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Wicked

George Gershwin Theatre, (10/30/2003 - Present)
Preview:Oct 8, 2003 Total Previews:25
Opening:Oct 30, 2003   
Closing: Total Performances:2502 as of November 15, 2009


Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Setting: Oz: Shiz; the Emerald City; others





by opening date




Book by Winnie Holzman; Based on the novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West " by Gregory Maguire; Music by Stephen Schwartz; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Musical Director: Stephen Oremus; Music orchestrated by William David Brohn; Music arranged by Alex Lacamoire and Stephen Oremus; Dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott

Directed by Joe Mantello; Choreographed by Wayne Cilento; Assistant Director: Lisa Leguillou; Assistant Choreographer: Corinne McFadden

Scenic Design by Eugene Lee; Costume Design by Susan Hilferty; Lighting Design by Kenneth Posner; Sound Design by Tony Meola; Projection Design by Elaine J. McCarthy; Hair and Wig Design by Tom Watson; Associate Scenic Design: Edward Pierce; Make-Up Design by Joshua Dulude II; Assistant Scenic Design: Armand D. Francone; Oz Map Design: Francis Keeping; Draftsman: Ted LeFevre; Associate Costume Design: Michael Sharpe and Ken Mooney; Assistant Costume Design: Maiko Matsushima, Amanda Whidden and Amy Clark; Associate Lighting Design: Karen Spahn; Associate Lighting Designer / Automated Lights: Warren Flynn; Assistant Lighting Design: Ben Stanton; Associate Sound Design: Kai Harada; Assistant Projection Design: Jenny Lee, Michael Patterson and Jacob Daniel Pinholster; Associate Hair Design: Charles LaPointe

General Manager: EGS; Company Manager: Susan Sampliner; Associate Co. Mgr: Barbara Crompton; Executive Producer: Marcia Goldberg and Nina Essman

Production Supervisor: Steven Beckler; Technical Supervisor: Jake Bell; Stage Manager: Erica Schwartz; Assistant Stage Mgr: Chris Jamros and Bess Marie Glorioso

Conducted by Stephen Oremus; Associate Music Assistant: Alex Lacamoire; Concert Master: Christian Hebel; Violin: Christian Hebel and Victor Schultz; Viola: Kevin Roy; Cello: Daniel D. Miller; Harp: Laura Sherman; Trumpet/Flugelhorn: Jon Owens and Tom Hoyt; Trombone: Dale Kirkland; Bass Trombone: Douglas Purviance; Flute/Piccolo/Alto Flute: Helen Campo; Oboe/English horn/Bass Oboe: Tuck Lee; Clarinet (Bb & Eb)/Bass Clarinet/Soprano Sax: John J. Moses; Bassoon/Baritone Sax/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet: John Campo; French Horn: Theo Primis and Kelly Dent; Drums/Percussion/Electronic: Gary Seligson; Acoustic & Electric Bass: Konrad Adderley; Piano/Synthesizer: Alex Lacamoire; Keyboards: Paul Loesel and David Evans; Guitars: Ric Molina and Greg Skaff; Percussion/Mallets/Timpani: Andrew Jones; Musical Coordinator: Michael Keller

Special Effects by Chic Silber; Flying Sequences: Paul Rubin and ZFX, Inc.; Special Effects Associate: Aaron Waitz

Press Representative: The Publicity Office; Casting: Bernard Telsey Casting, Inc.; Marketing: TMG - The Marketing Group; Dance Captain: Mark Myars; Assistant Dance Captain: Kristen Leigh Gorski; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Fight direction by Tom Schall


Opening Night Cast

Kristin Chenoweth Glinda (Oct 8, 2003-Jul 18, 2004) 
Idina Menzel Elphaba (Oct 8, 2003-Jan 8, 2005) 
Norbert Leo Butz Fiyero (Oct 8, 2003-Nov 23, 2003) 
Michelle Federer
Broadway debut 
Nessarose  
Christopher Fitzgerald Boq   
Joel Grey The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oct 8, 2003-Jul 18, 2004) 
Carole Shelley Madame Morrible   
William Youmans Doctor Dillamond   
Ioana Alfonso
Broadway debut 
Ensemble  
Ben Cameron Ensemble  
Cristy Candler Witch's Mother  
 Ensemble  
Kristy Cates
Broadway debut 
Ensemble  
Melissa Bell Chait Ensemble  
Marcus Choi Ensemble  
Kristoffer Cusick Ensemble  
Kathy Deitch Ensemble  
Melissa Fahn
Broadway debut 
Ensemble  
Rhett G. George Ensemble  
Manuel Herrera Chistery  
 Ensemble  
Kisha Howard Ensemble  
LJ Jellison Ensemble  
Sean McCourt Witch's Father  
 Ozian Official  
 Ensemble  
Corinne McFadden Ensemble  
Jan Neuberger Midwife  
 Ensemble  
Walter Winston Oneil Ensemble  
Andrew Palermo Ensemble  
Andy Pellick Ensemble  
Michael Seelbach Ensemble  
Lorna Ventura Ensemble  
Derrick Williams Ensemble  


Standby: Eden Espinosa Broadway debut (Elphaba).

Understudies: Cristy Candler (Nessarose), Kristy Cates (Elphaba), Melissa Bell Chait (Glinda), Kristoffer Cusick (Fiyero), Eden Espinosa (Nessarose), Kristen Leigh Gorski (Witch's Mother), Sean McCourt (Doctor Dillamond, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), Jan Neuberger (Madame Morrible), Andrew Palermo (Boq), Lorna Ventura (Madame Morrible).