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On March 8th, the touring company of Wicked will welcome Julia Murney to the cast. Murney replaces Stephanie J. Block as the green-faced, good-hearted Elphaba as the smash musical comes to the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati, OH (and plays there through March 19th).
Today, Alma Cuervo (Cabaret, Titanic), P.J. Benjamin (Chicago, Torch Song Trilogy) and Jennifer Waldman (Wicked on Broadway, Titanic) will also join the cast--as Madame Morrible, The Wizard and Nessarose, respectively. Kendra Kassebaum as Glinda, Sebastian Arcelus as Fiyero and Logan Lipton as Boq continue to play their roles in the touring company.Murney recently made her Broadway debut in Lennon. Known for her multi-octave belt range, Murney has also appeared off-Broadway in The Wild Party, A Class Act and Time and Again, as well as in concerts of Funny Girl, Chess and Pippin. Other credits include Cloud 9, Crimes of the Heart and Mata Hari, while she has also appeared on "Law and Order: SVU" and "Ed."Wicked is the untold story of the witches of Oz. "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."Videos