - Jenna Leigh Green

Chistery - Raymond Joel Matsamura

Witch's Father/ Ozian Official - Don Richard

Witch's Mother - Lori Holmes

Monkeys, Students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz: Katie Adams, Aaron J. Albano, Timothy George Anderson, Terra Lynn Arrington, Peter John Chursin, Matt Clemons, Maria Eberline, Brooke Elliott, Lori Holmes, Adam Lambert, K.W. Miller, Chris Peluso, Don Richard, Emily Rozek, Brian Slaman, Barbara Tirrell, Brooke Wendle, Nicole Winhoffer.

Final Cast [ ]

During the tour's leg at the Pantages Theatre, LA, California, the production closed. The cast was as follows:

Elphaba - Jennifer DiNoia

Glinda - Chandra Lee Schwartz

Fiyero - Nick Adams

Madame Morrible - Kim Zimmer

The Wizard - Tim Karuzinsky

Doctor Dillamond - Tom Flynn

Boq - Etai BenShlomo

Nessarose - Jenny Florkowski

Chistery - Peter John Chursin

Witch's Father/ Ozian Official - Kevin McMahon

Witch's Mother - Marina Lazzaretto

Monkeys, Students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz: Lauren Boyd, Kyle Brown, Nirine S. Brown, Rick Desloge, Timothy A. Fitz-Gerald, Sheila Karls, Trevor Ryan Krahl, Rebecca Kritzer, Marina Lazzaretto, Raymond Joel Matsamura, Jonathan McGill, Kevin McMahon, Shanon Mari Mills, Ashley Dawn Mortensen, Cassie Okenka, Adam Perry, Christopher Russo, Daniel Switzer, Erin Wilson.

Second National Tour [ ]

When the First National Tour proved to be successful, a Second National Tour (The Munchkinland Tour) kicked off with their first previews on March 7th, 2009, and officially opened on March 12th, 2009 at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers, Florida. The original cast was as follows;

Elphaba - Marcie Dodd

Glinda - Heléne Yorke

Fiyero - Colin Donnell

Madame Morrible - Marilyn Caskey

The Wizard - Tom McGowan

Doctor Dillamond - David DeVries

Boq - Ted Ely

Nessarose - Kristine Reese

Chistery - Gregory Haney

Witch's Mother - Kerry Blanchard

Monkeys, Students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz: Meredith Akins, Kerry Blanchard, Ryan Patrick Farrell, Jenn Furman, Charles Hagerty, Todd Hanebrink, Gregory Haney, Zach Hanna, Michelle London, Lauren Linville, Nathan Peck, Casey Quinn, Don Richard, Libby Servais, Daniel Torres, Natalie Weiss, Erin Wilson, Kevin Samual Yee.

Current Cast [ ]

Currently, the production is at the Tennessee Performing Arts Centre in Nashville, TN. The principals are as follows;

Elphaba - Olivia Valli

Glinda - Celia Hottenstein

Fiyero - Christian Thompson

Madame Morrible - KIathy Fitzgerald

The Wizard - Timoth Shrew

Doctor Dillamond - Boise Holmes

Boq - Kyle McArthur

Nessarose - Tara Kostmayer

Chistery - Mitchell Tobin

Witch's Father/ Ozian Official - Wayne Schroder

Witch's Mother - Alexia Acebo

Monkeys, Students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz: Alexia Acebo, Jennifer Mariela Bermeo, Remmie Bourgeois, Jane Brockman, Kyle Brown, Matt Densky, Marie Eife, Aydin Eyikan, Chris Jarosz, Tiffany Rae Mallari, Nando Morland, Madison Claire Parks, Jackie Raye, Andy Richardson, Kat Rodriguez, Anthony Sagaria, Derek Schiesel, Wayne Schroder, Jonathan Shew, Brett Stoelker, Mitchell Tobin, Maggie Van Wieringen, Justin Wirick.

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For good: Interlochen alumni reflect on the 20th anniversary of ‘Wicked’

From Carla Stickler as Elphaba to Jaime Rosenstein as Nessarose, former Broadway and national tour cast members share their memories of the Tony Award-winning musical.

L-R: Jaime Rosenstein, Carla Stickler, and Sheila Karls. Photos of Rosenstein and Stickler by Joan Marcus.

In October 2003, audiences at the Gershwin Theatre in New York City heard Stephen Schwartz’s now-iconic lyrics to “For Good” for the very first time:

“Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better? But, because I knew you, I have been changed for good.”

Just as its two heroines were forever shaped by their unlikely friendship, Wicked has left an indelible mark on both Broadway and on audiences around the world. The musical has shattered box office records, earned three Tony Awards, captured the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Show Album, inspired a forthcoming film adaptation, and captivated legions of devoted fans. Two decades after its opening night on Oct. 30, 2003, the “cultural phenomenon” ( Variety ) has been seen by more than 30 million people worldwide and surpassed Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats as the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history.

Beyond its monumental cultural impact, Wicked has also given hundreds of theatre performers, technicians, and pit orchestra musicians a chance to fly—including more than a dozen Interlochen Arts Camp and Arts Academy alumni.

As Wicked enters its third decade as one of theatre’s most coveted tickets, we sat down with a few of the Interlochen alumni who have appeared in the show’s Broadway or national tour productions. Below, they share their favorite memories and why they think Wicked continues to resonate with audiences two decades later.

Jaime Rosenstein - Nessarose, National Tour, 2013-14

Jaime Rosenstein as Nessarose. Photo by Joan Marcus.

For the most part, Jaime Rosenstein’s (IAC 04) tenure as Nessarose on the national tour of Wicked was a dream come true. But there’s one moment that haunts her.

“One time, I managed to fall out of the wheelchair during ‘Dancing Through Life’,” Rosenstein recalls. “Don't ask me how that happened—I still don't really know. It has given me nightmares.”

The fall wasn’t Rosenstein’s only mishap with Nessarose’s wheelchair.

“In the first act, Nessa's chair spins out of control, and that's when we realize Elphaba's powers,” Rosenstein explains. “I'm supposed to click a latch on my chair that gives the operators control of the chair to make it spin around, but for some reason when I clicked the latch, it froze. I just sat there while the chair was supposed to be spinning. I have never seen a more stunned group of cast members trying to hold back laughter while I waved my arms around and screamed my head off to make it seem like something was happening to me.”

While these two misadventures were perhaps the most memorable moments, Rosenstein’s favorite part of touring with Wicked was bringing joy to the production’s fans.

“I just loved seeing all of the little girls in the audience—some of them even dressed up in costumes—rush to their feet as the show finished,” she says. “For two and a half hours, they could put aside a bad grade on a math test or the mean kids at school and just immerse themselves in the magical world of Wicked . To be able to give anyone that escape is an incredible gift, and I feel so fortunate to have been a part of this show.”

Beyond its enchanted setting, Rosenstein believes Wicked has endured as a result of two powerful themes: friendship and feminism.

“I think Wicked continues to resonate with audiences because it tells the story of true friendship, and that is a theme that will always remain present in audiences’ hearts,” she says. “Over the course of the story, we see these two women change and grow together and just as they evolve as people, so does their friendship.”

“Glinda and Elphaba fight for what is right—they fight to be heard by authority that wants to hold them back,” Rosenstein continues. “As women all over the world continue to fight for their power and for their autonomy today, we need to see strong examples of this on stage and screen.”

Carla Stickler - Elphaba understudy, Broadway and National Tour

Carla Stickler as Elphaba. Photo by Joan Marcus.

In January 2022, software engineer Carla Stickler (IAC 97-00, IAA 00-01) made national headlines when she was called up to play Elphaba on Broadway—nearly seven years after she’d last played the role.

“To say it was an incredible moment would be an understatement,” Stickler wrote in an Instagram post after the performance. “I’m so overjoyed to have performed with this amazing cast and crew.”

Stickler herself was once a full-time member of the Wicked cast: She served as the standby for Elphaba on the national tour for three years before joining the Broadway cast as the understudy for Elphaba in 2013. In 2015, burned out and concerned about her body’s ability to sustain a long-term musical theatre career, Stickler hung up her black hat and broomstick.

