Although Adam Lambert is best known for American Idol, previously he was involved with Wicked as well as a musical version of The Ten Commandments. What a lot of people don’t know is that the 27 year old, who was one of the American Idol finalists, had a professional background in musical theater long before singing in front of Paula, Simon, and the rest of the American Idol judges.
Archive for March, 2009
Patty Duke Joins Wicked San Francisco Cast as Madame Morrible
On March - 24 - 2009
Producers for Wicked, the smash hit musical, today announced that starting on March 24 Patty Duke, Academy Award winning actress, will be playing Madame Morrible. The current Madame Morrible, Carol Kane had been scheduled from the beginning for only a limited engagement for the first eight weeks when Wicked returned to its home of San Francisco. Kane will be giving her last performance on March 22 in San Francisco at Orpheum Theatre.
Wicked San Francisco | Orpheum Theatre
On March - 21 - 2009
Wicked is currently playing at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco, California in an open ended engagement. Tickets are currently onsale to the general public through Ticketmaster. For advanced tickets, premium seating and sold out shows review the ticket options below featured from Stubhub.
Wicked New York | Gershwin Theatre
On March - 16 - 2009
Wicked is one of Broadway’s most successful and beloved musicals, and has been stealing the hearts of theatre goers since it first opened at the Gershwin Theatre in 2003. There isn’t a box office record it has yet to dismantle, and its success has spawned shows from Chicago to LA as well as two national touring companies that criss-cross North America, spreading the gospel of the witches of Oz.
Idina Menzel – Wicked’s Original Elphaba
On March - 7 - 2009
Idina Menzel, Tony Award-winning actress, songwriter and singer and best known for her original roles as Elphaba, Wicked Witch of the West, in Wicked and as Maureen in Rent, was born May 30, 1971 as Idina Kim Mentzel. She was born on Long Island, New York into a Jewish family. Stuart Mentzel, her father, was a pajama salesman and Helene, her mother, a therapist.
Wicked Cast: Elphaba & Glinda
On March - 1 - 2009
The musical Wicked is based on Gregory Maguire’s novel and focuses on the story of the two witches of Oz, Elphaba and Glinda. They meet as young girls at the school Shiz, where they are aspiring sorcerers. Wicked details their story and later emergence as The Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda The Good Witch. Out of the 38 characters from the novel, the musical focuses on eight key characters as well as the ensemble and a few others.
