Rue McClanahan News

On October 24th and 28th, David Cote, Joan Marcus and cast and creative team of Wicked will be on hand for signings of Wicked: The Grimmerie

On October 26th, Kristoffer Cusick and Kristy Cates, who appear in the Chicago production of Wicked, will show up at Borders to sign copies of Wicked: The Grimmerie

Kate Reinders, Chicago's Glinda has fractured her foot during a recent performance and will be out of the show for a few weeks.

From October 24th through 31st, Wicked will celebrate the second year of its Broadway anniversary with a week of contests, signings and festivities

Wicked author Gregory Maguire will read excerpts from Son of a Witch, the sequel to Wicked, on September 27th at the Chelsea Barnes and Noble

On Sunday evening, September 25 at 8:30 PM, the New York theatrical community will take the stage at the Gershwin Theatre for Broadway's Celebrity Benefit for Hurricane Relief.

A number of Wicked packages are being auctioned off to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims

Eden Espinosa,Bernadette Peters, Ricky Ian Gordon, Adam Guettel, Cheyenne Jackson, Judy Kuhn, Terrence Mann, Phyllis Newman, Elizabeth Parkinson, Phylicia Rashad, Keith Roberts, Jai Rodriguez, Brooke Shields, Daniel Sunjata and the casts of Avenue Q and Rent have joined the line-up.

Cast members from the Chicago production of Wicked will perform in a cabaret benefit at a date not yet announced

The event will star Ben Vereen & Liza Minnelli and feature Bryan Batt, Shoshana Bean, Victoria Clark, Charlotte D'Amboise, Jill Eikenberry, Raul Esparza, Shuler Hensley, Megan Hilty, Bill Irwin, Brian d'Arcy James, Isabelle Keating, Adriane Lenox, Terrence Mann, Rue McClanahan, Michael McElroy, Julia Murney, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O'Hara, Denis O'Hare, David Hyde Pierce, Carole Shelley, Christopher Sieber, Michael Tucker, Frederick Weller and The Broadway Inspirational Voices, plus the casts of The Light in the Piazza, Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, All Shook Up, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Wicked.

Wicked understudies Saycon Sengbloh and Jerad Bortz will be some of the performers at an August 14th Wicked benefit

A new book about Wicked entitled Wicked: The Grimmerie will be released in stores on October 26th, and is currently available for pre-order on Amazon

A benefit for Gilda's Club NYC will feature interviews with and performances by Wicked cast members, as well as a live auction on August 14th

Dozens of stars will serve as presenters of up-for-adoption animals in Broadway Barks! 7, which will be held on July 30th in Shubert Alley

After receiving rave reviews, Wicked continues in its megahit run at the Oriental Theatre, where it stars Ana Gasteyer as Elphaba and Kate Reinders as Glinda

The Behind the Emerald Curtain tour will offer Wicked fans a behind-the-scenes opportunity to learn about and see more of the smash show

Members of the cast of Wicked's national tour (currently playing in LA) will perform 'One Short Day' on The Tonight Show on July 18th

Eden Espinosa will temporarily take over for Stephanie J. Block for the San Francisco portion (August 5th-September 11th) of Wicked's national tour

Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will host the seventh annual BROADWAY BARKS! along with many Broadway stars.

Gregory Maguire's new novel, Son of a Witch, will take up 10 years after Wicked to tell the story of Elphaba's son, Liir; the book will officially be released on September 27th