“There is this pressure,” Stickler said in a 2022 interview with Crescendo . “You have this little Elphaba on your shoulder, and you never know when you’re going to have to perform one of the hardest roles on Broadway.”

Although Stickler pivoted to a full-time career in technology, she remained on call as an emergency cover for Wicked . Over the next six years, Stickler was called up many times—although always as a member of the ensemble. Then, on Jan. 1, 2022, Stickler returned to the stage of Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre as Elphaba.

While the performance was a memorable moment for Stickler, she was surprised by the media’s interest in her return to the spotlight.

“As an understudy, I’ve never gotten this kind of attention,” she told Crescendo . “Your job is to make sure the show goes on and there isn’t a big fuss about it.”

The New Year’s Day performance was also a chance for Stickler to find closure and reflect on her experience as part of Wicked .

“Every time I’ve been able to step away and then pop back into this show, having had space to breathe and process, I’ve been able to fully grasp the beauty and magic of getting to be a part of something so magical,” Stickler wrote in her Instagram post. “If I never performed again, I could rest easy knowing that something out-of-this-world happened last night.”

Sheila Karls - ShenShen and Madame Morrible understudy, First National Tour, 2013-15

Sheila Karls in costume as Madame Morrible.

Sheila Karls’ (IAC 02, IAA 02-04) experience as a member of Wicked’s first national tour had its share of highs and lows–both literally and figuratively.

“There are so many special memories: from holding curtain and hunkering down in the basement–in costume–because of a sudden tornado in Omaha, Nebraska to breathing from a tiny offstage oxygen machine while dancing at Colorado altitudes,” Karls recalls.

Like Rosenstein, Karls's favorite memories include participating in hilarious, quick-thinking improvisations when technical difficulties arose.

“When the hydraulic lift that propels Elphaba malfunctioned, we did what was loosely known as ‘Plan B’: If Elphaba doesn’t rise, everyone else has to make it look like she does,” Karls says. “‘Plan B’ was either to hit the ground or crouch way down, giving the illusion that Elphaba is soaring above us as we sang to her.”

“You’d never know when to expect it, but when it happened, it was the fastest transition your brain ever had to make. We all suddenly attempted to maintain the illusion for the audience, belting out our respective notes while belly-flopping on the floor and trying to keep from laughing at how ridiculous some of our costumes must look horizontally. But the show must go on!”

There were difficult moments too, when words of “For Good” offered as much catharsis for the performers as they did for the audience.

“A forever emblazoned, bittersweet memory was when we learned at the half-hour pre-show call that one of our very dear castmates had finally lost her battle with cancer,” Karls says. “I have no doubt that it was the most difficult performance of any of our lives, but we did it for her, with conviction, through veiled tears, through lyrics imbued with particularly special meaning that day: ‘Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.’ Our company held a framed picture of her, giving her the final bow thereafter until our tour closed.”

Karls believes that raw emotion–woven into the book and lyrics and brought to life by dedicated casts and crews–is the reason Wicked has become one of the most popular musicals of all time.

“The show’s got heart,” Karls said. “Its universally relatable themes–wanting to belong, perseverance amidst hate, and ultimately, self-acceptance and self-love–resonate with the incredibly personal, human part in all of us.”

“Experiencing the iconic moment when Elphaba finally takes flight is, I think, one of the most exhilarating moments in musical theatre,” she continues. “It’s when resilience meets a new willingness. It’s when empowerment literally rises above all other voices into the unknown ‘western sky.’ Of course, the wildly unique choreography, score, and beautifully elaborate costumes further drive these points home.”

“It’s truly a creative spectacle that asks the questions our souls want us to ask.”

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“Wicked” will be the first national tour to resume performances when it plays its first show in Dallas Tuesday.  The production was one of many tours that were paused due to the pandemic, and it kicks off the planned return of the U.S. touring market.

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“Wicked” will be the first national tour to resume performances when it plays its first show in Dallas Tuesday.

The production was one of many tours that were paused due to the pandemic, and it kicks off the planned return of the U.S. touring market. The national tours of “Hamilton” are expected to resume later this month and tours of “ What the Constitution Means to Me,” “Hadestown” and more are expected to follow this fall.

“America has pent up demand for the Broadway series which normally take place in over 200 cities across the country, and to have it begin with an iconic show such as ‘Wicked’ is simply a marvelous beginning to what we know will be a great season across the USA,” said Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League.

The return of “Wicked” on tour comes as “Pass Over” prepares to start performances on Broadway Wednesday. “Pass Over” will be the first Broadway play to begin performances after the March 12, 2020 Broadway shutdown.

Many more shows are scheduled to return starting in September, including the Broadway production of “Wicked” on Sept. 14.

The Broadway League and Actors’ Equity previously announced safety protocols for touring productions, which include a vaccination mandate for touring cast and crew members. Recent updates to the protocols allow for modifications to be made for specific cities or productions.

“Wicked” plans to play a one-month engagement at the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas before moving on to cities including Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C.; Appleton, Wis.; Cincinnati; Kansas City, Mo.; Costa Mesa, Cali.; Omaha, Neb. and Boston.

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Wicked (1st North American National Tour)

Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz is currently the 10th longest running Broadway show of all time. Based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel  Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West ,  Wicked is set before we meet Dorothy in L. Frank Baum’s classic book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The musical gives audiences a glimpse into the unlikely bond between Glinda, the “Good” witch and Elphaba, “the wicked witch of the west.” Despite opposing backgrounds, personalities and viewpoints the two become best friends while at school.  Their friendship is put to the test as they face corrupt government, romantic rivalries and their own ideas of what is “good.”

Winner of numerous Tony and Drama Desk Awards as well as a Grammy and multiple international awards and nominations,  Wicked , has proven to be a worldwide sensation.

This First North American National Tour began in Toronto, Canada. Running for 10 years, it is one of the longest running Broadway musical tours in the United States.

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Mary Kate Morrissey

MK is honored to be the 25th woman to play Elphaba full time on Broadway. She believes in the transformative power of musical theater and its capacity to change lives for good. “Theater is like a gym for empathy” – B.English. MK spent a decade touring through 92 cities with Wicked (Elphaba), Mean Girls (Janis), and Hair (Sheila), before making her Broadway Debut last year as the Elphaba Standby. Syracuse University. Massive thanks to the best support team: Morrissey’s of 804, CGF Talent, DNW, the Glinda’s & Chistery’s who’ve seen me this far, and my leading man, Trevor. @maryspacekate

Alexandra Socha

Broadway:  Head Over Heels, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Spring Awakening  Encores!: Mabel in  Mack & Mabel, Paint Your Wagon  Off-Broadway:  Actually  (MTC),  Fun Home  (The Public, Lortel nomination),  Death Takes a Holiday  and  Dream of the Burning Boy  (Roundabout, Drama League nomination) Regional: Papermill Playhouse, Williamstown, Yale Repertory. Television: Skye on Amazon’s “Red Oaks” , “ Mrs. Maisel”, “Evil”, “The Big C”, and many more. Many thanks to Lindsay Porter and Erica Tuchman for all their support over the years and to Dad for buying us tickets to Wicked 20 years ago. My heart belongs to Etai and our beautiful baby boy. For Mom, you’d be proud.

Donna McKechnie

Madame Morrible

Donna received a Tony Award for her performance in A Chorus Line. Other Broadway: How to Succeed…; The Education of Hyman Kaplan; Promises, Promises; Company; Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (actor and choreographer); On the Town; State Fair (Fred Astaire Award); The Visit . Bob Fosse invited Donna to play the lead in his last production, the National tour of Sweet Charity (Helen Hayes nom). She has starred in and choreographed numerous productions regionally and productions in London’s West End, Paris and Tokyo. TV: “Hullaballoo”, “Fame”, “Cheers”, “Dark Shadows” and HBO Specials. Film: The Little Prince , Every Little Step . Donna’s memoir, “Time Steps – My Musical Comedy Life” was published by Simon and Schuster. In 2019 Donna was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. She couldn’t be happier to join this Wicked family!

BDWY: Mrs. Doubtfire; Something Rotten! (Tony nomination); Big Fish Nice Work…; The Addams Family Spamalot The Producers (Tony nomination) Jekyll & Hyde; Aspects of Love . WEST END: The Producers. NAT’L TOUR: The Phantom of the Opera; Young Frankenstein; Jekyll & Hyde.” OFF-BDWY: Little Shop of Horrors ; Broadway Bounty Hunter; Sweeney Todd; Forbidden Broadway. REGIONAL: Arena Stage, Old Globe, La Jolla, McCarter, more. FILM: Ghost Town; The Producers. TV: “Smash” “The Good Wife” and three “Law & Orders”.

Jordan Litz

Broadway debut! Jordan comes directly from the national tour after playing the Winkie Prince for over a year and a half. Credits:  Radio City Christmas Spectacular ,  Legally Blonde,  numerous productions with   Walt Disney World . Jordan   hails from California where he was a competitive swimmer, winning collegiate national championships and competing in the 2012 US Olympic Trials. Forever thankful for his family, Josh and darling wife, Julie. @litzjordan

Jake Pedersen

Broadway: Parade (Frankie Epps). National Tours: Wicked (Boq), Escape to Margaritaville (Ensemble). Regional: Writing Kevin Taylor (Meadow Brook Theatre), Newsies (Crutchie, NLBP). New Works: The Last Day (Sarah Schlesinger/Mike Reid), The Lucky Boy (Kristen Childs). B.F.A Musical Theatre Penn State. “Endless gratitude to the entire Wicked team, HCKR, my amazing Mom and Dad, and Will.” www.jakepedersen.com @Jake.ped

Natalie Ortega

Broadway debut! Big thanks to the entire Wicked team for making this childhood dream come true. Regional: In the Heights ; Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (The Kimmel Center.) Film/TV: “Search Party” (Max,) “Maybe I Do.” Thank you to Pat, Craig, and everyone at Telsey. Endless gratitude and love to Mom, Dad, Taylor, Chris, Kent, and Anna. Momma, we did it!  @nataliegraceortega

William Youmans

Doctor Dillamond

William Youmans is thrilled to return to Wicked .  He originated Doctor Dillamond on Broadway.  Also on Broadway: Billy Elliot, Farnsworth Invention, The Little Foxes (Elizabeth Taylor), Big River, Titanic, Pirate Queen, Finian’s Rainbow, Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme, Carousel, To Kill a Mockingbird .  Movies & TV: Birdman , Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close , Nadine , Mrs. Soffel , Fresh Horses , Ten Minutes to Midnight , Compromising Positions , “Law and Order.”

Lissa DeGuzman

Elphaba Standby

Lissa deGuzman is thrilled to be back in Oz. Broadway: King Kong , Aladdin . National Tour: Wicked (Elphaba), Aladdin (Jasmine). Regional: Drury Lane ( Cinderella ), Cape Playhouse ( Camelot ), KC Starlight ( Legally Blonde ), The 5th Avenue Theatre ( Bliss), MUNY ( Fiddler on the Roof) , Studio Tenn ( West Side Story). Belmont University. “Endless love and gratitude to the Wicked Team, Telsey, Matt & DGRW, and my wonderful family & friends.” Salamat! @lissadeguz

Jennafer Newberry

Glinda Standby

Jennafer is thrillified to be making her Broadway debut after playing Glinda in the National Tour of Wicked ! Regional: Disney’s Freaky Friday (La Jolla Playhouse), Nemo in Finding Nemo: The Musical (Walt Disney World), and Clara in The Light in the Piazza . BFA NYU Tisch. Endless love and gratitude to God, Terrific Talent, The Mine, Telsey, and the entire Wicked team. For Mom, Dad, my husband Zach, and my daughter Parker. @jennafernewberry

Alicia L. Albright

Swing; Witch's Mother/Midwife u/s

Grateful to be back in OZ! Broadway:  Frozen (OBC) , Wicked.  Tours:  Wicked, All Shook Up, A Chorus Line, Jesus Christ Superstar, Seven Brides… and more .  IG: aliciaalbright .  When not onstage teaching mindfulness and empowerment .  Much love to Eric and Family.

Beka Burnham

Ensemble; Glinda/Nessarose u/s

Thrilled to be making her Broadway debut! Previously on the Broadway National Tour of Wicked . BFA, The Boston Conservatory. Love and thanks to Craig and the Wicked team, friends and family (extra thanks to James), and my dog “Root”! @bekaburnham

Olivia Dei Cicchi

Pinch me! I’m making my Broadway debut with Wicked ! National tour: Les Misérables (u/s Cosette & Fantine). Film/TV: She Came to Me , “SNL.” Endless gratitude to DGRW, Telsey, the Wicked team, my incredible friends and mom & dad, for putting music in my veins.

Matthew Deloch

Broadway debut, ur kidding! Recently, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Super Bowl LV, “Up Here” (Hulu), “Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All”, “Blues Big City Adventure” (Paramount). All the love to my family and friends! @matthewdeloch

Meg Doherty

Ensemble; Morrible u/s

Broadway debut! Regional: Hairspray, Tommy, The Full Monty, Crazy for You and The Star Wars Ballet. Graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. Love to her amazing supportive family in Maine and in NYC, especially Julio. The perfect family, no one is missing.

Kristina Doucette

Kristina Doucette is thrilled to be back in Oz! Recently seen in Here Lies Love Broadway and The Karate Kid Musical, St. Louis. All my love to my family, friends, and Dana.

Aydin Eyikan

Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’ (Broadway OBC), The Music Man (Broadway OBC), WICKED (National Tour), World of Dance (NBC), @aydineyikan on Instagram.

Matt Farcher

Swing; u/s Wizard, u/s Dillamond, u/s Father, u/s Ozian Official, u/s Flathead, u/s Lion Puppet

My heart is doing the happy dance! Original Broadway cast of Pretty Woman The Musical. Thank you forever to The Farcher Family, The Wolf Talent Team, Craig and The Telsey Office for the endless support. 大好きPhilWithLove.Org

Lisa Finegold

Dance Captain/Swing; Witch's Mother/Midwife u/s

Broadway: Head Over Heels , Rock of Ages . Tours: Hamilton , Wicked , and more. Off Broadway: Trip of Love . Boston Conservatory graduate. Thanks to her supportive family, wonderful friends and Sofia at CESD!

Dan Gleason

Ensemble; Fiyero u/s

Thrilled to be back with Wicked ! Other credits: American Idiot (Tunny u/s), Miss Saigon (Chris u/s), Goodspeed Opera House, Kansas City Starlight, Transcendence Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Mount Gretna Theatre. Penn State graduate, BFA. Love to Julia and Gus!

Josh Daniel Green

Broadway debut!  Dance companies: Lar Lubovitch, Stephen Petronio, Lucinda Childs.  NYU Tisch. joshdgreen.com   @joshdgreen

Jeff Heimbrock

Ensemble; Boq u/s

Broadway/NYC: The Book of Mormo n, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Actors’ Fund), The Golden Apple (Encores!). Tour: Newsies (Spot Conlon), The Book of Mormon (L.A./ Chicago). Training: Pace University, The School at Steppenwolf. @jheimbrock

Stephen Hernandez

Ensemble; Partial Swing; Lover/Lion Puppet/Flathead/Chistery/Tin Man Double u/s

Honored to be joining the Wicked Family. Broadway:  Moulin Rouge! The Musical ,  Hello, Dolly!.  National Tours:  Hamilton ,  Newsies The Musical ,  We Will Rock You . Thank you to my family, Sofia at CESD, and my partner Reed for your endless love and support. @stevohernandez

Alison Jantzie

Ensemble; Witch's Mother

Broadway/New York: Gigi , Radio City Rockettes , Fiorello!  (City Center Encores!). National Tour: Wicked.  Select Regional: Anything Goes (Goodspeed) , Roman Holiday (Golden Gate Theatre).  I am beyond grateful for the fam, the Wolff Pack, this team, and Eric!  Thank you!

