Wicked musical is coming to Seattle WA October 10 to November 17. The popular musical about two very different witches posits them as college roommates before they turn into Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West.

Wicked Paramount Theatre Schedule:
Tuesday to Thursday – 7:30 PM
Friday – 8:00 PM
Saturday – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM
No show on Thursday Oct 18.
Additional 2:00 PM show on Thursday, Nov 15

The national tour is bringing a locally-reared ensemble member, Sarah Schenkkan, who also is understudying the role of Glinda and says, in an interview with CultureMob, that she’s gone on as Glinda, now, about a dozen times. Read the interview by Miryam Gordon at CultureMob.

Before we delve into Sarah’s history, you can keep an eye out for her in the ensemble by her costumes. “I have pointy hair in the mob (scene) – my head looks like a triangle, I carry a big green umbrella in Emerald City and I wear a pink beret in the Shiz University scenes,” Sarah reports. Of course, if she gets to go on as Glinda, you won’t have to wonder if you can catch sight of her!

We started off talking about when Sarah moved to Seattle. “I moved to Seattle when I was six. My dad (the acclaimed playwright Robert Schenkkan) was doing The Kentucky Cycle here at the Intiman and that’s why we moved here. I did my first play in elementary school – a play my mom (actress and voice-over artist Mary Anne Dorward) adapted. It was The Little Cloud. I wore a cardboard cloud over my dress and had the best time. I was so excited.”

Sarah was hooked, but that didn’t mean that she was secure in whether she’d be good enough to compete in this very intense business. “I never really knew for sure that I was good enough to do this. I knew I loved it and wanted to do it. That’s where I felt like my heart was invested in and passionate, but I was aware of the business and it was a tough life.

“I did some shows at Broadway Bound and I give Jimmy Nixon (founder) a lot credit for helping believe I had talent and something special. Really encouraging me to think this was something I could do.

“I studied voice in high school with Anne Evans. She taught a lot of local kids. I played soccer my whole life and basketball (but didn’t take many dance classes). I got involved in shows at Roosevelt High School with (drama teacher extraordinaire) Reuben Van Kampen.”

Sarah is following a special trend our fair city is seeing with locally-reared theater talents going to New York and finding their way back here in national touring companies. Ryah Nixon, Jimmy Nixon’s daughter, with ties to Village Theatre and the 5th Avenue (recently starring in Rent) recently participated in the tour of 9 to 5.

“Ryah was a classmate, a bit older, but she was a person that people knew was going to be on Broadway, “ Sarah says. “And she’s doing that. And she always seemed so confident about where she was going.”

Read the complete interview {Via CultureMob}

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Wicked as a part of the 2012/2013 KeyBank Broadway series, will be playing at the Seattle’s Paramount Theatre from October 10 to November 17, 2012.

“Wicked” is the story of two girls and the very different lives they end up with. Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two 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. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good is at the heart of “Wicked.” Wicked Musical returns to Seattle on October 10.

Wicked Paramount Theatre Schedule:
Tuesday to Thursday – 7:30 PM
Friday – 8:00 PM
Saturday – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Additional 2:00 PM shows on Thursdays Oct 11 and Nov 15

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Patti Murin, Kim Zimmer and Cliffton Hall are set to join the touring cast of Wicked, beginning in Salt Lake City.

Patti Murin, who played the title role in the Broadway production of Lysistrata Jones, will join the company of the first North American tour of Wicked as Glinda on August 21.

Patti Murin Will Join Wicked as Glinda

Kim Zimmer and Cliffton Hall will begin performances as Madame Morrible and Fiyero, respectively, August 14 in Salt Lake City, UT.

Kim Zimmer and Cliffton Hall Will Join Wicked

Zimmer is an Emmy Award winner for her work as Reva Shayne on “Guiding Light.” Her regional and Off-Broadway credits include Four Dogs And A Bone; Love, Loss, And What I Wore; Blood Brothers; Gypsy; Sunset Boulevard; Dirty Blonde; Curtains; and Shirley Valentine, among others.

Hall, who has played Fiyero in the San Francisco production of Wicked, has been seen on Broadway in Miss Saigon and Les Miserables.

Patti Murin appeared on Broadway in Lysistrata Jones and Xanadu. Her film and TV credits include Royal Pains.

Murin, Zimmer and Hall join a cast that includes Nicole Parker as Elphaba and PJ Benjamin as The Wizard.

