For the week ending December 31, 2006, WICKED, the musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, once again set a new record for the highest grossing week in Broadway history with a weekly box office take of $1,800,310.
On Tuesday, January 9, three new principal cast members will join the Broadway company of the smash-hit musical WICKED at the Gershwin Theatre (222 W. 51st St.). Kendra Kassebaum will play Glinda, a role she originated on tour, while Julia Murney, who played Elphaba on tour, will reprise her role. Sebastian Arcelus joins the Broadway Company as Fiyero, having starred in the role on tour.
Musicals Tonight! continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its current editions of At This Performance…™ to be held on Sunday, November 12th and Monday, November 13th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre
Hugh Panaro stars as musical theatre's most famous bachelor in the 5th Avenue Theatre's upcoming production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth classic Company
Hugh Panaro plays musical theatre's most famous bachelor, in the 5th Avenue Theatre's upcoming production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth classic Company
Hugh Panaro, who recently played the vampiric title role of Lestat, will take on the role of Bobby in the 5th Avenue Theatre's upcoming production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth classic Company
On August 8th, Logan Lipton succeeded Robb Sapp as enamoured munchkin Boq, while Steven Skybell replaced Sean McCourt as the kind-hearted Dr. Dillamond in Broadway's Wicked
Stephanie J. Block, the talented performer who will soon be appearing in concert at Birdland, dishes on her soon-to-be reign as The Pirate Queen, on her turn as Wicked's Elphaba, and on other favorite roles
Shoshana Bean and Megan Hilty--who respectively played Elphaba and Glinda on Broadway--will once again take on those roles for three stops in the current Wicked tour
Kate Reinders, who originated the role of Glinda in the Chicago production of Wicked, will join the Broadway company of the smash-hit musical at the Gershwin Theatre, beginning Tuesday, May 30; she replaces Megan Hilty as the popular witch
Carole Shelley, the original Broadway Madame Morrible, will step into the Chicago production of Wicked from April 25th through June 25th while Rondi Reed performs in another play