Jesse JP Johnson

Swing; Boq u/s

Boq in Wicked (Broadway and 1st nat’l tour), SpongeBob SquarePants (Broadway and Live on Stage!), Glory Days (Broadway), Grease (1st nat’l tour), Altar Boyz (Off-Broadway and 1st nat’l tour), Xanadu (Broadway), 9 to 5 (1st nat’l tour) and Oklahoma! (1st nat’l tour). jessejpjohnson.com

Zachary Daniel Jones

Zachary Daniel Jones is thrilled to be joining the Wicked family!  Broadway:  Cats (Mungojerrie), Beetlejuice .  Off-Broadway:  Black No More .  Regional:  The Muny, TUTS.  BFA:  The Boston Conservatory.  Love and thanks to the Wicked team, Craig, Telsey, CESD, Mom, Howard, Austin, Sean, and Jesse.  @aspiredance

Cajai Kennedy

Frozen  Broadway, The Met Gala 2021, High Button Shoes City Center Encores!. The Metropolitan Opera:  The Merry Widow , La Traviata , Aida , Adriana Lecouvreur  (Venus). The Houston Grand Opera: Carmen . The Lion King  1st National Tour. Knicks City Dancer ‘17-’18. IG: @cajmahal

Colby Q. Lindeman

Swing; Chistery u/s

Happy to be back at the Gershwin! Credits: The Cher Show ,  An American in Paris , Trip of Love , Standard Time at the Duke , Radio City Christmas Spectacular , Urban Cowboy , “Smash,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Vinyl.” OCU. AEA. Thanks to The Telsey Office, MSA, and the Wicked team. Love!

Libby Lloyd

Ensemble; Witch’s Mother/Midwife u/s

Thrilled to join Wicked ! Original Nini in 1st National Tour of Moulin Rouge! , Diana OBC (u/s Diana), The Wrong Man (MCC). Regional: MTWichita, Tuacahn Amphitheater. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Gratitude to God, my fam, Telsey, and my love Dallas. @libby.lloyd

Yando Lopez

Broadway debut! Regional: Steppenwolf, Goodman, Paramount, Marriott, Drury Lane, Skylight, Porchlight. TV: “The Thing About Harry”. BA: Northwestern University. Thank you to Telsey, Wicked , DDO, my Chicago family, Los Lopez and Adrian. @yandolopez & yandolopez.com

Ensemble; Fiyero/Witches Father/Ozian Official u/s

Tours:  Wicked ,  Anastasia  (u/s Dmitry/Gleb),  Flashdance  (Andy, u/s Nick).  From the birthplace of Oz – Chittenango, NY.  BFA, Ithaca.  Love to Josh & family, The Mine, and the teachers that got me here.  “And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.”   www.ryanmacofficial.com   @thisisRyanMac

Chase Madigan

Chistery/Ensemble

West Side Story (Broadway), Wicked (national tour), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The New York Spectacular, Rock the Ballet (international tour). It’s a dream come true to be joining Wicked on Broadway! Thanks Mom and Dad for all the love and support along the way!

Micaela Martinez

Swing; Nessarose/Midwife u/s

Incredibly grateful to be back on stage! Most recently touring the country with the national tour of Wicked . Others include first national tour of Sister Act (ensemble, u/s Mary Robert), The Addams Family (Wednesday), and Spring Awakening (Wendla).  @micccccmart

Hunter Mikles

National tour: Wicked, Dirty Dancing. International tour: An American in Paris. NYC: Dance Lab New York. Select regional: Pittsburgh CLO, Fulton Theatre. Point Park ’16. Endless gratitude to family, friends and LDC. @hunter_mikles

Dashi Mitchell

Dance Captain/Swing; Chistery u/s

Dashi Mitchell, an 11 year alumnus of Wicked , is excited to return back home to Wicked on Broadway. Recently finished two companies of Hamilton and West Side Story with Carnegie Hall. Grateful to be performing again!  @dashi1989

Alicia Newcom

Broadway debut ! National tours: Wicked, 42nd Street. NYC: Radio City Rockettes . BPA: Oklahoma City University. Thanks to Avalon Artists Group and the Wicked team. Endless love and gratitude to James and my incredible family, given and chosen! @alicia_newcom

Allsun O’Malley

Broadway debut! Regional: Chasing Rainbows (u/s Deanna Durbin, Paper Mill Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Belle), Singin’ in the Rain (Kathy Selden), Newsies (Katherine). BFA, Penn State. Endless thanks to the Wicked team, Telsey, Avalon and my incredible friends and family. @allsunomalley

David Scott Purdy

Swing; Wizard/Dillamond/Witch’s Father/Ozian Official u/s

Broadway Debut! NYC:  Brigadoon  (Encores!)  A Christmas Story  (Madison Square Garden). Touring: Wicked,   A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder . TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Law & Order: SVU.” Thanks to Kate, Jay, and Mom. @dav3purdy

Emily Rogers

Ensemble; Elphaba u/s

Broadway debut! National tour: If/Then . NYC: Jasper in Deadland, Unlock’d . Most recently: Sophie in Mamma Mia! (ACT of CT). Endless thanks to the Wicked team, Craig, Carson Adler and Taylor. For Mom and Dad. @e.e.rogers

Travis Taber

Broadway debut! First national tour: Priscilla Queen of the Desert . Broadway national tours: Mamma Mia! and Wicked . NY theatre: For Lovers Only . So much love and thanks to my family, Craig, Bernadette and the team at Telsey. @tgtaber

Michael Thatcher

Witch’s Father/ Ozian Official; Wizard/Dillamond u/s

Broadway:  The Play That Goes Wrong . Off-Broadway:  TPTGW ,  Julius Caesar  (NYSF). Tours:  TPTGW  (1st, 2nd National),  Guys & Dolls ,  A Christmas Story . TV: “Quantico.” West Chester University of PA. MFA University of Houston. @Thatched44

Jeremy Thompson

Jeremy Thompson is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut! Credits include Wicked  (national tour),  The Music Man  (Tommy Djilas),  Gypsy, South Pacific,  RhetOracle Dance Co., Tokyo Disney, and Disneyland. Huge thanks to The Telsey Office and Mom! @remy_dunham 

Christianne Tisdale

Ensemble/Midwife; Morrible u/s

Welcome back Broadway! Beauty and the Beast, Triumph of Love, Les Misérables, One Touch of Venus (West End), Sousatzka (Toronto). TV: “The Blacklist,” “30 Rock,” “Wallflowers,” “Ghost Lights: Reclaiming Theater in the Age of AIDS” (producer). IG @BaxAndTheCity

Nicky Venditti

Nicky is thrilled to be back in Oz! Broadway: Wicked . Off Broadway: Radio City Xmas Spectacular , Trip Of Love . Tours: Wicked , A Chorus Line , Contact , Swing . When not on stage, Nicky helps others thrive as a functional exercise and health coach. @nicky_venditti

Peyton Taylor Becker

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Broadway & Select Favorites: Six,   Boop,   The Prom, School of Rock, Something Rotten!  National Tours:  Mean Girls , LCT’s  The King and I, Dirty Dancing.  UNCSA. For my mom and her unwavering support. Grateful to my dads for watching over me. Students and early career Stage Managers, let’s connect @peytonbecker

Stephen Milosevich

STAGE MANAGER

Broadway: Beetlejuice; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Derren Brown: Secret; True West; Frozen; School of Rock – The Musical; Time and the Conways; Sunday in the Park with George; Something Rotten!; Long Day’s Journey Into Night; Fun Home ; Rocky. Love to Erin and his family.

Jonathan Bach

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Broadway: A Christmas Carol , Straight White men ; Off-Broadway: Love Life , Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise , A Parallelogram , Revolution in the Elbow… ; Love to Mom, Dad, Maya, Marybeth, Gregg, Lauren. To every mentor, thank you. UNCSA Alum.