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, Wicked is based on the 1995 best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, and tells the untold story of the witches of Oz. The musical is currently playing the Capitol Theatre through August 26, 2012. Buy Wicked Salt Lake City UT Tickets, Get $10 OFF on any Ticket orders of $250 or more, use code SUMMERFUNTN at checkout.

Wicked is currently playing at National Arts Centre – Southam Hall and continue through July 29, 2012. The returning engagement of Wicked musical in Ottawa, ON Canada is going to be a big hit.

The Wizard of Oz, know that the Wicked Witch of the West was a piece of nasty, and that the Good Witch of the South, Glinda, was as nice as nice gets. “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 will continue at Ottawa, ON Canada through July 29, 2012. From here it will move to Montreal, Quebec Canada for the performances to start in Salle Wilfrid Pelletier – Place Des Arts from August 01, 2012. Buy Wicked National Arts Centre – Southam Hall Tickets online today for best seat locations at the best prices, Save $15 by using the Code SUMMERTIXTN on Orders of $350 or more!

The Broadway musical Wicked returns to Wharton Center on Wednesday June 27. The musical broke box offices records on its two previous visits to East Lansing. Jeanna De Waal takes the stage as Glinda the Good Witch of Oz for the first time. She joins Christine Dwyer as Elphaba.

“It’s exciting – and scary,” De Waal admitted, speaking by phone. “What I like about Glinda is that there is nothing false about her,” De Waal mused after a rehearsal last week. “When she’s really happy, or when she’s sad, she shows it. “Christine Dwyer (who plays Elphaba) is blowing my mind. I’m looking forward to working with her.”

Wicked Wharton Center Performances Schedule:
Tuesday to Thursday – 7:30 PM
Friday – 8:00 PM
Saturday – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM

Additional Matinee on Thursday, June 28 – 1:30 PM
There is a performance on Monday, July 2 – 7:30 PM
No show on Wednesday, July 04.

“Wicked,” Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman. Glinda and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, are characters we all know from “The Wizard of Oz”. But “Wicked,” based on Gregory Maguire’s novel by the same name, is a story about Oz before Dorothy dropped in.

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Wicked second North American tour will welcome Jeanna de Waal as Glinda on Wednesday, June 27 at the Wharton Center in East Lansing, MI.

Jeanna de Waal Joining Wicked as Glinda

De Waal will join Wicked in conjunction with the tour’s opening in East Lansing, MI.

The company also features Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), Timothy Britten Parker (Dr. Dillamond), Billy Harrigan Tighe (Fiyero), Michael Wartella (Boq) and Stephanie Torns (Standby for Elphaba) with Kerry Blanchard, Jane Brockman, Bridie Carroll, Michael Drolet, Anna Eilinsfeld, Peter C. Ermides, Ryan Patrick Farrell, Samantha Farrow, Natalie Fotopoulos, Dominic Giudici, Lauren Haughton, Zach Hensler, KJ Hippensteel, Ryan Jackson, Jillian Kates, Becca Kloha, Sterling Masters, Marissa Miller, Dashi’ Mitchell, Robert Pendilla, Casey Quinn, Wayne Schroder and Justin Wirick.

De Waal most recently finished playing the role of Chris Hargensen in the Off-Broadway revival of Carrie. Previous credits include American Idiot (Broadway), We Will Rock You (West End) and The Rocky Horror Show (The Old Globe, San Diego).

Adapted from the novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked delves into the back story of the iconic characters from Oz. The hit musical has a score by Schwartz, a book by Holzman, direction by Joe Mantello and musical staging by Wayne Cilento.

Wicked second North American tour is currently playing at the Schuster Performing Arts Center in Dayton, OH through June 24, 2012. From here Wicked will move to East Lansing MI for the performances to begin at Wharton Center from June 27 and continue through July 08, 2012.

Wicked Wharton Center Schedule:
Tuesday to Thursday – 7:30 PM
Friday – 8:00 PM
Saturday – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM

Special Matinee on Thursday, June 28 – 1:30 PM
No show on Wednesday, July 04.

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The company of the first North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s Wicked welcomes Nicole Parker in the role of Elphaba May 18 in Denver, CO.

