by NYBroadwayTours | Jan 30, 2019 | Blog, Broadway
THEATER THROWBACK: When things go wrong in a live performance, the show still goes on. At a mattinae performance of the Emerald City 1st National Touring company of WICKED The Musical at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, WI back in 2009, a fire alarm went off at the top of the show's Act 2 climatic number NO GOOD DEED. As the alarm goes off, Meredith Kaye Clark (who was on for the lead role of the smart, fiery, and very misunderstood "Elphaba") kept performing until an announcement was made for everyone for everyone to evacuate the theater. From there, Clarke walked off stage in character… notice the cape flick. As soon as the go ahead was made for everyone to come back inside, the show continued where it left off.
This was not Clark's first time experiencing something crazy during a live performance and staying in character. Also during her time on tour in WICKED going on as "Elphaba" at a performance of the show at the KeyBank State Theatre at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio, a drunken, obscenity-filled woman was causing a scene non-stop screaming during the show's beautiful soft moment I'M NOT THAT GIRL. Clark stayed in the moment and singing the beautiful ballad on stage while the ushers and security arrested the drunk woman. At the end of the song, Clark received a standing ovation afterwards for being a trooper.
Meredith, we consider you as WONDER ELPHABA. Nothing stops you from performing even from distractions in the audience.
Thoughts?
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jan 25, 2019 | Blog, Broadway
The smash hit WICKED The Musical continues to BEWITCH audiences on Broadway and around the world for the past 15th years.
In celebration of this recent milestone, a new 2 disc 15th Anniversary edition of the show's Grammy Award winning original Broadway cast album will be released next month on February 8th, 2019. The first CD will include the 19 track album we all know in love featuring Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Joel Grey, Norbert Leo Butz, Michelle Federer, William Youmans, the late Carole Shelley, and the rest of the original cast. The second CD will be a 4 track bonus album featuring live recordings from the recent NBC 15th Anniversary concert special A Very Wicked Halloween. It will include…
Grammy nominee Ledisi and WICKED 1st National Tour and LA alumni Adam Lambert performing the romantic AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE,
Grammy winning acapella group Pentatonix performing the ranting showstopper WHAT IS THIS FEELING,
Grammy winner, Broadway veteran, and super WICKED fan Ariana Grande performing the musical's beloved I want song THE WIZARD AND I,
And last but not least, a beautiful new rendition of the musical's 11:00 number FOR GOOD featuring Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel performing alongside a lineup of past actresses who took on the roles of the POPULAR "Glinda" and the misunderstood and not so Wicked green-faced "Elphaba" on the stage of the Gershwin Theatre. The alumni witches consisted of Kara Lindsay, Kristy Cates, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Jackie Burns, Libby Servias, Donna Vivino, Carrie St. Louis, Lilli Cooper, Katie Adams, Jennifer DiNoia, Kate Fahmer, Caroline Bowman, Kendra Kassebaum, Julia Murney, Emily Mechler, Laurel Harris, Laura Woyaz, Dee Roscioli, Amanda Jane Cooper, and Jessica Vosk.
Who is exicted?
#Wicked15
WICKED Will Release Special Two-Disc 15th Anniversary Edition Cast Album
To celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the global blockbuster musical WICKED, Verve/UMe will release WICKED: The 15th Anniversary Special Edition, a special 2 CD set of the Grammy Award-winning Original Cast Recording that also includes four bonus tracks recorded live during the NBC Special, A Very Wi…
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by NYBroadwayTours | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: It has just been announced that Christine Dwyer has been tapped as the new leading lady in the National Tour of the Tony and Grammy nominated smash hit Waitress the Musical.
The actress (known for starring as “Elphaba” in both the National Tour and Broadway companies of WICKED The Musical, last seen on the road as “Sylvia” in Finding Neverland – The New Musical, and most recently appeared in the Ensemble of NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert) is set to begin her shift as pregnant pie maker “Jenna” on September 28th, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
As previously announced, the tour’s original leading lady Desi Oakley (fellow WICKED alumni) is set to bake and serve her last PIE A LA ROAD in the Sara Bareilles musical on September 27th, 2018.
Welcome to the Diner Christine!! Happy Trails Desi!!
Who is excited?!!
Wicked Alum Christine Dwyer to Join Waitress National Tour | Playbill
The former Broadway Elphaba will take on the role of Jenna in the Sara Bareilles musical.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
THRILLIFYING NEWS: Ryan McCartan (known as the original “J.D” in Off Broadway’s Heathers – The Musical, “Diggie” on TV’s Liv and Maddie, and “Brad Majors” in the FOX TV movie remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show) is set to make his Broadway Debut in WICKED The Musical next month.
The acclaimed actor and singer will go DANCING THROUGH LIFE as he takes on the role of the heartthrob love interest “Fiyero” beginning September 11th, 2018 at the Gershwin Theatre. McCartan joins just in time before WICKED’s upcoming 15th Anniversary at the Gershwin Theatre this October.
The Broadway company’s current “Fiyero” Curt Hansen is set to take his final bow on September 9th, 2018.
Who is excited for Ryan?!
Heathers Star Ryan McCartan Will Make Broadway Debut in Wicked | Playbill
The international hit musical continues at the Gershwin Theatre.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jul 16, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
ON THE MARQUEE: The Broadway company of WICKED welcomes Jessica Vosk who takes over the lead role of “Elphaba” tonight fresh from a year long run on the National Tour.
In addition, we just found out that Curt Hansen (whose appeared in the both the Broadway and Touring casts) joins tonight as the new “Fiyero”.
Get a look at the all new billboards put up outside the Gershwin Theatre.
Welcome and Break a leg Jessica and Curt.
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