Saori “Cel” Yokoo

Broadway: The Inheritance . Tour: On Your Feet! , Dirty Dancing , Bring It On: The Musical , 42nd Street . Selected others: Kennedy Center Honors, Phish NYE Gag at MSG. To my parents and the Wicked team, Arigatou Gozaimasu.

Stephen Schwartz

Music and Lyrics

Has contributed music and/or lyrics to  Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker’s Wife, Working  (which he adapted and directed),  Rags, Children of Eden  and the opera  Séance on a Wet Afternoon . For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for Disney’s  Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame  and  Enchanted  and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature  The Prince of Egypt . Mr. Schwartz is artistic director of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops and serves on the Council of the Dramatists Guild. He is a member of the Theater Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award and a tiny handful of tennis trophies  Defying Gravity,  a book about his professional career, is available from Applause Books.

www.stephenschwartz.com

Winnie Holzman

Received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for  Wicked . She created the memorable television drama “My So-Called Life” which starred Claire Danes. Holzman got her start writing for the acclaimed drama “thirtysomething” and later executive produced (again with Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick) “Once and Again.” Other theatre work includes the musical  Birds of Paradise  (with composer David Evans) and a ten-minute play called  Post-Its: Notes on a Marriage  which she wrote with her husband, actor Paul Dooley. Features include  ‘Til There Was You.  Also an actress, Ms. Holzman appeared in  Jerry Maguire  and as Larry’s wife’s therapist on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Most recently she teamed with her daughter, Savannah Dooley, to write and produce the ABC Family series, “Huge.” She is a graduate of Princeton University, received an MFA from the NYU Musical Theatre Program and serves on the board of the Writers Guild Foundation.

Gregory Maguire

Author of Original Novel

Published a dozen novels for children before writing his first adult novel,  Wicked . A devotee of children’s fantasy, Maguire’s subsequent novels for adults are variations-on-a-theme:  Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister  considers Cinderella as a seventeenth-century maid from Haarlem;  Lost  evokes the ghost of Charles Dickens’s Scrooge; and  Mirror Mirror  features a High Renaissance Snow White daunted by the wickedest stepmother, Lucrezia Borgia. Maguire’s novel  Son of a Witch , a sequel to  Wicked , is followed by volume III of the Wicked Years,  A Lion Among Men , and concludes with the final novel in the Wicked Years,  Out of Oz . He lives in Massachusetts and Vermont with his husband, the painter Andy Newman, and their three children.

Joe Mantello

Broadway: Hillary and Clinton, The Boys in the Band, Three Tall Women (Tony nom.), Blackbird, The Humans, Airline Highway, The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Other Desert Cities, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, The Ritz, Laugh Whore, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Assassins (Tony Award), Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Design for Living, Proposals, Love! Valour! Compassion! Off-Broadway: Dogfight, The Pride, A Man of No Importance, The Vagina Monologues, Corpus Christi. As an actor: The Glass Menagerie, The Normal Heart (Tony nom. and on HBO) and Angels in America (Tony nom.). Recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of The Theater Hall of Fame.

Wayne Cilento

Musical Staging

Broadway:  Sweet Charity  (Tony nom.),  Aida, The Who’s Tommy  (Tony, Drama Desk, Astaire awards),  How to Succeed…  (Tony nom.),  Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical (director/choreographer; Tony nom., Best Choreography),  Jerry’s Girls, Baby  (Tony nom.). West End:  The Who’s Tommy  (Olivier nom.). Other credits: Off-Broadway’s  A Hot Minute  and  Angry Housewives , national tour of  Spirit, …Forum  at La Jolla (San Diego Drama Critics and Drama-Logue awards). Performer credits:  A Chorus Line  (Mike, original cast),  The Act, Seesaw, Perfectly Frank, Irene, Big Deal, Rachel Lily Rosenblum and  Dancin’  (Tony nom.). He has done musical staging for Liza Minnelli, Barry Manilow, Chita Rivera, Billy Joel, Donna Summer and Pete Townshend.

Scenic Designer

Eugene is the production   designer of “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” Other Broadway credits:  Bright Star, Ragtime, Show Boat  and  Sweeney Todd.  Film credits: Coppola’s  Hammett,  Huston’s  Mr. North, Malle’s  Vanya on 42nd Street  and Demme’s  A Master Builder . BFA: Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon. MFA: Yale School of Drama. Three honorary PhDs. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Emmy Awards; Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence; Pell Award; DesignxRI Lifetime Achievement Award, New York Theater Hall of Fame. He lives in Providence, RI, with his wife, Brooke, where he is resident designer at Trinity Rep.

Susan Hilferty

Costume Designer

Has designed costumes and scenery for over 300 productions around the world. Her Broadway credits include Present Laughter, Spring Awakening, Lestat  and Into the Woods  (all Tony-nominated). Her many directorial collaborations include Athol Fugard, Joe Mantello, James Lapine, Michael Mayer, Robert Falls, Tony Kushner, JoAnne Akalaitis, Des McAnuff, Christopher Ashley, Yaël Farber, Rebecca Taichman and the late Garland Wright. In addition to her work in theatre, Susan has designed opera ( Rigoletto  and  La Traviata for the Met ), dance ( Love Stories  for Alvin Ailey), and live music events (Taylor Swift’s  Speak Now  world tour). Susan is chair of the design department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her many accolades include Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Wicked.

Kenneth Posner

Lighting Designer

Has more than 50 Broadway play and musical theatre credits. He designs extensively Off-Broadway, for resident theatres and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Selected Broadway credits: Beetlejuice, Mean Girls, War Paint, On Your Feet!, Disgraced, If/Then, Hairspray, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia — Shipwrecked, Other Desert Cities, Harvey, The Best Man, The Merchant of Venice, The Royal Family, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Goat, Uncle Vanya, Side Man, The Little Foxes and The Rose Tattoo . He is the recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie awards.

Sound Designer

Broadway: Come From Away (associate producer), Lysistrata Jones (associate producer as well as sound design); …Drood (Drama Desk Award); First Date (associate producer); Pal Joey; The Ritz; Laugh Whore; Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Lion King (Drama Desk Award); The Sound of Music; Steel Pier; Forum; The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything Goes . London: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; and Anything Goes . National and international: The Lion King, Les Misérables, Mozart, Der Gloeckner von Notre Dame . Tony is a graduate of Ithaca College’s Department of Theatre Arts. Thanks, Dick.

Elaine J. McCarthy

Projection Designer

Recent Broadway designs include  The People in the Picture, Impressionism, Thurgood, Spamalot, Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods,  and  Judgment at Nuremberg . Opera designs include  Great Scott, Everest, Iolanta, Tristan and Isolde, Moby Dick  (Dallas Opera);  Dead Man Walking  (Houston Opera);  Mazeppa  (Metropolitan Opera);  War and Peace  (Kirov and Met Opera); Tan Dun’s  The Gate ; and Peter Sellar’s  The Peony Pavilion . Off-Broadway designs include  Frequency Hopping  (set and projection),  Embedded, The Stendhal Syndrome, Suitcase, Speaking in Tongues,  and  The Thing About Men.  Regional designs include  Distracted  (set and projection),  Limonade Tous les Jours, Fran’s Bed, Once in a Lifetime, Cobb,  and  Hair . She received an Eddy Award in 2003.

Hair and Wig Designer

Is head of the wig and makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera. He has designed wigs for more than 80 Broadway productions. Current and recent Broadway designs include  Wicked, Rock of Ages, How to Succeed…, The Addams Family, Annie, Act One, You Can’t Take It With You, The King and I, The Sound of Music  national tour,  Dames at Sea, Thérèse Raquin, Fiddler on the Roof  (current revival),  Bright Star  and  Long Day’s Journey Into Night .

