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Music and Lyrics
Book
Stephen Schwartz
Winnie Holzman
Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire Starring
Laurel Harris
Kara Lindsay
Emily Behny John Hillner Matt Shingledecker Lee Slobotkin Todd Anderson Kerry Blanchard Jane Brockman Lindsey Brett Carothers Bridie Carroll Antonette Cohen Hayley Ann Dorling Michael Drolet Peter C. Ermides Ryan Patrick Farrell Kelly D. Felthous Tess Ferrell Natalie Fotopoulos Lauren Haughton Zach Hensler Joel Ingram Ryan Jackson Kevin Jordan Becca Kloha Kelly Lafarga Amy Quanbeck Jay Reynolds Jr. Wayne Schroder Jonathan Shew Mark Shunkey Madeline Trumble Nicky Venditti Justin Wirick
and
Kathy Fitzgerald
Settings
Costumes
Eugene Lee
Lighting
Susan Hilferty
Projections
Elaine J. McCarthy
Music Arrangements
Gene Weygandt Sound
Kenneth Posner
Tony Meola
Production Supervisor
Technical Supervisor
Wigs & Hair
Tom Watson
Thom Widmann
Music Director
Dance Arrangements
Jake Bell
Alex Lacamoire & Stephen Oremus Jason Sherbundy James Lynn Abbott
Associate Set Designer
Edward Pierce
Casting
Telsey + Company Craig Burns, CSA
Special Effects
Chic Silber
Production Stage Manager
Kathleen E. Purvis
Associate Choreographer
Corinne McFadden Herrera Press
Phillip Aleman
General Management
321 Theatrical Management
Music Coordinator
Michael Keller
Associate Director
Lisa Leguillou Executive Producers
Marcia Goldberg & Nina Essman
Orchestrations
William David Brohn Music Supervisor
Stephen Oremus Musical Staging by
Wayne Cilento Directed by
Joe Mantello
Grammy Award-Winning Cast Recording on DECCA BROADWAY
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CAST (in order of appearance)
Glinda........................................................................................................................KARA LINDSAY Witch’s Father....................................................................................................WAYNE SCHRODER Witch’s Mother............................................................................................... KERRY BLANCHARD Midwife................................................................................................................ JANE BROCKMAN Elphaba...................................................................................................................LAUREL HARRIS Nessarose.................................................................................................................... EMILY BEHNY Boq.......................................................................................................................... LEE SLOBOTKIN Madame Morrible........................................................................................... KATHY FITZGERALD Doctor Dillamond......................................................................................................JOHN HILLNER Fiyero........................................................................................................ MATT SHINGLEDECKER Ozian Official.....................................................................................................WAYNE SCHRODER The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.............................................................................. GENE WEYGANDT Chistery.................................................................................................................. MARK SHUNKEY Monkeys, Students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz........................................................KERRY BLANCHARD, JANE BROCKMAN, LINDSEY BRETT CAROTHERS, BRIDIE CARROLL, HAYLEY ANN DORLING, MICHAEL DROLET, RYAN PATRICK FARRELL, KELLY D. FELTHOUS, NATALIE FOTOPOULOS, ZACH HENSLER, JOEL INGRAM, AMY QUANBECK, JAY REYNOLDS JR., JONATHAN SHEW, MADELINE TRUMBLE, JUSTIN WIRICK
STANDBY FOR ELPHABA Alyssa Fox UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. Understudy for Elphaba—Madeline Trumble; for Glinda—Lindsey Brett Carothers, Kelly D. Felthous; for Fiyero—Joel Ingram, Jonathan Shew; for The Wizard and Dr. Dillamond—Peter C. Ermides, Wayne Schroder; for Madame Morrible—Jane Brockman, Bridie Carroll; for Boq—Michael Drolet, Jay Reynolds Jr.; for Nessarose—Kelly D. Felthous, Tess Ferrell, Lauren Haughton; for Chistery—Todd Anderson, Ryan Patrick Farrell, Kevin Jordan, Ryan Jackson, Nicky Venditti; for Witch’s Father and Ozian Official—Peter C. Ermides, Joel Ingram, Jonathan Shew SWINGS Todd Anderson, Peter C. Ermides, Lauren Haughton, Tess Ferrell, Ryan Jackson, Kevin Jordan, Becca Kloha, Kelly Lafarga DANCE CAPTAINS/SWINGS Antonette Cohen, Nicky Venditti THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.
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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I “No One Mourns the Wicked”............................................................ Glinda and Citizens of Oz “Dear Old Shiz”.............................................................................................................. Students “The Wizard and I”..........................................................................................Morrible, Elphaba “What Is This Feeling?”...............................................................Galinda, Elphaba and Students “Something Bad”..............................................................................Dr. Dillamond and Elphaba “Dancing Through Life”.......................... Fiyero, Galinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba and Students “Popular”.......................................................................................................................... Galinda “I’m Not That Girl”.........................................................................................................Elphaba “One Short Day”..........................................Elphaba, Glinda and Denizens of the Emerald City “A Sentimental Man”................................................................................................. The Wizard “Defying Gravity”...................................................Elphaba, Glinda, Guards and Citizens of Oz ACT II “No One Mourns the Wicked” (reprise)................................................................Citizens of Oz “Thank Goodness”.............................................................. Glinda, Morrible and Citizens of Oz “The Wicked Witch of the East”.................................................... Elphaba, Nessarose and Boq “Wonderful”.......................................................................................... The Wizard and 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”................................................................ Boq and Citizens of Oz “For Good”.................................................................................................... Glinda and Elphaba “Finale”....................................................................................................................................All TRAVELING ORCHESTRA Conductor—Jason Sherbundy Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2—Flint Hawes Keyboard 1—Phillip Kirchman, Steve Sanders Keyboard 2—Jason Yarcho Keyboard 3—Daniel Micciche Guitars—Dave Boguslaw Drums—Romano DiNillo The Wicked touring musicians welcome nine local musicians who will be playing at all performances in Boise. Orchestrations adapted by Christopher Jahnke
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST LAUREL HARRIS (Elphaba) is enchanted to fly back to Munchkinland where her Wicked journey began three years ago as understudy for Elphaba and Nessarose. She comes straight from playing the Elphaba standby/Nessarose understudy on the Emerald City tour. Broadway: Evita (Eva understudy), Radio City Christmas Spectacular. NCT: Annie (Star to Be). B.F.A., University of Michigan. Infinite gratitude and love to the entire Wicked team, Craig Burns and Telsey + Co. for this incredible opportunity! Mom, Dad, JF, Hagerstown crew, 3 Bananas, Lennon, Marnell and Harris families—I couldn’t have gotten here without your love and support! Thank you! My heart, Rob, I cannot wait to be your bride! You’re my everything! KARA LINDSAY (Glinda) is so thrilled to be making her Wicked debut! Broadway: Newsies (Katherine), original cast. National tour/Guthrie: Little House on the Prairie (Laura). Paper Mill Playhouse: Newsies, Little House…Prairie. Kansas City Starlight: Cinderella (Cinderella). Kansas City Rep: Cabaret (Sally Bowles). 5th Avenue: Lone Star Love (Miss Anne Page). Geva Theater: A Christmas Carol (Belle). B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University. Huge thanks and LOVE to my friends and family, Stewart Talent, my wonderful husband, and to my Mom, who made me believe that dreams really do come true. KATHY FITZGERALD (Madame Morrible) is thrilled to be back in Wicked after being on Broadway as Madame Morrible for a year and a half. Other Broadway: Roz in 9 to 5 (Outer Critics nom.), Swingin’ on a Star (Drama Desk nom.), The Producers (Shirley Markowitz). Off Broadway: Doris in Damn Yankees (Encores), Disaster! (Triad), Donnybrook (Irish Rep.). Regional: Ruth in Pirates! (MUNY), Ma in Emmet Otter (Goodspeed), The Tempest, Twelfth Night, School for Wives, Search for Signs… TV/film: “Smash,” “Mercy,” “One Life to Live,” The Producers, Our Idiot Brother, Next Three Days, “The Gregory Brothers.” Love to Roger and Hope. GENE WEYGANDT (The Wizard). Broadway: Wicked, big: The Musical. Regional: Hairspray, The Light In the Piazza, Me and My Girl, Little Shop of Horrors. Film: The Birdcage,
The Babe. TV: “Mind Games,” “Chicago Fire,” “Boss,” “Betrayal,” “The Beast,” “Cybil,” “Home Improvement,” “Murphy Brown,” “Drew Carey,” “Ellen,” “Coach,” “USA High.” Mr. Weygandt is a voice actor you’ve heard hundreds of times. BMW motorcycles. www. geneweygandt.com. EMILY BEHNY (Nessarose) is thrilled to be joining the cast of Wicked! National tours: Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Helen Hayes nomination). Regional: Goodspeed’s Something’s Afoot (Hope u/s). B.A. Musical Theatre, Ball State University, 2010. Many thanks to Mom and Dad, Henderson Hogan Agency, Craig Burns/Telsey + Co. and her love Adam. JOHN HILLNER (Dr. Dillamond) starred on Broadway as Georges in the Tony Award-winning revival of La Cages aux Folles. Other Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Footloose, The Graduate, Company, Crazy For You. TV: “Seinfeld,” “Law and Order,” “Cold Case,” “Num3ers,” “Person of Interest.” Wife Wendy Waring: “The Wino Crossing” (HBO TV pilot). Daughter Amy: Priscilla, Queen of The Desert (national tour). Son Nick, 20: UConn artist, Florence. Son Jack, 14: Ultimate Frisbee athlete. John’s other passion: www.jmhwoodcraft.com. MATT SHINGLEDECKER (Fiyero). Broadway: Tony—West Side Story (featured in Arthur Laurent’s memoir The Rest of the Story), Spring Awakening. Off-Broadway: Rent (Roger —original revival cast). First National Tour: Spring Awakening. TV: “Blue Bloods” and “The Regis Farewell Celebration.” Other NY credits include Dani Girl and Standby (NYMF) as well as numerous developmental readings, workshops and concerts. Film: Grind and A Pebble of Love. London: Homemade Fusion. L.A.: La Ronde. B.F.A.: Elon. @m_shingledecker. LEE SLOBOTKIN (Boq) is incredibly grateful to be living his dream in Oz. Most recently: Hello, Dolly! with Karen Ziemba (Barnaby), Life Could Be A Dream (Eugene), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour) and the title role in Peter Pan. A proud Philadelphia native and CCM Musical Theatre graduate. Love and thanks to family, friends, BRS, Craig, Telsey + Co. and the Wicked team for making this dream come true. 11
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ALYSSA FOX (Standby for Elphaba) was previously in the San Francisco company as ensemble/Elphaba u/s, and is so happy to be joining the Wicked family again! Thanks to Telsey + Co., Professional Artists, fam- ily, friends, loves and Kamiya dog for keeping me sane. For my Mamaw. TODD ANDERSON (Swing, u/s Chistery). Broadway: A Chorus Line (u/s Zach, Mike, Al, Greg, Bobby), Sweet Charity, Boy From Oz. Off-Broadway: The Wild Party, Garden of Earthly Delights. Tours: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (u/s Freddy Benson), Tap Dogs. KERRY BLANCHARD (Ensemble) is so happy to be a part of Wicked. Thanks to everyone at Wicked, Telsey and MSA. All my love to my wonderful family and amazing friends for their never ending support, love and laughter. JANE BROCKMAN (Midwife, u/s Madame Morrible) is thrilled to join the Wicked family! Broadway: A Christmas Carol. Tours: The Light in the Piazza, The Sound of Music. Off B’way and NY: The Kid, Kismet (Encores!), Kristina (Carnegie Hall/Royal Albert Hall), Camelot (Lincoln Center). Film/TV: The Producers, “L&O: SVU,” “All My Children.” Love to my “Pair of Shews.” LINDSEY BRETT CAROTHERS (Ensemble, u/s Glinda) is thrilled to be joining this Wicked family! Broadway: Bring It On. Thanks to Craig, Andrew, Telsey + Co. and the Wicked team for this incredible opportunity! Love to family and friends for endless support. Pace MT’ 13. Twitter: @the_real_lbc. BRIDIE CARROLL (Ensemble, u/s Madame Morrible) is happy to rejoin the Wicked family. Last seen in Off-Broadway’s new musical Fat Camp. National tours: Grease (Jan). Regional: Grease, The Little Mermaid, High School Musical and Hairspray. Original Cast Recording: Thirteen Stories Down. B.F.A.: Boston Conservatory. Thanks to Telsey + Co., Peter Strain & Assoc., family and friends. ANTONETTE COHEN (Dance Captain, Swing) is thrilled to be back in Oz! National tours: Wicked. Regional: West Side Story (Fulton 12
Opera House), Footloose (Marriott Theatre) and Hot Mikado (Westchester Broadway Theatre), among others. Proud Northwestern graduate. Love and thanks to Jeremy and family. www. antonettecohen.com. HAYLEY ANN DORLING (Ensemble) grew up in Chino Hills, CA and began dancing at the age of 8. She later trained and performed with Mt. SAC and Entity Dance Company. She’s ecstatic to tour with Wicked and thanks everyone for believing in her. MICHAEL DROLET (Ensemble, u/s Boq). Broadway: Wicked. National Tours: Wicked— LA Cast (Boq), Saturday Night Fever (Vinnie). Regional: Peter Pan—Dorset Theatre Festival (Peter Pan), Of Mice and Men—Palace Theatre (Curley), Cyrano—Fulton Opera House. TV: “The Tonight Show.” B.F.A.: University of the Arts. PETER C. ERMIDES (Swing, u/s The Wizard, Doctor Dillamond, Witch’s Father, Ozian Official). Original Chicago company of Wicked. Broadway: The Who’s Tommy (Tommy), King David (King David cover). Regional: Assassins (Zangara), A Chorus Line (Greg). He is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory of Music. Love to his family and friends for their support. RYAN PATRICK FARRELL (Ensemble, u/s Chistery). A Michigan native. Began dancing at age 8. Ryan is thrilled to join Wicked on tour. Credits include: Wicked (Chicago), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Cats national tour (Mistoffelees), Copacabana (Mill Mountain), Princess Cruises, Chase Brock Experience (Joyce Soho) and Boyz II Men. Love to Mom and Dad. KELLY D. FELTHOUS (Ensemble, u/s Glinda, Nessarose). National tours: Flashdance (Gloria), Grease (Marty). New York/regional: Seussical (Mayzie), Max and Ruby (Ruby), Legally Blonde (Elle), Bring It On (Eva), A Chorus Line (Val), Singin’ in the Rain (Kathy), Urinetown (Little Sally). NYU/CAP21. Thanks to Mom, Charns, Henderson Hogan and the entire Wicked family! TESS FERRELL (Swing, u/s Nessarose). Broadway: Wicked. National tours: Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional credits include Annie (Star-to-Be) at TUTS and Theatre
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Aspen, The Sound of Music (Liesl) and Les Misérables (u/s Cosette) at Tuacahn. Member AEA. Special thanks to Telsey + Co., friends, family and Sean! www.TessFerrell.com. NATALIE FOTOPOULOS (Ensemble) was a “So You Think You Can Dance” top 6 finalist for Season 2. In 2007 she moved to Greece to choreograph for the Greek version of the popular television show. Love and Fankicks! LAUREN HAUGHTON (Swing, u/s Nessarose). Broadway: Wicked. Off-Broadway: Fools In Love. Regional Favorites: Sammy with Leslie Bricusse (Old Globe Theatre), Turn of the Century with Tommy Tune (Goodman Theatre). B.F.A.: Musical Theatre, Syracuse University. Thanks to Mom, Dad, the Gillis family and The Mine. Je t’aime Michael. ZACH HENSLER (Ensemble) is so grateful and thankful to be back in Wicked! “The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.”—J. H. Holmes JOEL INGRAM (Ensemble, u/s Fiyero, Witch’s Father, Ozian Official) is thrilled to be a part of Wicked! Tour: Legally Blonde. Regional: Legally Blonde, Sweet Charity, Sunset Blvd, Tommy, Bye Bye Birdie. Much love and thanks to my family, friends and Telsey + Co. RYAN JACKSON (Swing, u/s Chistery). Tours: West Side Story, Cats, Dr. Dolittle. NYC: Radio City, The Chase Brock Experience, City Center Encores. Regional: Paper Mill, Goodspeed, Sacramento Music Circus, TUTS, Walnut Street. B.F.A. Marymount Manhattan. Thanks Wicked, The Mine and his A-list. www.hireryanjackson.com. KEVIN JORDAN (Swing, u/s Chistery) is proud to be part of the Wicked family. Other credits include Altar Boyz (Mark); Cats (Skimbleshanks); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Schroeder); A Chorus Line (Swing). B.F.A. from BYU. Love to family and friends. BECCA KLOHA (Swing) feels so blessed to be a part of this incredible show. Credits: Paper Mill Playhouse, Houston TUTS, Stages St. Louis, Troika Ent. Graduate of Webster Conservatory.
Thanks to Telsey + Co. Much love to my husband and family! BeccaKloha.com. KELLY LAFARGA (Swing) feels honored to join Wicked. Film: Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D. TV: “Glee,” “Bones,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “DWTS.” Tours: Eve, Donnie Klang. Marymount Manhattan College. Thanks Mom, Nina, and Sasha for their endless love and support. Dad, I love and miss you always. AMY QUANBECK (Ensemble) grew up in Plymouth, Minn. and graduated from University of California, Irvine with her B.F.A. in Dance Performance. She’s excited to join the Wicked family and make her professional musical theater debut! She thanks everyone for the support. JAY REYNOLDS JR. (Ensemble, u/s Boq) is so excited to finally be in Oz. Regional: Avenue Q (Princeton), Bat Boy (Bat Boy) and A Chorus Line (Paul), directed by the “T&A” girl herself, Mitzi Hamilton. Very thankful for this opportunity! Graduate of Northwestern’s Theatre program. WAYNE SCHRODER (Witch’s Father, Ozian Official, u/s The Wizard, Doctor Dillamond). Broadway: 9 to 5, A Christmas Carol. Tours: 9 to 5. Off-Broadway: Prince and the Pauper, Mimi le Duck. Film: The Producers the Musical, Brando, Welcome Home. Television: “Guiding Light,” “All My Children.” Concert: Kristina at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall in London. JONATHAN SHEW (Ensemble, u/s Fiyero, Witch’s Father, Ozian Official) is thrilled to be a part of Wicked! Off-Broadway: Voca People. Regional: Next To Normal (Gabe), All Shook Up (Chad). Thanks to Telsey + Co. for this amazing opportunity! Love to my family across the U.S. and Brazil. MARK SHUNKEY (Chistery). Wicked (Broadway, first national tour). Other credits: I Pagliacci (LA Opera), Aida (national tour), West Side Story (5th Avenue Theatre) and A Christmas Carol (North Shore Musical Theatre). Thanks to friends, family and Holly for their continued support. 13
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST MADELINE TRUMBLE (Ensemble, u/s Elphaba). Proud Berkeley, Calif. native. Tour: Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins. Broadway: Newsies. Regional: Muny. #grateful for the amazing people in my life, especially Nicolosi & Co. and Craig and Cesar at Telsey + Co. As always, for mom. NICKY VENDITTI (Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Chistery) is psyched about returning to Wicked having previously been part of both touring companies and the San Francisco company (Chistery). Other recent: A Chorus Line nat’l tour (Paul), Legally Blonde (Nikos) at MSMT, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (NYC). JUSTIN WIRICK (Ensemble) has toured the world and somewhere over the rainbow in West Side Story (Euro/Asia tour), in a world class cirque production—iL CiRCo’s Viaggio! and with The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. But there’s no place like Oz. To the Wicked team, Telsey + Co. and family—love, support and thanks, Oh my! STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Music and Lyrics) has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Bernstein’s Mass, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker’s Wife, Working (which he also adapted and directed), Rags and Children of Eden. For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for Disney’s Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. His first opera, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, was presented by New York City Opera in April, 2011. Defying Gravity, a book about his professional career, was recently published by Applause Books. Mr. Schwartz is the artistic director of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops and president of the Dramatists Guild. Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a tiny handful of tennis trophies. He was recently inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. www.stephenschwartz.com. WINNIE HOLZMAN (Book) received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for Wicked. She created the memorable television drama “My So-Called Life” which starred Claire Danes. 14
Holzman got her start writing for the acclaimed drama “thirtysomething” and later executive produced (again with Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick) “Once and Again.” Other theatre work includes the musical Birds of Paradise (with composer David Evans) and a ten-minute play called Post-its: Notes on a Marriage which she wrote with her husband, actor Paul Dooley. Features include: ’Til There Was You. Also an actress, Ms. Holzman appeared in Jerry Maguire and as Larry’s wife’s therapist on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Most recently she teamed with her daughter, Savannah Dooley, to write and produce the new ABC Family series, “Huge.” She is a graduate of Princeton University, received an M.F.A. from the NYU Musical Theatre Program, and serves on the board of the Writers Guild Foundation. JOE MANTELLO (Director). Directing credits include I’ll Eat You Last with Bette Midler, Other Desert Cities, The Pride, Pal Joey, 9 to 5 the Musical, November, The Receptionist, The Ritz, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Design for Living, The Vagina Monologues, bash, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Proposals, The Mineola Twins, Corpus Christi, Mizlansky/ Zilinsky, Blue Window, God’s Heart, The Santaland Diaries, Snakebit, Three Hotels, Imagining Brad. Film: Love! Valour! Compassion! As an actor: The Normal Heart (Tony nom.), Angels in America (Tony nom.) and The Baltimore Waltz. Recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at the Roundabout. WAYNE CILENTO (Musical Staging). Broadway: Sweet Charity (Tony nom.), Aida, The Who’s Tommy (Tony, Drama Desk, Astaire awards), How to Succeed… (Tony nom.), Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical (director/ choreographer; Tony nom., Best Choreography), Jerry’s Girls, Baby (Tony nom.). West End: The Who’s Tommy (Olivier nom.). Other credits: Off-Broadway’s A Hot Minute and Angry
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Housewives, national tour of Spirit, …Forum at La Jolla (San Diego Drama Critics and DramaLogue awards). Performer credits: A Chorus Line (Mike, original cast), The Act, Seesaw, Perfectly Frank, Irene, Big Deal, Rachel Lily Rosenblum and Dancin’ (Tony nom.). He has done musical staging for Liza Minnelli, Barry Manilow, Chita Rivera, Billy Joel, Donna Summer and Pete Townshend. EUGENE LEE (Scenic Designer) has been resident designer at Trinity Rep since 1967. He has BFA degrees from the Art Institute of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University, an M.F.A. from Yale Drama School and three honorary Ph.Ds. Mr. Lee has won three Tony Awards for Bernstein’s Candide, Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd and Wicked. He is the production designer for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Other New York theatre work includes The Pirate Queen, Alice in Wonderland, The Normal Heart, Agnes of God, Ragtime, Uncle Vanya, Ruby Sunrise and A Number. Film credits include Coppola’s Hammett, Huston’s Mr. North and Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street. Mr. Lee is an adjunct professor at Brown University and lives with his wife Brooke in Providence, where they raised their two sons. SUSAN HILFERTY (Costume Designer) has designed more than 300 productions for theatres across America and internationally. Her directorial collaborators include Athol Fugard (set, costumes, co-director), Michael Mayer, James Lapine, Robert Falls, Robert Woodruff, Joe Mantello, JoAnne Akalaitis, Garland Wright, Mark Lamos, Frank Galati, Des McAnuff, Sharon Ott, David Petrarca, Richard Nelson, Christopher Ashley, Kenny Leon, Laurie Anderson, Tony Kushner, Carole Rothman, Garry Hynes and Emily Mann. Recent work: Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera 2012/2013, Taylor Swift “Speak Now” World Tour 2011/2012. Broadway: Wonderland, Sondheim on Sondheim, Spring Awakening (Tony nom.), Lestat (Tony nom.), Assassins, Into the Woods (Hewes Award, Tony nom.), Dirty BLONDE. She designs for opera, dance, film and TV and chairs Design at NYU/Tisch. Her numerous awards include the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Wicked. 16
