Curt Hansen News

The company of the first North American tour of WICKED will welcome Gina Beck as Glinda and Alison Fraser as Madame Morrible on Monday, December 16 in Chicago, IL. WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, is playing through December 21 at the Oriental Theatre.

Members of the National Touring Company of WICKED will host "THE WICKED NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS," a staged holiday performance at The Laugh Factory (3175 N. Broadway) Sunday, December 8, at 8:00pm. The event will feature the members of the company of WICKED, and net proceeds will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Chicago House. WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, celebrated its 10th anniversary on October 30, the first performance of the eight-week Chicago engagement. WICKED is currently playing the Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph) through Dec. 21, 2013.

'Wicked' flies back into the Oriental Theatre --the site of its historic three-and-a-half year, box office-breaking sit down.

Having sold out to records crowds in Philly in 2010, Wicked flies back to town and remains the theatrical spectacle that earned it several well-deserved Tony Awards.

There are a handful of musicals that define Broadway- consistently good talent, amazing sets and costumes, scores that leave you humming their tunes for days, and themes so universally appealing that their fans base extends from children coming to the audience for their first show up to senior citizens seeing the show for their 8th time. One of these iconic few, Stephen Schwartz's 'Wicked' played to a nearly sold-out crowd at the Ohio Theater last night, where it runs for a lengthy 3 weeks, now through June 23rd. On the anniversary of its first green girl, role originator Idina Menzel, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress, fans coming to the show expecting an equally phenomenal touring cast would not be disappointed last night.

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature a first intermission pic from the stars of Paper Mill Playhouse's THE LITTLE MERMAID getting sudsy, THE FANTASTICKS celebrating June, the cast of KINKY BOOTS sweating it out and photos from MATILDA and THE BOOK OF MORMON on Broadway and across the pond, NICE WORK, THE LION KING, MOTOWN, ANYTHING GOES, WAR HORSE, LES MISERABLES, 42ND STREET at Pittsburgh CLO and more!

If you haven't had the chance to catch up on your theater news, look no further than today's recap of all things theater - exclusive features, interviews, reviews and more! - around the Broadway World for the week of May 6!

Hang on to your broomsticks and sparkly shoes, folks. Something WICKED is coming to New Orleans this week! Glinda and Elphaba are gracing The Big Easy with their magical presence for one month beginning this Wednesday, and they're bringing along their favorite fellow Ozians too!

The company of the first North American tour of WICKED just welcomed Alison Luff as Elphaba and John Davidson as The Wizard during its engagement in Dallas, TX. WICKED will play the Music Hall at Fair Park through May 5. Check out photos of the new cast members in action below!

The company of the first North American tour of WICKED will welcome Alison Luff as Elphaba and John Davidson as The Wizard today, April 30 in Dallas, TX.

The company of the first North American tour of WICKED will welcome Alison Luff as Elphaba and John Davidson as The Wizard on Tuesday, April 30 in Dallas, TX.

In the episode 'Wicked Green' from the show 'Real Orange', host Maria Hall-Brown met with Dee Roscioli, who plays 'Elphaba' in the national tour of WICKED, as well as Christina Knapp, make-up supervisor for the show. Watch below to learn how Roscioli 'goes green' for each performance!

The company of the first North American tour of Wicked has just announced that joining the show will be Jenn Gambatese as Glinda on Tuesday, February 26 in Costa Mesa, CA and Curt Hansen as Fiyero on Wednesday, March 20 in Tucson, AZ.

Audiences and critics are in love with Girlfriend and in response, Actors Theatre of Louisville will be adding an additional performance at 2.30 p.m.on Sunday, February 17. Tickets to the performance are now on sale by calling 502-584-1205 or visiting ActorsTheatre.org. Featuring music and lyrics by Matthew Sweet and a book by Todd Almond, this irresistible rock musical, directed by Obie Award winner Les Waters, has been charming Louisville with its heartwarming boy-meets-boy love story.

Artistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein are pleased to announce the cast and creative team for Girlfriend. This irresistible rock musical begins previews January 29 and 30, opens January 31 and runs through February 17. Girlfriend, with book by Todd Almond and music and lyrics by Matthew Sweet, will be directed by Les Waters and run for three weeks in the Pamela Brown Auditorium at Actors Theatre of Louisville as part of the Brown-Forman Series.

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Denver in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Elizabeth Doran, Executive Director), announces the final week of performances for A SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS, through December 30 only. This inaugural production of the new Panto at The Playhouse holiday series has been playing to nearly sold-out houses and has become the season's new hot family entertainment ticket.

Mirror, Mirror on the wall - whose is the loveliest Panto of them all? Well, in Pasadena it's the Playhouse, which has begun a new holiday tradition with this year's debut of Lythgoe Productions' A Snow White Christmas.

Ryan O'Connor and Musical Mondays Los Angeles has announced a list of scheduled performers for A WEST HOLLYWOOD HOLIDAY at Musical Mondays LA.