Joe Dulude II

Makeup Designer

Broadway/West End: Wicked, Beautiful. Broadway: Beetlejuice, The Rose Tattoo, Torch Song, SpongeBob SquarePants, Summer, Sunday in the Park With George, Anastasia, Allegiance, If/Then, Follies, etc. Off-Broadway: Sweet Charity, Into the Woods, The Wild Party, Show Boat. Television: “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” (Emmy nomination), “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage,” “Castle Rock.” Film: The Discovery, Central Intelligence, Ghostbusters. joe2design.com

Stephen Oremus

Music Supervision/Music Arrangements

  Broadway: Frozen ; Kinky Boots (Tony Award for Best Orchestrations; Grammy Award); The Book of Mormon (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Orchestrations; Grammy Award); 9 to 5: The Musical ; All Shook Up , Avenue Q and Wicked . Off-Broadway: tick, tick…BOOM!; The Wild Party.  Vocal arranger and conductor for the Disney films Frozen   and Frozen 2 ; String arrangements/conductor for several of Lady Gaga ’s television and film appearances, including “I’ll Never Love Again” from A Star Is Born . Music director/conductor for Rufus Wainwright ’s concerts Rufus Does Judy and House of Rufus. TV credits include: music director of the 2015 Oscars, “The Wiz Live!” (NBC) and “Rent Live!” (FOX).

William David Brohn

Orchestrations

Received the 1998 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for  Ragtime . Other credits include  Half a Sixpence  (Chichester Festival Theatre);  Mary Poppins, Curtains, Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden, Show Boat, Crazy for You, Carousel, Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma!  (B’way);  Mary Poppins, Oliver!, The Witches of Eastwick, My Fair Lady  and  South Pacific  (London). He has provided arrangements for Marilyn Horne, James Galway, Placido Domingo and  West Side Story Suite for Violin and Orchestra .

Alex Lacamoire

Music Arrangements

Is a four-time Grammy, three-time Tony, and Emmy winner for his work on Dear  Evan Hansen ,  Hamilton ,  In The Heights , and FX’s mini-series “Fosse/Verdon.”  His credits as music director, arranger, and/or orchestrator include:  Message in a Bottle  (London),  The Wrong Man  (Off-Broadway),  Annie  (2011 Broadway Revival),  Bring It On ,  The People in the Picture ,  9 to 5  (Drama Desk and Grammy noms),  Legally Blonde ,  High Fidelity ,  Wicked ,  Bat Boy , and  Godspell  (2001 National Tour). Film/television credits FX’s “Fosse” (supervising music producer), The Greatest Showman (executive music producer), Incredibles 2 (arranger/orchestrator), “Sesame Street” (Emmy-nominated composer) and WB’s In The Heights (executive music producer).

The Telsey Office

With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theatre, film, television and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability and advocacy.

Olivia Valli

Olivia is thrilled to be return­ing to Oz as Elphaba after u/s the role from 2016– 2019. She had the honor of embodying her own grandmother, the OG Jersey Girl, Mary Delgado, in Jersey Boys where she made her Off-Broadway debut. Most recently, Olivia originated Vivian Ward on the Pretty Woman first national tour. She thanks LG man­agement, the entire team at Wicked , Craig Burns and Telsey, her friends and family who travel near and far to support her, and most importantly her mom, her brother, and her little dog Sienna too. Everything she does is for them. @oliviafvalli .

Celia Hottenstein

Celia couldn’t be happier to be stepping into the bubble full time! Broadway: Wicked (Ensemble, u/s Glinda and Nessarose). National tour: The Phantom of the Opera (Christine Daaé alternate). Off-Broadway: Desperate Measures . B.F.A., The Boston Conservatory. Thanks to Craig, The Telsey Office and the Wicked team, especially Dan, Lisa and Marcia, for believing in me. Endless love and grat­itude to Mom, Dad, Booey, and my fiancé, Travis. @celiahottenstein

Tom McGowan

Broadway: Wicked, Kiss Me, Kate, She Loves Me, Casa Valentina, Chicago, Ivanov, La Bete (Tony and Drama Desk noms.). Off-Broadway: The Food Chain (Obie). West End: Wicked. Television: Uncle Jax on “The Good Fight,” Kenny on “Frasier,” Bernie on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Veep,” “Modern Family,” “CSI,” “ER,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Film: Freeheld, The Birdcage, Heavyweights, Ghost World, Bad Santa, As Good As It Gets, Bean, Family Man. M.F.A., Yale. B.F.A., Hofstra. Thanks to daughter, Mary, for introducing him to Wicked when she and her best friend, Sara, spent the entire summer of ’04 playing Glinda and Elphaba in the backyard.

Kathy Fitzgerald

Broadway: Wicked (Madame Morrible) has performed over 2,000 performances, and the national tour. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory  (Mrs. Gloop), The Producers  (Shirley Markowitz), Swinging on a Star (Drama Desk nom), 9 to 5 (Roz, Outer Critics nom). Off-Broadway: Damn Yankees , Encores , Disaster! , Donnybrook . Regional: The Muny, McCarter, Goodspeed Opera House. TV/film: ”Smash,” “Mercy,” ”One Life to Live,” ”Curb Your Enthusiasm,” The Next Three Days , Our Idiot Brother and The Producers . Recent credits include Clue (Cleveland Playhouse) and “Indoor Boys” (2020 Indie Award nom).

James D. Gish

Broadway: Fiyero ( Wicked).  New York City Center  Encores! : Fabrizio ( The Light in the Piazza ). Off-Broadway: Mickey Rose ( The Jerusalem Syndrome,  York Theatre OOBC). National Tours: Gerry Goffin ( Beautiful ), Feuilly ( Les Miserables ). Recent Regional: Jervis ( Daddy Long Legs , Phoenix Theatre Co.), Tony ( West Side Story ), Jack Kelly ( Newsies ), and Toxic Avenger ( The Toxic Avenger ). Toured with solo album  So In Love  (#6 on iTunes Classical Chart, 2017), produced by DW Music at Warner Brothers, Nashville. Socials: @jamesdgish ;  www.jamesdgish.com

Boise Holmes

Boise is an LA actor, singer, writer, VO artist and licensed min­ister. Broadway/National Tour: Tonton in Once on This Island , Mufasa in Disney’s The Lion King (Germany). Regional: Isaac Hayes in SOUL: The Stax Musical , LA Philharmonic, Othello in Othello , Macbeth in Macbeth . Boise can be seen and heard on TV/Radio as Exxon/Mobil’s new national spokesper­son “Mr. Supremium.” Some TV credits include “NCIS,” “Law & Order,” “Chicago Fire,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Blackish.” Numerous VO’s, NAACP/Ovation Award Winner. Endless love to God, wife and their three children. Boise’s happy to join this superbly talented company of Wicked . He thanks his manager Nyle Brenner and Telsey Casting.   @boiseholmes . boiseholmes.com .

Tara Kostmayer

Tara is incredibly honored to join the company of Wicked and step into a dream role of hers! Off-Broadway: A Chorus Line (NYCC Encores!). National Tour: Disney’s Aladdin . Regional: Chicago (The MUNY), Pride and Prejudice (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), Ojo (La Jolla Playhouse) and Disney Cruise Line. B.S. UC San Diego. Gratitude to family, Leo, FSE, The Telsey Office, and the entire Wicked team! Mark 9:23 @tarakostmayer 

Kyle McArthur

Kyle is thrilled to be joining his first National Tour. He originated the role of Simon in the off-Broadway musical Superhero  at Second Stage and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. TV credits include Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” as Brian Koenig and HBO’s “The Deuce.” BA Hunter College. Thanks to the Wicked team, Telsey, A3 Artists Agency, and Terrific Talent. @kylemcarthur_

Laurel Harris

Laurel is thrilled to rejoin Munchkinland since playing Elphaba full-time 10 years ago on this very tour! She’s since been the Elphaba standby in Wicked Broadway. Other Broadway credits: Jagged Little Pill , Beautiful , Evita , In Transit .  Regional: Baker’s Wife ( Into the Woods ). Many thanks to Lisa, Craig, DGRW, Rob, mom, dad & all the babysitters making it possible for mama to be back doing what she loves. For Elliot. @laurelnyc   Coaching/concerts/classes: laurelharrisnyc.com

Joe Beauregard

Broadway: Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Swing), Disney’s Frozen (Ensemble). First national tour: Kinky Boots (Angel/Asst. Dance Captain). Additional favorites: The Who’s Tommy (DCPA), My One and Only (Roundabout). Multiple TV, film and music video productions. “Thank you to TPG! Love to Diane and Drew.” @josephbeauseph

Jennifer Mariela Bermeo

Jennifer’s resume spans film, television, music and theater. A first-generation Ecuadorian from N.J., she most recently toured with The Weeknd. Jennifer’s thrilled to join Wicked. “Live your dreams.” jennifermarielabermeo.com. @ jennifermariela .

