Source: goodmorningamerica.com
The lead cast of the blockbuster Broadway musical Wicked, Mary Kate Morrissey and Alexandra Socha, join GMA to celebrate.
Wicked began previews on Broadway October 8, 2003, with an official opening October 30. The original cast included Tony winners Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth as, respectively, the green-faced, misunderstood Elphaba and the curly-locked Glinda. It is now the fourth-longest running production in Broadway history.
The international hit musical will celebrate its 21st anniversary on Broadway next month at the Gershwin Theatre. The Wizard will see you now!
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Broadway team on Social media Announced that “This year, we’re coming together to recognize the people onstage and offstage that make WICKED so magical. From duos like Elphaba and Glinda to teams like our backstage crew, front of house team, and fabulous fans, we want to celebrate the WICKED company, YOU, and everyone in-between because we know that TOGETHER, WE’RE UNLIMITED.”
Wicked began previews on Broadway October 8, 2003, with an official opening October 30. The original cast included Tony winners Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth as, respectively, the green-faced, misunderstood Elphaba and the curly-locked Glinda. It is now the fourth-longest running production in Broadway history.
Wicked, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, is based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.
Wicked won 2004 Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (Menzel), Best Costume Design (Hilferty), and Best Scenic Design (Lee).
Wicked Day is back for its sixth year of family Halloween-inspired fun later this month, with a jam packed schedule of face-painting, storytelling and magic.
The annual free event, which takes place on 30 October, is organised by the hit musical Wicked in aid of a chosen environmental cause. Funds raised on the day will be donated to The Woodland Trust’s Heartwood Forest Appeal for the second year running. This year’s Wicked Day event will take place between 12 noon and 4pm on Sunday 30 October at the London Film Museum, County Hall, situated on the South Bank and overlooked by the iconic London Eye. 2011’s Wicked Day will feature a host of Wicked and Halloween-themed events based around the Shiz University Class of 2011.
Suitable for families and children of all ages, Wicked-lovers can enjoy monkey workshops, a storytelling classroom in association with Wicked’s Young Writers’ Award, Shiz karaoke, an interactive Shiz playground area, plus magicians and appearances from the cast.
Those looking to be really green can even have their faces painted or experience what it’s like to be a witch, good or bad, with Galinda-fying parlours.
Wicked’s Executive Producer, Michael McCabe, said: “We are very proud to continue our tree-planting partnership with The Woodland Trust, and using the production’s ‘green’ theme to engage, encourage and enable young people to interact with the natural environment both on their doorsteps and outside of London at Heartwood Forest. Wicked is a show founded upon the notion of taking responsibility for your own actions, and the simple act of planting trees is the perfect way to communicate this message in all that it has come to symbolise in today’s society.”
Wicked has been playing at the Apollo Victoria theatre since 2006 and tells the untold story of the witches of Oz. Two girls – one green and misunderstood, the other blonde and bubbly – meet at the Shiz University and form an unlikely friendship. As life takes them on different paths, we learn exactly how one became good and the other wicked.
For more information about Wicked Day visit www.wickedday.co.uk
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