by NYBroadwayTours | Aug 14, 2017 | Blog, Broadway
DIG IN THE DANCING GREEN QUEEN! This Wednesday night, the Broadway company of WICKED The Musical will be celebrating another huge milestone at the Gershwin Theatre. Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s Award winning international Blockbuster hit will celebrate it’s 5,759th performance on Broadway surpassing MAMMA MIA! as the 8th Longest Running Show in Broadway History!! CONGRADULOTIONS to this THRILLIFYING show on another big Broadway milestone. Keep on DEFYING GRAVITY!!!
WICKED Surpasses MAMMA MIA! as 8th Longest-Running Show in Broadway History
The international blockbuster WICKED will play its 5,759th Broadway performance on Wednesday, August 16 at 7pm, surpassing Mamma Mia to become the 8th longest-running production in Broadway history.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog, Broadway
ON THE MARQUEE: The additional front of house of WICKED The Musical’s new cast members just went up outside Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre.
The additional cast posters features new cast members Pop sensation and National Tour alumni Ashley Parker Angel as “Fiyero”, Wicked UK Original West End cast member Jye Frasca as “Boq”, National Tour alumni Kristen Martin as “Nessarose”, and Tony winner and long running cast member Rondi Reed as “Madame Morrible” along with still running cast members long runner PJ Benjamin as “The Wizard” and Chad Jennings as “Dr. Dillamond” has not went up yet.
Angel, Frasca, Martin, and Reed’s photo is up along with it’s 2 new Witches themselves Jackie Burns as “Elphaba” and Amanda Jane Cooper as “Glinda”.
How amazing is the new cast?!!
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jul 12, 2017 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: WICKED The Musical is set to welcome an exciting set of new cast members starting July 31st, 2017 at the Gershwin Theatre. These cast members are all NO STRANGERS to the world of the acclaimed Stephen Schwartz musical.
Long running Green Girl Jackie Burns (last seen on Broadway and recently wrapped up the National Tour starring in If/Then Musical) will reprise her acclaimed performance of the smart, fiery, and not so Wicked Witch “Elphaba”. She returns for the first time in 4 years since leaving the Broadway cast in 2013. She’s also appeared in the National Touring cast in this role.
Amanda Jane Cooper will make her Broadway Debut reprising her performance of the beautiful, blonde, and bubby “Glinda”. She recently ended her run on the show’s National Tour earlier this year.
Pop sensation Ashley Parker Angel (known from the acclaimed boy band O-Town and appeared on Broadway in Hairspray) will reprise the role of the love interest “Fiyero”. He previously played the role on the show’s National Tour in 2014.
Tony Award winner and long running cast member Rondi Reed (August Osage Country) will once again take on the role of the mysterious “Madame Morrible”. She originated the role in the 2005 sit down Chicago production and has went on to play the role on and off in the Broadway and Touring companies.
British actor Jye Frasca will make his Broadway Debut in the role of the lovable munchkin “Boq”. He was an original cast member of the West End production of Wicked UK in London where he appeared in the Ensemble and understudied “Boq” going on numerous times.
Last but not least, Kristen Martin (Spider-Man On Broadway) will be rolling in the wheelchair as the Wicked Witch of the East herself “Nessarose”. She previously appeared in this role on the show’s National Tour.
The alumni cast members joining the Broadway cast will join P.J Benjamin as “The Wizard” (a role he has played the longest on and off) and Chad Jennings as “Doctor Dillamond”.
Burns, Cooper, Angel, Reed, and Frascal will all replace Jennifer DiNoia, Kara Lindsay, Michael Campayno, Tony winner Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Zach Piser who will all take their final bows on July 30th, 2017.
Martin replaces Dawn Cantwell, who departed the show earlier this month. The role is currently alternated by Ensemble members Tess Ferrell and Hannah Shankman.
Who is excited about the cast changes of Oz?
WELCOME BACK TO THE MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ!!!
Jackie Burns, Amanda Jane Cooper, and Ashley Parker Angel Will Fly Into Broadway’s Wicked
Meet WICKED The Musical’s newest citizens of Oz!
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jun 8, 2017 | Blog, Broadway
GOOD MORNING BROADWAY FANS! Broadway’s biggest night is almost here. 3 days till the 71st Annual Tony Awards and more powerhouse performances are heading your way on OUR TOP 30 TONY AWARDS COUNTDOWN.
At # 3 is another one of Broadway’s current longest running smash hit musicals. We all grew up with the iconic story of The Wizard of Oz but you know there are parts that are actually not scary. Know more about the famous witches of Oz before that house with a well known farm girl inside crashed. This is of course Stephen Schwartz’s Award winning smash hit WICKED The Musical. The show also features a book by Winnie Holzman. It’s based on a novel by Gregory macguire.
From the 2004 telecast, Tony winners Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in their breakout performances as “Glinda: The Good Witch of the North” and “Elphaba: The Wicked Witch of the West” along with members of the original Broadway cast perform the musical’s Act 1 finale and the show’s anthem DEFYING GRAVITY.
Following a Pre-Broadway run in San Francisco, WICKED opened on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre in 2003 (the day before Halloween). The show continues to play to packed houses 8 times a week. The show was nominated for the most 10 Tony Awards in 2004 winning only 3 including Best Leading Actress in a Musical (for Idina Menzel). That year’s Tony Awards was a big shock when Wicked lost the Best Musical award to Avenue Q (since they initially had the most nominations). It did however also went on to the win the Grammy for Best Musical Theatre album. Along with Broadway, WICKED continues to play to sold out houses across America, in London’s West End, and around the world.
Isn’t this musical spellbinding?
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Wicked (Defying Gravity) – 2004 Tony Awards
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by NYBroadwayTours | May 25, 2017 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: The West End production WICKED The Musical is set to welcome a new pair of “Witches” and “Ozians” this summer to London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre. Starting July 24th, 2017, Wicked UK will welcome…
Alice Fearn Singer, Actress & Vocal/Rep Teacher who graduates from standing by to becoming fulltime star as “Elphaba”
and
Sophie Evans will make her way back to Oz (following having appeared as “Dorothy” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s presentation of Wizard of Oz – The Musical at the London Palladium and recently made her Broadway Debut in Lord of the Dance) now by bubble as “Glinda”.
In addition, Bradley Jaden will graduate for the current International touring production as “Fiyero”)
West End veteran Melanie La Barrie will take on the role of “Madame Morrible”,
West End veteran Andy Hockley will take over duties as “The Wizard”,
Newcomer Jack Lansbury will take on the role of “Boq”,
and Laura Pick will serve as the new “Elphaba” standby.
They will replace Willemijn Verkaik (my own page!) (Wicked’s Longest running and International acclaimed “Elphaba”), Suzie Mathers (Wicked Australia’s acclaimed “Glinda”), Oliver Savile (“Fiyero”), Sue Kelvin (“Madame Morrible”), Mark Curry (“The Wizard”) and Idriss Kargbo (who made history as the first African-British actor ever to play the role of Boq”) who all play their final performances on July 22nd, 2017.
“CONGRADULOTIONS” TO THE ALL NEW UK CAST!!!
NEWS from Oz! We are thrilled to announce that Alice Fearn (Elphaba) and Sophie Evans (Glinda) will head up the new London cast of #WickedUK from 24 July 2017! Fly over to our official website for full casting news and to read more: http://po.st/WickedUKCastNews
Photo by Darren Bell
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