Remmie Bourgeois

National Tour: Hamilton (Chicago: George Eacker/Ensemble & LA: Swing). Regional: In The Heights (Ensemble & D/C), Ragtime , Damn Yankees , Tarzan , Dreamgirls . “Thanks Mom & Dad for the support & love.” @ iam_boogwah

Anthony Lee Bryant

Swing, Chistery U/S

Excited to join the Wicked family! Credits: The Lion King , Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan , LA Dance Project, Jacob Jonas The Company. UNCSA Alum, Juilliard BFA. Thanks and love to Mom, Pam, Ed and family!

Ensemble, Boq U/S

National Tour: Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby), Jersey Boys (Joe Pesci, u/s Frankie Valli), Peter Pan 360 (Michael). “Thanks to Telsey and the Wicked Team, The Hybrid Agency, and Laura. Endless gratitude for Mom, Dad, and Tina.” @sean_burns_actor

Matt Densky

NYC:  How the Grinch…  (Young Max u/s, MSG),  Kris Kringle  (Sky, Town Hall). Regional:  The Little Mermaid, Rock of Ages, Fully Committed, SantaLand Diaries. B.F.A.—CCM. Thanks to Cooper Company/MSA. Love to Mom, Dad and Chris. MattDensky.com

Jenny Florkowski

Swing; Nessarose U/S

Broadway: Wicked . National Tours: Wicked (Nessarose), White Christmas , 42 nd Street , Cats . Jenny has also performed at numerous regional theatres around the country. Thanks to my family and BWA! Instagram: @jennyflorkowski

KC Fredericks

is ecstatic to return to Oz! National tours: Wicked , Disney’s The Little Mermaid , Cats . World premiere: Tuck Everlasting . RhetOracle Dance Co., Odyssey Dance Theatre. TV/Film: “Smash,” Disney’s High School Musical 3 . Love to daughter, Charlotte. For Agustin. @kcfredericks

Kayla Goldsberry

Witch's Mother; Ensemble

Beyond excited and blessed to make my Broadway Tour debut with Wicked ! BFA from USC Kaufman School of Dance, my work spans concert, commercial, and theater spaces. So much love to my family, mentors, and team.  @kaylagoldsberry , kaylagoldsberry.com

Rose Iannaccone

Rose Iannaccone is wicked excited to be in this company! Favorite credits: Cats First National Tour (Rumpleteazer). Regional: Broadway Sacramento, Ogunquit Playhouse, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Gateway Playhouse. IAMT ’18. “Thanks mom!” @riannaccone98

David Kaverman

Swing, Witch's Father/Ozian Official/The Wizard/Doctor Dillamond U/S

National tours: Miss Saigon , Motown: The Musical (Smokey Robinson). Training: Otterbein University BM and Manhattan School of Music MM. Thankful for his SuperMama, The Mine, the Wicked team and The Telsey Office. @deighvidk

Kelly Lafarga

Dance Captain, Swing

Feels honored to join  Wicked . Film:  Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D.  TV: “Glee,” “Bones,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “DWTS.” Tours: Eve, Donnie Klang. Marymount Manhattan College. Thanks Mom, Nin and Sasha for your endless love and support. Dad, I love and miss you always.

Marina Lazzaretto

Thrilled to be back with the Wicked  Family! Broadway:  An American In Paris ,  West Side Story . First National Tours:  Cats ,  An American In Paris ,  Wicked ,  Come Fly Away . Television: “Schmigadoon,” “Fosse/Verdon,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “SNL.” Representation: The Hybrid Agency @ marinalazz

Lauren Leach

Dream come true to join the  Wicked  family!  Film: Steven Spielberg’s  West Side Story . “Thank you Telsey/ Wicked  Team and MSA. Much love for my friends and family. Couldn’t do this without them.” @laurenleachy

Colin LeMoine

Ensemble, U/S Fiyero

National Tour: Hadestown (u/s Orpheus), Hello, Dolly! (Ambrose Kemper), NY: Pirates of Penzance Concert (Roundabout) Regional: Flat Rock, Jacob’s Pillow, MT Wichita. BFA MT IU Bloomington. “Thanks to my parents, Wicked , Telsey and Terrific Talent.” @colin_lemoine

Adelina Mitchell

Ensemble, U/S Elphaba

National Tour debut in the first Broadway show she ever saw! Regional: The Music Man (Marian in ASL production), World Premiere of A.D. 16 (Ruth), Signature Theatre, The Muny! Grateful for the Wicked Team, Telsey, DGRW & her incredible support system!  www.adelinamitchell.com | @ adelinamitchell_

Madison Claire Parks

Ensemble, Glinda U/S

Wicked debut! Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (Luisa), The Baker’s Wife (Genevieve). Regional: The Light in the Piazza (Clara), 9 to 5 (Doralee). “Thank you Professional Artists and Telsey/ Wicked team. For Mom and Dad.” madisonclaireparks.com

Jackie Raye

Ensemble, Glinda, Nessarose U/S

Proud member of the Wicked Tour for over three years. Georgia native. Theatre: A Chorus Line (Maggie), Anything Goes (Hope), Oklahoma! (Laurey). TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” BFA in Musical Theatre from TCU. Grateful to the Telsey office/ Wicked Team, her friends, family and mentors. @jackieraye_

Kat Rodriguez

Ensemble, Madame Morrible U/S

Kat is grateful to be making her professional debut in Wicked . Big love to her moms, The Mine, LINK and her first Elphaba for inspiring the dream. katrodriguez.com

Lauren Sambataro

Swing, Witch's Mother/Midwife u/s

Lauren is thrilled to be back in Oz! Broadway: Wicked , Mamma Mia! (DC/Swing). National Tours: Wicked , Movin’ Out , Evita . Regional: In the Heights , West Side Story , Radio City Christmas Spectacular! BFA Fordham/Ailey. “All my love & gratitude to my infinite support system: Jeremy, Mom, Dad, R&R!” @lauren_sambataro

Anthony Santos

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Wicked to Become the First National Tour to Resume Performances When It Hits Dallas in August

Thank goodness! Dallas Summer Musicals and Broadway Across America have announced that  Wicked will resume its national touring production this summer, becoming the first national tour to do so since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered theaters . Wicked will play the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas from August 3 through September 5. The musical kicks off the 2021-2022 Germania Insurance Broadway Series presented by DSM. Tickets go on sale May 21.

"We couldn’t be more honored and thrilled to present Wicked , not just as a return engagement in Dallas, but also as the first Broadway show to resume performances in the U.S.,” said DSM president Ken Novice in a statement. “It’s a poignant moment for our industry, our organization, and audiences that we will always cherish, coming out of such a challenging year as this past one. Wicked shows us there’s no place like home—and we can’t think of a better way to welcome home our Broadway shows at the Music Hall than with this long-running, award-winning fan favorite!"

At the time of the shutdown, Wicked was led by   Talia Suskauer as Elphaba, Allison Bailey as Glinda and Curt Hansen as Fiyero. Full casting will be announced soon.

To ensure the comfort and health of audiences, staff, cast and crew and prioritize their safety, Dallas Summer Musicals is working in consultation with local government and public health officials to open its doors and welcome patrons back to the theater. There will be increased safety protocols in the Music Hall at Fair Park, and it will adhere to governmental and other health expert guidance that will allow for reopening at full capacity. Masks will be required at all times when inside the venue.