KENNETH POSNER (Lighting Designer) has more than 40 Broadway play and musical theatre credits. He designs extensively off-Broadway and for resident theatres throughout the United States as well as internationally. He is the recipient of the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards. Broadway: Cinderella, Kinky Boots, Pippin, The Merchant of Venice, The Royal Family, The Coast of Utopia—Shipwrecked, Wicked, Hairspray, 9 to 5, Catch Me If You Can, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Homecoming, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Charlie Brown, The Frogs, Little Women, The Goat, Uncle Vanya, The Little Foxes and The Rose Tattoo. Opera credits include designs for the New York City Opera and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Kenneth was the recipient of the 2003 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design. TONY MEOLA (Sound Designer). Broadway: Lysistrata Jones (associate producer as well as sound design); Pal Joey; The Ritz; Laugh Whore; Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Lion King (Drama Desk Award); The Sound of Music; A Christmas Carol (MSG), Steel Pier; Forum; The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything Goes. London: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; and Anything Goes. National and international: The Lion King, Les Misérables, Mozart, Der Gloeckner von Notre Dame. Tony is a graduate of Ithaca College’s Department of Theatre Arts. Thanks, Dick. ELAINE J. McCARTHY (Projection Designer). Recent Broadway designs include The People in the Picture, Impressionism, Thurgood, Spamalot, Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, and Judgement at Nuremberg. Opera designs include Moby Dick (Dallas Opera), Dead Man Walking (Houston Opera), Mazeppa (Metropolitan Opera), War and Peace (Kirov and Met Opera), Tan Dun’s The Gate, and Peter Sellar’s The Peony Pavilion. OffBroadway designs include Frequency Hopping (set and projection), Embedded, The Stendhal Syndrome, Suitcase, Speaking in Tongues and The Thing About Men. Regional designs include Distracted (set and projection), Limonade tous
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST les Jours, Fran’s Bed, Once in a Lifetime, Cobb, and Hair. She received an Eddy Award in 2003. TOM WATSON (Hair and Wig Design) is head of the wig and makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera. He has designed wigs for more than 50 Broadway productions. Current and recent Broadway designs include On a Clear Day…; How to Succeed…; Wonderland; House of Blue Leaves; Born Yesterday; The Addams Family; Million Dollar Quartet; Rock of Ages; Promises, Promises; Elling; South Pacific; Sondheim on Sondheim; A View from the Bridge; and Sunday in the Park with George. JOE DULUDE II (Makeup Designer). Makeup Designer for Wicked productions worldwide. Broadway: Follies, The Normal Heart, Catch Me If You Can, Elf, Lend Me A Tenor, Grease, The Wedding Singer, Assassins, Into the Woods (key makeup Vanessa Williams). Film and Television: E!, Style, Lifetime, PBS, “Access Hollywood.” Print: Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Vibe, Rolling Stone. THOM WIDMANN (Production Supervisor). Ten productions for Lincoln Center Theater including The Light in the Piazza, The Frogs and Contact. Other credits: The Sound of Music, The King and I, Amy’s View, Skylight and the nat’l tour of An Inspector Calls. Graduate of SUNY Purchase. Adjunct faculty, Fordham University. JAKE BELL (Technical Supervisor) has been a stage manager and technical production manager on Broadway for more than 25 years. Broadway, national and international credits include The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Les Misérables, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon, Swan Lake, Dreamgirls, Cats, Chess. STEPHEN OREMUS (Music Supervisor/ Arranger). Broadway: Received the 2011 Tony and Drama Desk awards for co-orchestrating The Book of Mormon, as well as the 2012 Grammy Award for producing the cast recording; Worldwide Music Supervisor/Arranger of Wicked, Music Supervisor/Vocal Arranger/ Orchestrator of Kinky Boots, Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5; Co-producer 18
(w/Dolly Parton) of the Grammy-nominated 9 to 5 Broadway cast recording. Other: Music Supervisor/Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator of tick, tick...BOOM!; Music Director of Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party; Music Director/Conductor for the Rufus Wainwright Sings Judy Garland concerts. WILLIAM DAVID BROHN (Orchestra tions) received the 1998 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Ragtime. Other credits include Mary Poppins, Curtains, Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden, Show Boat, Crazy for You, Carousel, Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma! (B’way); Mary Poppins, Oliver!, My Fair Lady, South Pacific (London) and Betty Blue Eyes. He has provided arrangements for Marilyn Horne, James Galway, Placido Domingo and Joshua Bell’s recording on Sony Classical of Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite for Violin and Orchestra. ALEX LACAMOIRE (Music Arrangements) is the Music Supervisor for In the Heights, which won him the 2008 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and a 2008 Grammy Award for producing the cast album. Other Broadway credits as Music Director, Arranger, and/or Orchestrator: 9 To 5, High Fidelity and Legally Blonde. Other favorite projects: Bat Boy: The Musical (off-B’way), the 2001 national tour of Godspell, Captain Louie and The Wiz (City Center Encores!). Love to Mom, Dad, Little Sis and Ileana. JASON SHERBUNDY (Music Director/ Conductor). Broadway: Catch Me (Cast Recording), Porgy and Bess, Chicago, Anything Goes. National tours: Lion King, 101 Dalmatians. SF: Spelling Bee; Caroline, or Change, A Chorus Line. TV: “Smash.” JAMES LYNN ABBOTT (Dance Arrange ments). Broadway: Aida, Tarzan, Bombay Dreams, Rent, Footloose, Joseph…, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and Miss Saigon. National tours include Starlight Express, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Who’s Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar. He has performed with Aretha Franklin, Dennis DeYoung of Styx, Shirley Bassey, Bob Hope, Vanessa Williams and Elton John. Clients include Dr Pepper, Frito Lay, American Airlines and General Electric.
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator). Music Coordination for The Book of Mormon, The Addams Family, Memphis, Billy Elliot, Wicked, Mamma Mia, The Lion King, Barbra Streisand Concerts (1994/2001/2006/2007). Life is complete with wife Pamela Sousa, son Zachary and daughter Alexis. TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/ tours: If/Then, The Bridges of Madison County, All the Way, Motown, Kinky Boots, Newsies, Rock of Ages, Evita, Porgy and Bess, Sister Act, Million Dollar Quartet. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, MCC, Signature. Regional: A.R.T., Dallas Theater Center, Goodman, La Jolla, Paper Mill, Signature. Film: Into the Woods, The Last Five Years, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Friends with Kids, Margin Call, Sex and the City 1 & 2. TV: “Masters of Sex,” “The Sound of Music Live!,” “Smash,” “The Big C,” commercials. www.telseyandco.com. LISA LEGUILLOU (Associate Director) worked with Joe Mantello on Frankie and Johnny…, Take Me Out and The Vagina Monologues. She appeared in eight Broadway shows; on TV in “Sex and the City,” “NYPD Blue” and “NY Undercover;” and in the films Changing Lanes, Center Stage, Everyone Says I Love You and HBO’s “Angels in America.” STEPHEN SPOSITO (Resident Director). As director: Shrek (national tour). As associate director: How to Succeed in Business…; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Promises, Promises; Dogfight. Graduate of The University of Michigan (Directing Program). DOMINICK AMENDUM (Assoc. Music Supervisor). Broadway: Wicked, First Date. National tour: Wicked, Oliver!, Cabaret. OffB’way: The Kid, The Blue Flower. Regional: Secondhand Lions. Producer of multiple recordings including the First Date cast album. Thanks to Wicked family. CORINNE McFADDEN HERRERA (Asso ciate Choreographer) has worked with and assisted Wayne Cilento on Sweet Charity (Broadway and national tour) and Wicked (Broadway). As a performer, Corinne was featured
in the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity and the original companies of Aida and Wicked. She has also appeared in and assistant choreographed numerous commercials and music videos. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Manny and Wayne. EDWARD PIERCE (Associate Scenic Designer) operates a NYC-based design studio specializing in the production design of Broadway, touring and international stage productions. With his team of artists, Edward provides first-class development and management of designs. Notable collaborations include the Tony Award-winning Wicked with Eugene Lee, Billy Elliot, The Pirate Queen, Aida, Ragtime, Cabaret, and Noise/Funk. www. edwardpierce.com. CHIC SILBER (Special Effects). Broadway: Sherlock Holmes; Edward Gorey’s Dracula; The Elephant Man; Amadeus; Nicholas Nickleby; Tintypes; Working; The Dresser; Alice in Wonderland; Grand Hotel; Piaf; Orpheus Descending; Moon Over Buffalo; Footloose; The Civil War; Aida; Kiss Me, Kate; Annie Get Your Gun; Dance of Death; Brooklyn; La Cage aux Folles; Godspell. Circus: Monte Carlo Circus Spectacular, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Clyde Beatty–Cole Bros. KATHLEEN E. PURVIS (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back with Wicked! Some credits include Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark, Mary Poppins, The Pirate Queen, The Lion King, Ragtime, Show Boat, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Cats, The Good Body, The Vagina Monologues and Barbra Streisand’s Timeless concert. COLLEEN DANAHER (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be a part of the Wicked team. Broadway: Godspell, Wonderland, South Pacific, Lend Me A Tenor, Grease, Grey Gardens. Regional: Many productions over several years at the Vineyard Playhouse in beautiful Martha’s Vineyard, MA. MATT SCHREIBER (Assistant Stage Manager) is elated to be joining the Wicked family. Broadway: The Performers, Godspell, In the Heights, Avenue Q. National tours: In the Heights 19
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST (first national), Mamma Mia! (North American tour), Memphis (first national). GREGORY MAGUIRE (Author of Original Novel) published a dozen novels for children before writing his first adult novel, Wicked. A devotee of children’s fantasy, Maguire’s subsequent novels for adults are variations-on-a-theme: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister considers Cinderella as a 17th-century maid from Harlem; Lost evokes the ghost of Charles Dickens’s Scrooge; and Mirror Mirror features a High Renaissance Snow White daunted by the wickedest stepmother, Lucrezia Borgia. Maguire’s novel Son of a Witch, a sequel to Wicked, is followed by A Lion Among Men and the final volume of the Wicked Years, Out of Oz. He lives in Massachusetts and Vermont with his husband, the painter Andy Newman, and their three children. 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management) is currently represented by Peter and the Starcatcher. Nina Essman, Nancy Nagel Gibbs, and Marcia Goldberg’s past Broadway, Off-Broadway, and national tour management credits include Bring It On: The Musical; Sister Act; Traces; Next To Normal; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; and Bat Boy: The Musical. Additional individual productions include The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Café; The Vagina Monologues; The Santaland Diaries; and The Diary of Anne Frank. MARC PLATT (Producer) is currently represented on Broadway by Wicked and If/ Then. Broadway: Three Days of Rain; Pal Joey. Off-Broadway: Matthew Bourne’s ballet Edward Scissorhands; Family Week. Films: 2 Guns; Drive; Scott Pilgrim vs. The World; Nine; Rachel Getting Married; Wanted; Legally Blonde; Legally Blonde 2; Winter’s Tale; Charlie St. Cloud; Cop Out; The Other Woman; Honey; Josie and the Pussycats; The Perfect Man; The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising. Upcoming Films: Into The Woods; Song One; Lost River. Television: Taking The Stage (MTV); Empire Falls (HBO); Once Upon A Mattress (ABC); The Path To 9/11 (ABC). Mr. Platt served as president for three movie studios (Orion, TriStar and Universal).
UNIVERSAL STAGE PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is the live-theatre division of the world-famous motion picture studio, currently represented by the record-breaking phenomenon Wicked, which has been the #1 show on Broadway for nine consecutive years, and the critically acclaimed musical adaptation of Billy Elliot, which won ten Tony Awards including Best Musical. Additional credits include Broadway’s Bring It On: The Musical, the blockbuster revival of Glengarry Glen Ross starring Al Pacino and the Tony Award-winning revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. THE ARACA GROUP (Producer). Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger, The Araca Group produces and merchandises live entertainment and theatrical events on Broadway and around the world. For more information please visit: araca.com. JON B. PLATT (Producer). Tony Awards: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Pulitzer Prize), Perestroika, Clybourne Park (Pulitzer Prize), Copenhagen, God of Carnage, The Book of Mormon, Death of a Salesman. Tony Award nominations: Wicked; Peter Pan; The Diary of Anne Frank; Hello, Dolly!; The Lonesome West; You’re Welcome America; Man of La Mancha; A View From the Bridge; The Motherf**cker With the Hat; Jerusalem; Venus in Fur; Nice Work If You Can Get It. Off-Broadway: C*ck. Tours: Wicked, The Book of Mormon. 2012 Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Theatre Producing. DAVID STONE (Producer) is currently represented by Wicked and If/Then. He has also produced Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Three Days of Rain, Man of La Mancha, The Vagina Monologues, Fully Committed, Lifegame, The Diary of Anne Frank, Full Gallop, The Santaland Diaries and Family Secrets. David serves on the boards of The Broadway League and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. He also serves on the advisory boards of V-Day and Second Stage Theatre. David has lectured on theater at NYU, Yale, Columbia and his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.
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STAFF FOR WICKED STAFF CREDITS for WICKED CASTING Telsey + Company: Bernie Telsey CSA, Will Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Abbie Brady-Dalton CSA, David Morris, Cesar A. Rocha CSA, Andrew Femenella CSA, Karyn Casl CSA, Kristina Bramhall, Conrad Woolfe, Rachel Nadler, Rachel Minow, Sean Gannon, Scott Galina GENERAL MANAGEMENT 321 Theatrical Management Nina Essman, Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Marcia Goldberg TECHNICAL SUPERVISION JAKE BELL PRODUCTION SERVICES LTD. TOUR PRESS REPRESENTATIVE Phillip Aleman Justin O’Neill COMPANY MANAGER...........................RYAN LYMPUS ENGAGEMENT MANAGER..................KEN SILVERMAN PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATOR.........BOB BRINKERHOFF PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER...... KATHLEEN E. PURVIS Stage Manager................................ Colleen Danaher Assistant Stage Manager.....................Matt Schreiber Associate Company Managers................Holly Sutton, Bridget A. Stegall Resident Director............................. Stephen Sposito Associate Music Supervisor......... Dominick Amendum Dance Supervisor.................................... Mark Myars Assistant to Mr. Schwartz.......................Michael Cole Assistant Scenic Designer.................... Nick Francone Oz Map Design..................................Francis Keeping Associate Costume Designer.......... Amanda Whidden Associate Hair Designer....................... J. Jared Janas Assistant Costume Designers...........Tricia Barsamian, Amy C. Bradshaw, Cathy Small, Mary Wilson Associate Lighting Designer....................Karen Spahn Assoc. Lighting Designer/ Automated Lights............................Warren Flynn Assistant Lighting Designer.........................Joel Shier Assoc. Sound Designer/ Prod. Sound Engineer........................ Kai Harada Assistant Sound Designer................ Catherine Mardis Projections Programmer........... Demfis Fyssicopolous Associate Projection Designer.................Shawn Boyle Assistant Projection Designer.............. Keri Thibodeau Projection Animators............................ Gareth Smith, Ari Sachter-Zeltzer
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Special Effects Associate.........................Aaron Waitz Flying Effects................................ZFX Flying Illusions Production Carpenter.............................Rick Howard Head Carpenter.......................................Matt Biltgen Automation Carpenter............................ Rick Schadle Assistant Carpenters....................... Shane Anderson, Terry Thomas Flyman.............................................. Kevin Hoekstra Production Electrician....................... Brendan Quigley Scenic Electrics........................................Mike Ward Head Electrician..................................... Keno Garcia Assistant Electricians...... Katie Blanch & Damian Marotta Production Properties Supervisor....... George Wagner Head Properties...................................... Bob Uzabel Assistant Properties........... Tom Jeffords, Dave Rader Head Sound Engineer........................... David Romich Assistant Sound Engineer..................... Douglas Graves, James Wilcox Additional Production Staff...................... Henry Baker Production Wardrobe Supervisor.............Alyce Gilbert Wardrobe Supervisor.............Cynthia Romo Lancaster Assistant Wardrobe Supervisors...... Shevhan Lusteck, Glen Moore Hair Supervisor................................... Molly McGrath Assistant Hair Supervisor......................Andrea Shairs Makeup Design................................ Joseph Dulude II Makeup Supervisor.......................... Joyce McGilberry Masks and Prosthetics.................W.M. Creations, Inc. Matthew W. Mungle, Miyo Yamamoto Advance Carpenters...............Ed Lohrer, Joel Gburek, Zachariah Mathison, David Johnson, Dave Rader Advance Electrician.................................Matt Nowak Advance Electrics/Sound....................David Trovarelli Advance Sound................................. Douglas Graves Advance Wardrobe................................ Megan Quinn Music Preparation............. Anixter/Rice Music Service Synthesizer Programming................... Andrew Barrett Guitar Effects Programming..................... Lou Garrett Production Assistants............................. Susan Bero, Sarah Koehler, Joshua Pilote, Stuart Shefter, Wendy Stephens Advertising.................. Serino Coyne/Greg Corradetti Caroline Thompson, Dana Zell Website...................................... Situation Interactive Merchandise................................... The Araca Group Banking..............................................Bank of America Payroll................................. Castellana Services, Inc. Accounting............. Fried and Kowgios Partners CPAs Insurance................... AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Legal Counsel...................Loeb & Loeb/Seth Gelblum Physical Therapy.................................. NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy Inc. Jennifer Gallegos PT, DPT Travel Agent............................................... Road Rebel
STAFF FOR WICKED Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics FOR MARC PLATT PRODUCTIONS Adam Siegel, Greg Lessans, Joey Levy, Jared LeBoff, Claire Wihnyk, Jonathan Ahdout STONE PRODUCTIONS David Stone Patrick Catullo Aaron Glick UNIVERSAL PICTURES Vice Chairman, NBCUniversal................... Ron Meyer Chairman, Universal Filmed Entertainment....................Jeff Shell Chairman, Universal Pictures.............. Donna Langley President, Universal Pictures.............Jimmy Horowitz SVP, CFO Productions........................Arturo Barquet Executive, Live Theatricals.............. Chris Herzberger Vice President, Legal Affairs...................... Keith Blau Sr. Finance Manager............................Stan Zaidinski 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT Bob Brinkerhoff, Amy Merlino Coey, Mattea Cogliano-Benedict, Veronica Decker, Tara Geesaman, Tracy Geltman, Andrew Hartman, Susan Keappock, Brent McCreary, Alex Owen, Rebecca Peterson, Susan Sampliner, Spencer Smith, Haley Ward EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota The Road Company www.theroadcompany.com CREDITS Scenery built by F&D Scene Changes. Scenic motion control featuring Stage Command Systems© by Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting; Sound equipment from PRG Audio, both divisions of Production Resource Group LLC. Special effects by Sunshine Scenic Studios & Aztec Stage Lighting. Video projection system by Scharff Weisberg
Inc. Projections by Vermilion Border Productions. Costumes by Barbara Matera Ltd., Parsons-Meares Ltd., Tricorne, Eric Winterling, Scafati, & Cego. Millinery by Rodney Gordon & Lynne Mackey Shoes by T.O. Dey, Frederick Longtin, LaDuca & J.C. Theatrical. Flatheads & monkey wings by Michael Curry Design Inc. Chistery growing wings by Robert Allsop. Prosthetics by WM Creations. Life-casts by Todd Kleitsch and Sunday Englis. Fur by Fur & Furgery. Undergarments & hosiery by Bra*Tenders, Inc. Antique jewelry by Ilene Chazanof. Specialty jewelry & tiaras by Larry Vrba. Custom Oz accessories by LouLou Button. Custom screening by Olympus Flag and Banner & Gene Mignola. Certain props by John Creech Designs & Den Design Studio. Graphic props by Proper Decorum, Inc. Confetti by Artistry in Motion. Puppets by Bob Flanagan. Spellbooks by Sascha Kaminski. Bedding by Sew & So. Wigs by Watson Associates. Electronic instruments & equipment from Manny’s Music. Guitar amplifiers by Mesa Boogie. Cymbals by Sabian. Drumheads by Aquarian. Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios. The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.
