David Burnham Joins 'Wicked' Jan.8 as Fiyero
By: BWW News Desk Dec. 17, 2007
Beginning performances Tuesday, January 8, David Burnham will play Fiyero in the Broadway musical Wicked. He joins a cast which currently includes Stephanie J. Block as Elphaba, Annaleigh Ashford as Glinda, Carole Shelley as Madame Morrible, Lenny Wolpe as The Wizard, Cristy Candler as Nessarose, Logan Lipton as Boq, and Steven Skybell as Dr. Dillamond. Sebastian Arcelus gave his final performance as Fiyero on December 16th; the role is being performed by Derrick Williams through January 6.
David Burnham created the role of Fiyero in the original LA workshops of Wicked, opposite Stephanie J. Block as
Elphaba and Lenny Wolpe as The Wizard. He was an original Broadway
cast member of The Light in the Piazza
and received the 2007 Best Actor Helen Hayes Award and the Garland Award for his
portrayal of Fabrizio in the show's National Tour. Other national
tours include Joseph in Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar. David recently released his
debut CD on LML Music, available online and in stores now.
"Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of
Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and
misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very
popular. Wicked tells the
story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to
become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch," explain press
notes.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com. For more information,
visit www.wickedthemusical.com. Wicked is performed at the Gershwin
Theatre, 222 West 51st Street,
between Broadway and 8th Avenue.
