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A Musical in 2 acts. based on Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.

Gershwin Theatre, New York - 30 October, 2003
Apollo Victoria, London - 27 September, 2006

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Synopsis

Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin -- no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or to overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. But Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters the university in Shiz, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz' most promising young citizens.

Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals -- those creatures with voices, souls and minds -- are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals -- even it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Even wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas.

Original Cast

(in order of appearance)

Galinda, later Glinda - KRISTIN CHENOWETH
Witch's Father - SEAN McCOURT
Witch's Mother - CRISTY CANDLER
Midwife - JAN NEUBERGER
Elphaba - IDINA MENZEL
Nessarose - MICHELLE FEDERER
Boq - CHRISTOPHER FITZGERALD
Madame Morrible - CAROLE SHELLEY
Doctor Dillamond - WILLIAM YOUMANS
Fiyero NORBERT - LEO BUTZ
Ozian Official - SEAN McCOURT
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - JOEL GREY
Chistery - MANUEL HERRERA

Monkeys, Students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz:

IOANA ALFONSO, BEN CAMERON, CRISTY CANDLER, KRISTY CATES, MELISSA BELL CHAIT, MARCUS CHOI, KRISTOFFER CUSICK, KATHY DEITCH, MELISSA FAHN, RHETT G. GEORGE, MANUEL HERRERA, KISHA HOWARD, LJ JELLISON, SEAN McCOURT, CORINNE McFADDEN, JAN NEUBERGER, WALTER WINSTON ONEIL, ANDREW PALERMO, ANDY PELLICK, MICHAEL SEELBACH, LORNA VENTURA, DERRICK WILLIAMS

Swings:

ADINAH ALEXANDER, KRISTEN LEIGH GORSKI, EDDIE KORBICH, MARK MYARS

2005 Cast

SHOSHANA BEAN (Elphaba)
MEGAN HILTY (Glinda)
BEN VEREEN (The Wizard)
RUE McCLANAHAN (Madame Morrible)
DAVID AYERS (Fiyero)
MICHELLE FEDERER (Nessarose)
JEFFREY KUHN (Boq)
SEAN McCOURT (Doctor Dillamond, Witch’s Father; Wizard u/s)
STACIE MORGAIN LEWIS (Standby for Glinda; Nessarose u/s)
SAYCON SENGBLOH (Standby for Elphaba)
ADINAH ALEXANDER (Swing; Madame Morrible u/s)
IOANA ALFONSO (Ensemble)
CLYDE ALVES (Swing)
KEVIN AUBIN (Ensemble)
JERAD BORTZ (Ensemble; Fiyero u/s)
JAMES BROWN III (Ensemble)
BEN CAMERON (Ensemble)
CRISTY CANDLER (Witch’s Mother; Nessarose u/s)
MICHAEL DeVRIES (Ozian Official; Wizard/Dillamond u/s)
LORI ANN FERRERI (Ensemble)
ANTHONY GALDE (Swing)
ASMERET GHEBREMICHAEL (Ensemble)
LAUREN GIBBS (Ensemble)
GAELEN GILLILAND (Ensemble)
KRISTEN LEIGH GORSKI (Swing/Dance Captain)
ZACH HENSLER (Ensemble)
KENWAY HON WAI K. KUA (Ensemble)
BRANDI CHAVONNE MASSEY (Ensemble; Elphaba u/s)
BRANDON MATTHIEUS (Ensemble; Fiyero u/s)
MARK MYARS (Swing; Dance Captain)
JAN NEUBERGER (Midwife; Morrible u/s)
WALTER WINSTON ONEIL (Ensemble; Boq u/s)
ROBB SAPP (Ensemble; Boq u/s)
MEGAN SIKORA (Ensemble; Glinda/Nessarose u/s)
PHILLIP SPAETH (Chistery)
MARTY THOMAS (Ensemble; Boq u/s)
SHANNA VanDERWERKER (Swing)
JENNIFER WALDMAN (Ensemble)

Musical Numbers

  1. NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED - Glinda, Father, Mother, Midwife and Citizens of Oz
  2. DEAR OLD SHIZ - Students
  3. THE WIZARD AND I - Morrible, Elphaba
  4. WHAT IS THIS FEELING? - Galinda, Elphaba and Students
  5. SOMETHING BAD - Doctor Dillamond and Elphaba
  6. DANCING THROUGH LIFE - Fiyero, Galinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba and Students
  7. POPULAR - Galinda
  8. I'M NOT THAT GIRL - Elphaba
  9. ONE SHORT DAY - Glinda, Elphaba and Denizens of the Emerald City
  10. A SENTIMENTAL MAN - The Wizard
  11. DEFYING GRAVITY - Glinda, Elphaba, Guards and Citizens of Oz
  12. THANK GOODNESS - Glinda, Morrible and Citizens of Oz
  13. WONDERFUL - The Wizard, Elphaba
  14. I'M NOT THAT GIRL (reprise) - Glinda
  15. AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE - Elphaba and Fiyero
  16. NO GOOD DEED - Elphaba
  17. MARCH OF THE WITCH HUNTERS - Tin Man and Citizens of Oz
  18. FOR GOOD - Elphaba and Glinda
  19. FINALE - Glinda, Elphaba and Citizens of Oz

Orchestration

Violins: Violas: Cellos: Harp: 1st Trumpet: 2nd Trumpet: Trombones: Flute: Oboe: Clarinet/Soprano Sax: Bassoon/Baritone Sax/Clarinets: French Horns: Drums: Bass: Piano/Synthesizer: Keyboards: Guitars: Percussion: