Video of the dressing room at the San Diego Civic Theatre, where the star of the musical “Wicked” transforms into the green witch before each performance by CBS8.

About 45 minutes before each performance, Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, is born backstage. The green makeup goes on wet, but dries within seconds. Makeup artist Christina Tracey, who has done this more than 1,000 times, then uses a translucent powder to keep the green from rubbing off. The process takes about 20 minutes.

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San Diego, California News Station – KFMB Channel 8 – cbs8.com

Actress Nicole Parker is now part of the national tour playing at the San Diego Civic Theatre, after starring in the role on Broadway in 2009. You may recognize the Emmy Award-winning actress from the sketch comedy television series MADtv.

Parker tells News 8 she sometimes prefers her green sheen, saying, “You almost get used to being green, almost to the point where I like myself better. It looks more normal to me. It’s like a blank slate. I think it changes my face for the better. I love it, I think it’s really pretty make-up.”

Tracey tells News 8, “A lot of people confuse it with the wicked witch they know and it’s nothing like that in our show. She’s very pretty, she’s designed to be almost the prettiest girl in Oz. It just happens that her skin is green. So she’s very beautiful.”

She’s beautiful, and not really the bad witch she’s portrayed to be in “The Wizard of Oz.” We learn in “Wicked” that Elphaba is shunned and scorned just because she’s different, just because she’s green. Fans tell Parker all the time how much Elphaba has inspired them.

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Wicked tour is currently performing at San Diego Civic Theatre and continue through Sunday July 15, 2012. Wicked play reviewed by James Hebert at The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Touring musical Wicked in fetching form, with a pretty great Glinda. The latest touring version that just landed in San Diego. It’s been nearly 10 years since “Wicked,” that musical monument to the “Oz” story and its spell-casting sistahs, first hit New York. And if anyone then had suggested the show would still be the top box-office draw on Broadway a decade later, even composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz might’ve replied: “When monkeys fly.”

Unlike some stripped-down musical road shows that feel as if they’ve gotten mugged the third time they struggle through town, this “Wicked” boasts a substantial (and dynamic) 15-member orchestra, unstinting visual splash (courtesy of Eugene Lee’s steampunk-y sets and Susan Hilferty’s stylishly bonkers costumes) and a top-notch cast.

Glinda is, of course, kind of a ding-dong. (Wrong witch, but anyway.) So Mauzey’s portrayal meshes beautifully with Nicole Parker’s sharp take on the wise but wary Elphaba, the green-skinned heroine of “Wicked.”

The back story on this saga of epic frenemies, as adapted adroitly by Winnie Holzman from Gregory Maguire’s novel (a kind of prequel to the Oz story): Elphaba, green from birth, is forced to room at Shiz University with Galinda (as she’s known at first), the girl who – as the signature song goes – knows what it takes to be “Popular.”

Elphaba, who one day will become the (cruelly despised) Wicked Witch of the West, is there mostly to take care of her disabled sister Nessarose (a captivating Emily Ferranti), the eventual Wicked Witch of the East.

Read the complete review {Via UTSanDiego.com}

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Wicked tour arriving at the San Diego Civic Theatre for a month-long run from June 20 to July 15, 2012.

“Wicked” tells the story of Elphaba and Glinda before Dorothy and before they became their more famous alter egos — the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good. Wicked is the winner of three Tony Awards, a Grammy, and a slew of other major awards.

“Wicked” is consistently Broadway’s top-grossing musical, raking in from $1.6 to $2 million at the box office weekly.

Wicked San Diego Civic Theatre Schedule:
Tuesdays – 7:00 PM
Wednesdays – 7:00 PM
Thursdays – 7:30 PM
Fridays – 7:30 PM
Saturday – 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Sundays – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM

Alli Mauzey and Nicole Parker play Glinda and Elphaba in the national touring production of “Wicked,” at San Diego, CA.

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Broadway-San Diego is bringing back Broadway’s biggest blockbuster, “Wicked.” Wicked coming to San Diego Civic Theatre on Wednesday June 20, 2012 and will perform through Sunday July 15, 2012.

Wicked is the untold story of the Witches of Oz. This story of the Wicked Witch of the West (well before Dorothy showed up in the Land of Oz) is clever and wickedly entertaining. Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl, Elphaba.

Wicked San Diego Civic Theatre Performance Schedule:
Tuesdays to Wednesdays – 7:00 PM
Thursdays and Fridays – 7:30 PM
Saturdays – 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Sundays – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM

Special matinee on Thursday, June 21 – 1:00 PM
Wicked will not be playing on Wednesday, July 4.

The spectacular, multi award-winning stage musical, with music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, has become the most spellbinding and successful new musical in years.

Wicked is currently playing at Sacramento Community Center Theater through June 17, 2012. From here it will move to San Diego, California for the performances at San Diego Civic Theatre start on June 20 and continue through July 15, 2012. Buy Wicked San Diego CA Tickets online today for the best seat locations at the best prices.