United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. This production is produced by members of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.
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Interview with GREGORY MAGUIRE, author of the novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” What inspired you to write “Wicked”? Gregory Maguire: I was living in London in the early 1990’s during the start of the Gulf War. I was interested to see how my own blood temperature chilled at reading a headline in the usually cautious British newspaper, the Times of London: Sadaam Hussein: The New Hitler? I caught myself ready to have a fullyformed political opinion about the Gulf War and the necessity of action against Sadaam Hussein on the basis of how that headline made me feel. The use of the word Hitler - what a word! What it evokes! When a few months later several young schoolboys kidnapped and killed a toddler, the British press paid much attention to the nature of the crime. I became interested in the nature of evil, and whether one really could be born bad. I considered briefly writing a novel about Hitler, but discarded the notion due to my general discomfort with the reality of those times. But when I realized that nobody had ever written about the second most evil character in our collective American subconscious, the Wicked Witch of the West, I thought I had experienced a small moment of inspiration. Everybody in America knows who the Wicked Witch of the West is, but nobody really knows anything about her. There is more to her than meets the eye. 26
How do you feel about Winnie Holzman’s adaptation of your book? GM: I have been so pleased with the work that Winnie Holzman has done for Wicked. She has taken a novel that is like a symphony in my heart and she has turned it into an opera. What are some of the similarities between the stage version of Wicked and your novel? GM: Books are all about secrets. You don’t read a book if you can tell by the flap copy what’s going to happen at the end. And in a way the stage is like that too. The stage is all about what evolves in terms of plot and what evolves in terms of character so I’m not going to give any secrets away. I WILL say that a great deal of what I think of as the dark serious part of the book has been retained. It was been touched with another kind of magic so that it passes unto the eyes in a different way. What is your reaction to the comparisons many people make between Wicked and The Wizard of Oz? GM: It’s not a retelling of The Wizard of Oz and it’s not really a prequel. It’s another story of another life. The description of Wicked as a dystopic view of The Wizard of Oz is not, I think, accurate. Closer to the truth is that Wicked
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focuses attention on some of the perplexing characteristics of the original story: the lack of opposition to the reclusive and manipulative wizard, the absence of interest in or concern for the Witch, the fact that Dorothy, longing for another world in which her troubles might “melt like lemon drops,” is instead exiled in a land of dangerous witches, powerful tyrants, and treacherous landscapes. Truthfully, the magnificent song “Over the Rainbow” might have hung like Marley’s ghost over the entire proceedings at the Gershwin Theater. The fact that its absence is neither an indictment nor a glaring omission is the most fitting testimony to the success of Stephen’s score. When Elphaba sings the bridge in “I’m Not that Girl,” she is offering the more seasoned rebuttal to Dorothy’s lovely fanciful desires. “I’m Not that Girl” isn’t cynical, but it is mature: “Ev’ry so often we long to steal/ To the land of whatmight-have-been/ But that doesn’t soften the ache we feel/ When reality sets back in.” This is the sadder-but-wiser girl’s sung response, across 63 or 64 years, to Dorothy’s plaintive request to go abroad and find the grass over there - well, to find it greener. Can you explain the notion of the “Time Dragon clock” featured so prominently in your book? GM: The notion of the Time Dragon is twofold. It is patently artificial, like everything having to do with the Wizard’s reign (smoke and mirrors, deceptions and lies, weapons of mass destruction just 45 minutes away, ticktock
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clockwork, Penn and Teller chicanery). On the other hand, perhaps even a machine has a soul, even a machine can be involved with fate. Elphaba, born in its bowels [in the novel], is in some ways exempt from its gaze, and separated from everyone. Is her life dictated by the events of her birth, or is she alone in Oz, exempt from being seduced by the glamour of the mechanics of power and spectacle? In this, as in so much, I don’t provide an answer: I merely use the mechanics of the metaphor to suggest the question. How do you think Elphaba’s turning point in the musical, “Defying Gravity,” relates to the one you wrote for her in the book? GM: The staging of “Defying Gravity” - and by that I mean the song, the way the moment has arisen out of the Winnie Holzman-Stephen Schwartz iteration of the novel’s original plot - makes Elphaba’s transformation much more visible. In the cover art of my novel (and indeed in the graphic art advertising the play), the witch’s hat is over her eyes, and in a sense this is how I drew the character: always a little bit out of view. To close Act One of Wicked, Elphaba’s transformation is, vocally, and theatrically, right in our faces. It is one of the most thrilling moments of the play, and rivals the most thrilling act one finales I’ve ever seen, and I am a total fan - though it does take some getting used to. I think, “Elphaba, you’re a little less shy than you used to be when I first knew you!”
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