Wicked imagines a beguiling backstory and future possibilities to the lives of L. Frank Baum’s characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and reveals the decisions and events that shape the destinies of two unlikely university friends on their journey to becoming Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Based on Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and featuring a book by Winnie Holzman, Wicked has a score by Stephen Schwartz. The musical is directed by Joe Mantello, choreographed by Wayne Cilento and music-directed by Stephen Oremus. Wicked features scenic design by Eugene Lee, costume design by Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by Tony Meola and projection design by Elaine J. McCarthy.

DSM has presented the Best of Broadway to North Texas audiences since 1941. BAA is part of the John Gore Organization family of companies, which includes Broadway.com, and is the foremost presenter of first-class touring productions in North America, operating in 47 markets withover 400,000 subscribers.

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SO MUCH HAPPENED BEFORE DOROTHY DROPPED IN

WICKED , the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle.  Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”

From the first electrifying note to the final breathtaking moment, WICKED —the untold true story of the Witches of Oz—transfixes audiences with its wildly inventive story. “If every musical had the brains, heart and courage of WICKED , Broadway really would be a magical place” ( Time Magazine ).

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There's no place like OZ, and after two decades on Broadway, there's still no show like WICKED !

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The Broadway cast of WICKED performs "One Short Day" on Good Morning America! (Fri 10/27/23)

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STILL POPULAR : For WICKED ’s 20th birthday, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel reunite to talk about high notes, low rumors, and onstage emergencies.

Photographer: Mark Seliger

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PHOTO 1: Celia Hottenstein as Glinda in the National Tour of WICKED .

PHOTO 2: Olivia Valli as Elphaba and Celia Hottenstein as Glinda in the National Tour of WICKED .

PHOTO 3: Olivia Valli as Elphaba in the National Tour of WICKED .

PHOTO 4: The National Touring Company of WICKED .

PHOTO 5: Celia Hottenstein as Glinda and Olivia Valli as Elphaba in the National Tour of WICKED .

PHOTO 6: Celia Hottenstein as Glinda and Olivia Valli as Elphaba in the National Tour of WICKED .

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Review: Impressive Cast Brings Renewed Energy to Latest WICKED National Tour at OC's Segerstrom Center

Back in the OC for an extended stay through March 6, the hit Broadway musical's relaunched national tour returns with two superb leading ladies flying high.

Just when everyone thought it was safe to go back to see live theater again this past autumn---at least for those of us who are fully vaccinated and masked---along comes the omicron variant to spoil the fun. Productions began canceling performances during late December and early January and, sadly, I had to miss some great shows out of an abundance of caution.

But, thankfully, with infections and hospitalizations down and more booster shots adding an extra layer of protection (for now), it's back I go into the theater... double-masked, just for my own piece of mind.

What better way to ease ourselves back (again) than with a tried-and-true bonafide hit like the musical WICKED , the global stage phenomenon now back for a nice, long stay in Orange County's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through March 6, 2022.

Based on Gregory Maguire 's clever and imaginative prequel story to L. Frank Baum 's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (that spawned the classic 1939 MGM movie musical), WICKED---for the few of you unfamiliar---follows the tale of the secret friendship between the younger Glinda (née Galinda) the Good Witch and Elphaba, who would go on to be more infamously known as the Wicked Witch of the West. Mixed with not-so-subtle parallels to the perils of politics and, even, other-ism, the uplifting, crowd-pleasing show features an engaging, approachable book by Winnie Holzman and memorable, now iconic music and lyrics from Stephen Schwartz .

It's been several years since WICKED's touring company visited the OC (let alone Southern California for that matter), and you'd think that after almost 20 years of existence, the show itself would feel a bit dated and quaint now compared to more recent modern shows that have exploded out of Broadway. Well, as someone who admittedly has a deep fondness for this show (and has seen it multiple times first as a theater fan and now a theater correspondent), I can happily attest that---despite its forgivable narrative and structural flaws---WICKED is still as vibrant, as thrilling, and as emotionally satisfying as ever.

What helps the show feel as relevant and as entertaining now as it did during its early years is certainly helped by a fresh cast bringing new and exciting life to these now familiar characters. This post-lockdown relaunched national tour is headlined by two spectacular leads: the intriguing Talia Suskauer as Elphaba and the effervescent Allison Bailey as G(a)linda.

During the show's recent press performance, both laudable actors gave their respective roles refreshing vitality, sprinkling their performances with truly wonderful choices both with singing vocals and with acting that I noticed and appreciated greatly. Suskauer, in particular, wowed me in her BIG numbers, first from "The Wizard and I" all the way to her almost heartbreaking "No Good Deed"---the latter a song I normally equate to being more triumphant than openly vulnerable. For her part, Bailey made me smile with every appearance, and she had everyone wrapped around her finger with the joyful "Popular."

Suskauer and Bailey's performances were also aided tremendously by their wonderful co-stars. The dashing Jordan Litz made for a convincing cad-turned-heartthrob (with the swoon-worthy vocals to back it up) as Fiyero, the object of Elphaba's and G(a)linda's affections. Tony Award winner Clevant Derricks adds a goofy air to his Wizard of Oz, while Clifton Davis (whom I grew up watching on the sitcom Amen) makes a touching turn as Dr. Dillamond.

I was especially thrilled to see Broadway vet Lisa Howard join the cast as Madame Morrible, allowing the role to break out of the character's usual expected speak-singing cadence by giving her a chance to saaaang the role (and when you get home, you can even see her in HBO's latest period drama The Guilded Age ). Dang, I now can't imagine the role sung any other way. Amanda Fallon Smith and DJ Plunkett round out the main cast as Nessarose, Elphaba's tragic sis, and as Boq, the munchkin boy crushing on G(a)linda, respectively.

The show is understandably by now a well-oiled machine, and this recent tour certainly displays that. The costumes, the special stage effects, and even the more smartly economic sets keep everything visually stunning yet practical. Musically, the show hums with precision and harmony.

My choral friend and I were even wowed by the intricate vocal sforzando sung at various points during the show.

My only gripe was how much slower "One Short Day" is sung in this new iteration, which lessens the number's normally excitable pace that reflects the hustle-and-bustle of a couple of out-of-towners exploring the big, busy, frenetic city for the first time. It felt like an odd, unwarranted change from how it was performed in past productions.

Here for a healthy stay until March 6, now is the time to get reacquainted with (or, heck, be introduced to) WICKED, especially with this current impressive cast. It's also a good refresher for when the eventual big screen adaptation finally becomes a reality.

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Photos by Joan Marcus , courtesy of Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

Performances of WICKED continue at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA through March 6, 2022. Tickets can be purchased online at www.SCFTA.org , by phone at 714-556-2787 or in person at the SCFTA box office (open daily at 10 am). Segerstrom Center for the Arts is located at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For tickets or more information, visit SCFTA.org .

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Idina Menzel To Launch Career-Spanning North American Tour This Summer

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Tony winner Idina Menzel will launch a North American tour this summer featuring signature songs from her stage career – including Wicked and Rent – and albums including her latest, Drama Queen .

Menzel’s Take Me Or Leave Me Tour will kick off July 19 in Seattle and run through mid-August, with more than 20 stops including Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago and New York. See the full itinerary below.

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General on-sale for tickets for the tour begins Friday.

Menzel rose to fame for her role as Maureen in the popular Broadway musical Rent , and her career took off when she won a Tony Award for her role as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the smash musical Wicked . Her voice can be heard as Elsa in Disney’s Frozen (the film’s song “Let It Go”, voiced by Menzel, won the Oscar for Best Original Song).

The Take Me or Leave Me Tour – North America 2024 dates are as follows:

July 19: Seattle, WA July 21: Oakland, CA July 23: Los Angeles, CA July 25: Mesa, AZ July 26: Highland, CA July 27: Las Vegas, NV July 30: Austin, TX July 31: Dallas, TX August 2: Atlanta, GA August 3: Charleston, SC August 4: Orlando, FL August 6: Auburn, AL August 7: Greenville, SC August 9: Chicago, IL August 10: Pittsburgh, PA August 11: Detroit, MI August 13: Toronto, ON August 15: New York, NY August 16: Hershey, PA August 17: Washington, DC August 18: Greensboro, NC

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