Cast change for Wicked the Musical from 12 Dec 2011

There are cast changes in Wicked The Musical at the Apollo Victoria Theatre from 12 Dec 2011.

Gina Beck and Matt Willis to star as Glinda and Fiyero respectively. Desmond Barrit is returning to the show to play The Wizard. Also joining the cast are Lillie Flynn (Nessarose), Christopher Howell (Doctor Dillamond) and Adam Pettigrew (Boq).

Rachel Tucker (Elphaba) and Julie Legrand (Madame Morrible) remain in the cast.

Wicked The Musical, which opened at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on 27 Sep 2006, following previews from 7 Sep, is based on the novel by Gregory Maguire. Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman

Directed by Joe Mantello, produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone, designed by Eugene Lee, sound by Tony Meola, costumes by Susan Hilferty, Orchestrations by William David Brohn, musical staging by Wayne Cilento, lighting by Kenneth Posner.

Wicked recently played its 2000th performance and has now been seen by almost 4 million people since its West End premiere in 2006.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Gregory Maguire that re-imagined the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, WICKED tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

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