Wicked
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
- NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED - Glinda, Father, Mother, Midwife
and Citizens of Oz
- DEAR OLD SHIZ - Students
- THE WIZARD AND I - Morrible, Elphaba
- WHAT IS THIS FEELING? - Galinda, Elphaba and Students
- SOMETHING BAD - Doctor Dillamond and Elphaba
- DANCING THROUGH LIFE - Fiyero, Galinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba
and Students
- POPULAR - Galinda
- I'M NOT THAT GIRL - Elphaba
- ONE SHORT DAY - Glinda, Elphaba and Denizens of the Emerald
City
- A SENTIMENTAL MAN - The Wizard
- DEFYING GRAVITY - Glinda, Elphaba, Guards and Citizens of
Oz
- THANK GOODNESS - Glinda, Morrible and Citizens of Oz
- WONDERFUL - The Wizard, Elphaba
- I'M NOT THAT GIRL (reprise) - Glinda
- AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE - Elphaba and Fiyero
- NO GOOD DEED - Elphaba
- MARCH OF THE WITCH HUNTERS - Tin Man and Citizens of Oz
- FOR GOOD - Elphaba and Glinda
- 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: