BREAKING NEWS: Lindsay Pearce announced that she is aiming to return to the Broadway company of WICKED around mid-December. The performer (best known for playing “Harmony” on Glee) has been out of the Award winning Stephen Schwartz musical just a week after it had just reopened on the Great Bright Way post pandemic this past September due to a leg injury. Pearce is taking extra precaution to take care of herself, heal, and recover.
She did reveal that she will start re-rehearsing the show at the end of of this month of November 30th, 2021.
Currently, Jennifer DiNoia is back on the broom DEFYING GRAVITY 8 times a week as “Elphaba” fulltime as Pearce continues to recover. For those who may not know, DiNoia has been playing the role of the misunderstood green girl on the past 14 YEARS. She has done it on 4 continents. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, DiNoia returned to the Broadway production in 2019 (after having previously did a year long fulltime Principal contract from 2016-2017) once again serving as the standby for “Elphaba” (being the 1st to go on in Pearce is out).
With DiNoia taking over once again as the main principal “Elphaba”, her usual track as the standby currently is now temporary being performed by another returning alumni cast member Alyssa Fox (most recently seen for the last 3 years as the standby for “Elsa” in Disney’s Frozen).
Continue to get better Lindsay.
We will see you back in OZ soon.
Thoughts?!!
