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Starring:
Starring Kerry Ellis as Elphaba, Dianne Pilkington as Glinda, Oliver Tompsett as Fiyero, Nigel Planer as The Wizard and Suzie Blake as Madame Morrible (Harriet Thorpe is to play 'Madame Morrible' from Monday 14 April 2008)
Kerry Ellis, currently starring as Elphaba is to recreate her award-winning performance on Broadway.
Kerry will play her final performance in London on 7 June 2008. She will return later in the year.
Alexia Khadime, currently starring as ‘Nala’ in Disney’s The Lion King, is to star as Elphaba in WICKED at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre from Monday 9 June until Saturday 29 November 2008.
Olivier Award-winning actor Desmond Barrit will take the role of the Wizard from 9 June 2008
Producer:
Marc Platt, Universal Pictures
Writer:
Gregory Maguire
The Untold Story Of The Witches Of Oz. Two girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, feisty and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very, very popular.
“Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The New York Times) is now the record-breaking sensation of London’s theatreland.
Based on Gregory Maguire’s “outstanding novel” (The Independent), the spellbinding WICKED transports audiences to a spectacular fantasy world of wizards and witches to tell the incredible untold story of an extraordinary and unlikely friendship between two girls: who meet at Shiz University, a witchcraft school in the land of Oz, and how they end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.
Discover the real story behind the Wizard of Oz!
Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman, scenic design by Eugene Lee, costume by Susan Hilferty, lighting by Kenneth Posner, sound by Tony Meola, orchestrations by William David brohn, musical staging by Wayne Cilento and is directed by Joe Mantello.
Wicked has won 15 major awards during its record-breaking Broadway run, including the Grammy and three Tonys.
Experience this unforgettable, award-winning musical and discover that you’ve not been told the whole story about the land of Oz...
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