Wicked first North American touring company welcomes Gina Beck as Glinda and Alison Fraser as Madame Morrible today, Monday, December 16 at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago, IL. Beck and Fraser join a cast that includes Alison Luff as Elphaba and John Davidson as The Wizard.

Gina Beck Joins Wicked

Beck will be making her US debut in Wicked. She comes to the tour directly from the West End production of Wicked where she played Glinda. Other West End credits include: Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera and Cosette in LES MISERABLES. BBC credits include: “Doctors,” “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” and “The Crust.”

Alison Fraser Joins Wicked

Fraser is a two-time Tony Award nominee for The Secret Garden and Romance/Romance. Other Broadway credits include Gypsy,Tartuffe, Born Again and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Roles she has originated include Matron in Tennessee Williams’s In Masks Outrageous and Austere, Arsinoë in The School for Lies, Sister Walburga in The Divine Sister, Miss Drumgoole in Up Against It, Trina inMarch of the Falsettos and In Trousers and Veronica Bailey on ItCouldBeWorse.tv.

The company also features Tom Flynn (Dr. Dillamond), Curt Hansen (Fiyero), Jesse JP Johnson (Boq), Jaime Rosenstein (Nessarose) and Laurel Harris (standby for Elphaba) with Keith A. Bearden, Shayla Beck, Dina Bennett, Kyle Brown, Nirine S. Brown, John Carroll, Rick Desloge, Timothy A. Fitz-Gerald, Adam Fleming, Jenny Florkowski, Lindsay Janisse, Spencer Jones, Sheila Karls, Ryan Patrick Kelly, Trevor Ryan Krahl, Marina Lazzaretto, Alison Leo, Marissa Lupp, Raymond Joel Matsamura, Jonathan McGill, Kevin McMahon, Meredith Miles, Shanon Mari Mills, Cassie Okenka, Brandon Rubendall, Christopher Russo, Pamela Shandrow, Daniel Switzer, Shanna VanDerwerker and Nicky Venditti.

Wicked first North American tour is currently in Chicago performing at Oriental Theatre through December 21, 2013. Final few performances left of Wicked in Chicago Illinois, Don’t miss, Watch Wicked!

Wicked north american national tour is currently performing at State Theatre Cleveland (1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 200, Cleveland, OH 44115) through January 05, 2014.

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Wicked is Back Again at State Theatre – Cleveland, to Dazzle You with Big Tunes, Witchy Spells and Major Glitz – Reviewed By Christine Howey, CleveScene.com.

Wicked is about the original Wicked Witch and her counterpart Glinda the Good Witch, not the versions Hamilton and Billie Burke created in the iconic flick. But their indelible performances always seem to hover around and about this show, featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.

This show has been performed so many times in so many places, it’s as seamless and smooth as a billiard ball. But that’s how the devotees of the play, many of whom tend to be teen and pre-teen girls, want it to be.

This production doesn’t disappoint from that perspective. Indeed, it may even exceed previous touring companies in some respects.

Featuring a story with some fairly complex plot turns that chronologically straddles the arrival of Dorothy in Oz, Wicked is a polished and stunningly designed production that never fails to amaze. Even when some of the set pieces and effects are clearly extraneous, they still have to power to fascinate.

If a house landed on you when you were young and you don’t know the story, suffice to say that the mean green witch (actual name Elphaba) and Glinda (actual name Galinda) met when students at Shiz University. Pursuing their studies in sorcery, they eventually bond, but are clearly flying their brooms in different directions, career-wise.

Glinda is a ditzy Legally Blonde-ish kind of witch, a fave of everyone who meets her. But she has a good heart and shares her crowd-pleasing knowledge with the sharp-edged Elphaba in the catchy song “Popular.”

In that role, Hayley Podschun dutifully mimics the performance markers set down by the original stage Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth. (Hey, this show is a valuable corporate product and like any good corporation, they’re looking for consistency.) But Podschun nails her songs with verve and high spirits, and what more can you ask?

Of course, Elphaba is an entirely different sort of enchantress. This is cemented in the show’s sterling song, the Act 1 closer “Defying Gravity,” in which Elphaba declares her independence in a rush of beautifully scored self-help aphorisms: “Too late for second guessing/Too late to go back to sleep/It’s time to trust my instincts/Close my eyes and leap!”

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Wicked north american national tour is in Cleveland, OH through January 05, 2014 and currently performing at State Theatre Cleveland (1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 200, Cleveland, OH 44115).

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Wicked returns to PlayhouseSquare with wonderful leading ladies – Reviewed By Brooke Bridenstine, News-Herald.com.

“It’s good to see me, isn’t it?” she asks. “No need to respond. That was rhetorical.” Nonetheless, Galinda, it is wonderful to see you.

Here in Northeast Ohio, we’re pretty experienced when it comes to catching the smash musical “Wicked” at PlayhouseSquare. The show is on stage at the State Theatre, marking the fourth time a professional tour of the Broadway show has landed at the downtown Cleveland performing-arts complex, playing to full houses each time.

If we needed a reminder of why we love this show — which takes place before and during the events of Frank L. Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” — this production will do it. As with previous versions, it’s heartwarming, hilarious and crammed with terrific musical numbers. (If you don’t enjoy the Act I-closing “Defying Gravity,” there’s just something wrong with you.)

The backbone of “Wicked” is the unlikely friendship of popular, pretty girl Galinda (Hayley Podschun), who will become Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, and outcast Elphaba (Jennifer DiNola), the future Wicked Witch of the West. The bubbly blonde and the green-skinned brainiac are, at first, rivals, but they grow to be friends when Galinda feels badly for Elphaba at a school dance, when the latter dances by herself.

“I’ll say this for her: She doesn’t give a twig about what anybody else thinks,” says Fiyero (David Nathan Perlow), a dashing gent who hooks up with Galinda but who may just have more in common with Elphaba.

“Of course she does,” Galinda says, seeing her as a person for the first time. “She just pretends she doesn’t.”

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Wicked will return to Majestic Theatre San Antonio March 12 to March 30, 2014. Wicked broke box office records and sold out in record time in 2009 and 2011. Tickets are on sale now for the San Antonio, TX return engagement of Broadway’s biggest blockbuster musical Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz.

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Broadway’s biggest blockbuster, Wicked return engagement at the Majestic Theatre will play 24 performances from March 12 to March 30, 2014.

Wicked Majestic Theatre Schedule:
Wednesday 3/12/2014 – 7:30 PM
Thursday 3/13/2014 – 2:00 PM
Thursday 3/13/2014 – 7:30 PM
Friday 3/14/2014 – 8:00 PM
Saturday 3/15/2014 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday 3/16/2014 – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Tuesday 3/18/2014 – 7:30 PM
Wednesday 3/19/2014 – 7:30 PM
Thursday 3/20/2014 – 7:30 PM
Friday 3/21/2014 – 8:00 PM
Saturday 3/22/2014 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday 3/23/2014 – 2:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Tuesday 3/25/2014 – 7:30 PM
Wednesday 3/26/2014 – 7:30 PM
Thursday 3/27/2014 – 7:30 PM
Friday 3/28/2014 – 8:00 PM
Saturday 3/29/2014 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday 3/30/2014 – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM

“Broadway in San Antonio at the Majestic Theatre is pleased to welcome Wicked back to San Antonio for its third engagement,” says Mike Rilley, general manager of the Majestic and Charline McCombs Empire Theatres. “The national tour is a spectacular production that keeps audiences spellbound by its talent and story. We’re looking forward to experiencing the magic once again.”

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Wicked Orpheum Theatre Schedule:
Wednesday 5/7/2014 – 7:30 PM
Thursday 5/8/2014 – 7:30 PM
Friday 5/9/2014 – 8:00 PM
Saturday 5/10/2014 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday 5/11/2014 – 1:30 PM and 7:00 PM
Tuesday 5/13/2014 – 7:30 PM
Wednesday 5/14/2014 – 7:30 PM
Thursday 5/15/2014 – 7:30 PM
Friday 5/16/2014 – 8:00 PM
Saturday 5/17/2014 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday 5/18/2014 – 1:30 PM and 7:00 PM
Tuesday 5/20/2014 – 7:30 PM
Wednesday 5/21/2014 – 7:30 PM
Thursday 5/22/2014 – 7:30 PM
Friday 5/23/2014 – 8:00 PM
Saturday 5/24/2014 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday 5/25/2014 – 1:30 PM and 7:00 PM

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Wicked will return to Fox Cities Performing Arts Center February 12 to March 02, 2014. Wicked broke box office records and sold out in record time in 2009 and 2011. Tickets are on sale now for the Appleton, WI return engagement of Broadway’s biggest blockbuster musical Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz.

