By Universal Stage Productions and The Araca Group
In
Apollo Victoria Theatre
(opening night on
27 september 2006)
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba. Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda's unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba's determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future. …meer
Cast
| Elphaba | Idina Menzel, Rachel Tucker, Willemijn Verkaik |
| Glinda | Helen Dallimmore, Suzie Mathers |
| Fiyero | Adam Garcia, Oliver Savile |
| The Wizard | Nigel Planer, Mark Curry |
| Madam Morrible | Miriam Margolyes |
| Boq | James Gillian, Idriss Kargbo |
| Nessarose | Katie Rowley Jones, Kristen Martin |
| Doctor Dillamond | Martin Ball |
| Standby Elphaba | Kerry Ellis, Alice Fearn |
| Standby Glinda | Annalene Beechey, Carina Gillespie |
| Madame Morrible | Anita Dobson |
| Ensemble | James Darch, Kerry Enright, Freya Field, Joseph Fletcher, David Gale, Sergio Giacomelli, Olivia Kate Holding, Aaron Jenkins, Claudia Kariuki, Will Lucas, Chanel Mian, Ella Nonini, Rosa O' Reilly, Julienne Schembri, Joe Sleight, Jessamy Stoddart, Joe Toland, Russell Walker, Helen Woolf |
| Swing | Fraser Fraser, Alexandra Grierson, Billy Mitchell, Scott Monello, Paulo Teixeira, Hannah Toy, Sasha Wareham |
Creatives
| Music and lyrics | Stephen Schwartz |
| Book | Winnie Holzman |
| Direction | Joe Mantello |
| Associate director | Petra Siniawski |
| Musical staging | Wayne Cilento |
| Orchestrations | William David Brohn |
| Music supervision | James Draisey |
| Music supervision and arrangements | Stephen Oremus |
| Music arrangements | Alex Lacamoire |
| Dance arrangements | James Lynn Abbott |
| Resident dance supervisor | Hannah Toy |
| Scenic design | Eugene Lee, Susan Hilferty |
| Lighting design | Kenneth Posner |
| Sound design | Tony Meola |
| Projection design | Elaine J. McCarthy |
| Hair and wig design | Tom Watson |
| Make up design | Joe Dulude II |
| Casting | Jim Arnold |
| Producer | Marc Platt, David Stone, Jon B. Platt |
| Executive producer | Michael McCabe |