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Archive for December, 2010
Teal Wicks and Kyle Dean Massey on Board for Wicked’s Broadway Run Posted by Julie Harmon On December – 20 – 2010 Teal Wicks has been confirmed to play the role of Elphaba, the emerald-skinned girl who later on became the Wicked Witch of the West in “Wicked”, the award winning musical and re-imagining of…
Wicked Little Rock | Robinson Center
Coming back by popular demand, Wicked kicks off the 2019-2020 Broadway Season in Little Rock’s Robinson Center Music Hall. As one of the longest-running shows on Broadway, Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz has captured the hearts of hundreds of people around the world. Although set in a familiar land from childhood…
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The History of the Gershwin Theatre Posted by Julie Harmon On February – 15 – 2009 The original name for the George Gershwin Theatre was the Uris. In 1972 when it first opened, the Uris was the next large Broadway theatre to have been built since 1931 when the Earl Carroll was constructed. It occupied…
Idina Menzel Maps Dates for Spring/Summer North American Tour
She was first known onstage as Maureen Johnson from the musical ‘Rent’, then in the small screen as Shelby Corcoran, Rachel Berry’s biological mother in ‘Glee’, and last fall, she became known as the “Barefoot Diva”, hopping from one city to the next across the US, in Canada and in the UK singing show tune…
Idina Menzel – Wicked’s Original Elphaba
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…
Archive for January, 2009
Wicked Omaha | Orpheum Theatre Posted by Julie Harmon On January – 30 – 2009 Wicked comes to Omaha, NE, by way of the Orpheum Theatre, from May 16 to June 3, 2018. The musical tells the story of the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba, whose character, wits and appearance – she was born…