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“WICKED is such a wonderful story about friendship, having the courage to stand up for what you believe and the cost of the choices you make,” said Maria Van Laanen, Fox Cities P.A.C. executive vice president. “People in our community have found a strong connection with this spectacular musical’s beautiful sets, costumes and unforgettable score!”

Wicked Fox Cities PAC Schedule:
Tuesday to Saturday Evenings – 7:30 PM
Sunday Evenings – 6:30 PM
Saturday Matinees – 2:00 PM
Sundays Matinees – 1:00 PM

Wicked musical tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, and how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

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Wicked Musical scheduled to Tour in Pittsburgh next year January 2014. Wicked will be performing on tour at Benedum Center for only 4-weeks through February 09, 2014.

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Wicked Benedum Center Schedule:
Wednesdays – 7:30 PM
Thursdays – 7:30 PM
Fridays – 8:00 PM
Saturdays – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sundays – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Additional shows on Thursday 1/16/2014 at 2:00 PM

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California Musical Theatre announces the 2013-14 Broadway Sacramento season at Community Center Theater, which includes the Blockbuster musical Wicked. Wicked musical touring production will be in Sacramento CA next year May 28 to June 15, 2014. Broadway Sacramento is sponsored by Wells Fargo. Tickets are now on sale for the national tour of the hit musical and Selling fast Online.

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Back by “Popular” demand. Variety calls Wicked “a cultural phenomenon,” and when it last played Sacramento, it broke box office records and sold out in record time.

Wicked Sacramento Community Center Theater Shows:
Wednesday, 5/28/2014 – 8:00 PM
Thursday, 5/29/2014 – 8:00 PM
Friday, 5/30/2014 – 8:00 PM
Saturday, 5/31/2014 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday, 6/1/2014 – 2:00 PM
Tuesday, 6/3/2014 – 8:00 PM
Wednesday, 6/4/2014 – 8:00 PM
Thursday, 6/5/2014 – 8:00 PM
Friday, 6/6/2014 – 8:00 PM
Saturday, 6/7/2014 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday, 6/8/2014 – 2:00 PM
Tuesday, 6/10/2014 – 8:00 PM
Wednesday, 6/11/2014 – 8:00 PM
Thursday, 6/12/2014 – 8:00 PM
Friday, 6/13/2014 – 8:00 PM
Saturday, 6/14/2014 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday, 6/15/2014 – 2:00 PM

Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, Wicked is “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The New York Times). 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” (USA Today).

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Wicked the Broadway musical again returns to Des Moines Civic Center in Des Moines (221 Walnut St., Des Moines, IA 50309) Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Wicked will be here for only 2 weeks with 16 performances till November 10, 2013.

Wicked Musical Tour in Des Moines

Back by “Popular” demand. Variety calls Wicked “a cultural phenomenon,” and when it first played Des Moines, it broke box office records and sold out in record time. Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, Wicked is “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The New York Times).

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Wicked Des Moines Civic Center Schedule:
Tuesdays to Fridays – 7:30 PM
Saturdays – 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Sundays – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM

Nearly 100 people worked for 13 trucks full of stage equipment for the musical Wicked. It’s the untold story of the witches of Oz. It took about 30 hours to set up the stage for the Des Moines production. The set includes about 175-thousand pounds of scenery which uses about five miles of cable to automate it.

Wicked at Des Moines Civic Center

“It’s one of the closest replicas to a Broadway show that there is,” says stage manager David O’Brien. “The producers and the creative staff really maintain the show to a point where we’re really seeing a Broadway quality show.”

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The sad news for the week is that The hilarious Book of Mormon Musical will be ending its run at the Bank of America Theatre. Book of Mormon scheduled to leave Sunday, Oct. 6, after 43 weeks and 344 performances. Producers already annonced that Book of Mormon will be returning to Chicago, likely during the fall or winter of 2014. The dates and the length of the return engagement have not yet been announced.

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But the entertainment is On in Chicago as the Wicked musical on national tour will be returning to Chicago. Backed by popular demand and to celebrate its tenth anniversary on Broadway, Wicked musical will return to the Chicago Illinois on October 30 and will perform through December 21, 2013. If you would like to see the Broadway Blockbuster musical again or if you missed out on its original run, Hurry up to Get Wicked Oriental Theatre tickets here.

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