Nicole Parker Joins Wicked Tour

Nicole Parker as Elphaba in Wicked

Nicole Parker in Wicked

Nicole Parker Joins Wicked Tour

Nicole Parker with Alli Nauzey in Wicked

The cast is also headed by Alli Mauzey as Glinda and Liz McCartney as Madame Morrible with Justin Brill (Boq), Emily Ferranti (Nessarose), Andy Kelso (Fiyero), Paul Slade Smith (Dr. Dillamond) and Carla Stickler (Standby for Elphaba). PJ Benjamin joined the cast as The Wizard May 8.

Parker was seen as Elphaba on Broadway.

Wicked is currently playing the Buell Theatre through Sunday, May 20. From here it will move to Sacramento, California for the performances at California Musical Theatre start on May 23 and continue through June 17, 2012. Get $10 OFF on Wicked California Musical Theatre Ticket Orders of $350 or more by using code #SpringSavings at Checkout.

Wicked Musical is currently playing at the Durham Performing Arts Center and continue through May 27. The cast of Wicked visited Durham School of the Arts to teach a class on acting and movement on Tuesday.

Catherine Charlebois, who plays Nessarose, and fellow cast member Dan Pacheco, who plays Boq, on Tuesday visited Durham School of the Arts to teach a class on acting and movement.

Catherine Charlebois Plays Nessarose in Wicked

Dan Pacheco Plays Boq in Wicked

Charlebois and Pacheco spent the last several minutes of the hour-long class answering students’ questions, ranging from their educational backgrounds and paths to “Wicked” to whether actresses do their own makeup (the answer is, for the most part, yes).

“When you’re acting, specificity is key,” Pacheco advised the group of about 60 high school theater and dance students.

The professionals led the combined class through a series of exercises aimed at fostering specificity, including one in which students were randomly assigned playing cards denoting social class. Kings were the richest of the rich, turning their noses up at most anyone who approached them, while the lowly aces begged for spare change. Participants couldn’t come right out and tell one another the face on their cards – rather, they had to indicate their social class by their behavior.

Waltzing around the room with an air of egotism, junior Anna Acha was clearly a king. A rock musician who aspires to one day work in musical theater, she said after the class that she enjoyed the lesson, particularly since several of the exercises allowed all students to interact with one another.

Most of all, their visit offered students “one-on-one time with someone who is doing what it is that so many of them love to do,” explained DSA theater instructor Tom Nevels. “Our students are here at an arts high school, but I think a lot of times they still have messages coming to them about performance not being a career or needing to always have a backup plan.”

Charlebois and Pacheco said they often visit schools – from the elementary level up to performing arts universities – on tour stops.

“I know when I was their age, it would have been huge for me to see people – not too much older than they are – making it happen and loving their work,” Charlebois said.

And arts programs have become an endangered commodity, Pacheco said.

“Arts are really being cut back in so many communities right now,” he said. “I really like to try to bring some of that into the schools and show the students that you can do things with the arts in your life, and that the arts are important and that being creative is important.”

Read the complete news {Via HeraldSun.com}

Wicked 2nd US National Tour Cast Update:
Lisa Livesay (Glinda), Anne Brummell (Elphaba), Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), Dan Pacheco (Boq), Marilyn Caskey (Madame Morrible), David Nathan Perlow (Fiyero), Don Amendolla (Wizard).

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Wicked Musical fans lined up early in the pre-dawn morning for tickets to the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Wicked touring in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Lonq Que for Wicked Salt Lake City, Utah Tour Tickets

“In the first hour we probably sold about 7,000 tickets,” said Elisabeth Nebeker, marketing director for MagicSpace Entertainment, the Utah-based presenters bringing “Wicked” to the Capitol Theatre July 18-August 26.

“With season ticket holders and pre-sales we already had about 60 percent of tickets sold, with 12,000 tickets available today.”

Which means tickets are going wicked fast.

The first time the Broadway show stopped by Salt Lake City for its national tour it sold out all three weeks. The musical tells a kind of backstory behind “The Wizard of Oz,” charting the rivalry of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

Read the complete story {Via The Salt Lake Tribune}

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Miller Auditorium will host Wicked in 2013. Wicked tour will make a stop at Kalamazoo, MI for the performances to start at Miller Auditorium – Western Michigan University from April 24, 2013 and continue through May 5, 2013.

Wicked broke box office records when it came in the year 2010 and sold out in record time.

Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two 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. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for “the most complete — and completely satisfying — new musical in a long time,” according to USA Today. Wicked, Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, “Wicked” is “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster,” according to The New York Times.

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