Who were the characters in the play wicked?

Answer 1

Here is a list of characters (info borrowed from Wikipedia):

Character[13] Voice[13] Description Elphabamezzo-soprano with belt An intelligent, misunderstood, compassionate girl with green skin who, while a student at Shiz University, finds an unexpected friend in Glinda and falls in love with Fiyero. Her rebellion against the Wizard, after finding out he has no magical powers and that he is oppressing the talking Animals of Oz, frames her into the name "The Wicked Witch Of The West". After feeling hopeless, even after all her good deeds and intentions, she realizes she will never be able to clear her name and gives in to the name that the Wizard has created for her. Glinda soprano Beautiful and ambitious, Glinda initially seems vain and superficial, though her friendship with Elphaba reveals more depth in her character. She later changes her name from Galinda to Glinda, ostensibly in honor of Doctor Dillamond's persistent mispronunciation, but more likely to impress Fiyero. Glinda is a social climber and seizes the opportunity to join the Wizard despite his fraudulence, who decrees that she be known as "Glinda the Good." Glinda unwittingly sets into motion the events that lead to Boq becoming the Tin Woodman, and Elphaba's sister Nessarose being killed by Dorothy's farmhouse. The Wizard baritone The illegitimate dictator (and non-wizard) of Oz appears fatherly and brands himself a "sentimental man," but he is secretly the driving force behind the oppression of Oz's talking Animals. The Wizard realizes at the end of the story that he is in fact the father of Elphaba after Glinda presents him with the green elixir bottle Elphaba always carried around. The Wizard had given Elphaba's mother the bottle when they had an affair while Elphaba's "father", the Governor of Munchkinland, was away on business. Madame Morrible contralto The sinister headmistress of Shiz University who is revealed to be working in collaboration with the Wizard of Oz. Morrible has a speciality for controlling the weather. Fiyero tenor A handsome prince with a reputation for "Dancing Through Life", who is initially attracted to Galinda. That quickly diminishes after his choice to have a relationship with Elphaba. Fiyero is initially shallow and self-absorbed, but his encounters with Elphaba cause him to re-evaluate his way of thinking. Elphaba transforms Fiyero into the Scarecrow, saving him from a painful death when Ozian guards take him away with plans to be beat him until he tells them where Elphaba went. Nessarose mezzo-soprano Elphaba's beautiful but crippled younger sister who was forced to be dependent on Elphaba to take care of her. The apple of her father's eye, but always isolated from society, Nessarose is a sensitive soul who wants other people to see beyond her wheelchair. The Munchkin Boq claims to be different, and Nessarose becomes unhealthily attached to him, although in reality he is merely trying to score points with Glinda, who simply palmed him off onto Nessa to deflect his unwanted advances. When Boq begins to resent being with Nessarose, she thinks it's because she herself is "not right", and after succeeding her father as the Governor of Munchkinland, she decrees that Boq be her right-hand man, in the hope that he will grow to love her if she keeps him with her long enough. As her insecurities grow, Nessarose turns into a dictator, mandating that no Munchkin is free to leave Munchkinland, in a bid to hold onto Boq. This causes her subjects to call her "The Wicked Witch of the East", just as her sister Elphaba is known as the "Wicked Witch of the West". When finally given the power to walk, Nessarose is thrilled at the prospect of having a normal romantic relationship with Boq, only to learn that he is still infatuated with Glinda and intends to go after her. Nessarose's last attempt to stop Boq from leaving fails miserably, and with neither her father nor her sister around, she is left with no one but "the girl in the mirror". Her enchanted shoes which enabled her to walk at the tail end of her life are all that's left of her following her tragic death. Boq tenor The socially awkward, mousy, middle-class Munchkin Boq is obsessed with Glinda at Shiz University. Glinda conveniently foists this unwanted nuisance of a suitor upon Nessarose, who is instantly smitten by him. Foolishly hoping to impress Glinda, Boq feigns romantic interest in Nessarose and leads her on. When he first tries to leave, Nessarose thinks it's because of her crippled condition, and in her capacity as the Governor of Munchkinland, she mandates that he become her right-hand man, in the hope that he'll grow to love her if she keeps him with her long enough. After Nessa is given the power to walk, Boq believes he is free to go back to pursuing Glinda, whom he stupidly continues to obsess over. When Nessarose tries to stop him, Boq threatens her with a knife, at which point she desperately tries to cast a spell on him to claim the "heart" he says he "lost" to Glinda. The spell is miscast, causing Boq's heart to literally shrink, prompting Elphaba to turn him into a Tin Man who "won't need" a heart to continue living. This in turn quite literally leaves Boq, now the Tin Man, with an axe to grind with Elphaba, believing that she turned him into tin as an act of wickedness rather than mercy. Doctor Dillamond baritone A Goat, and the only Animal professor left at Shiz University, Doctor Dillamond is a victim of the Wizard's Animal Suppression Policy. Elphaba is fond of him, but he is taken away from Shiz U after the Wizard decrees that Animals are no longer permitted to teach. Doctor Dillamond eventually loses his ability to speak altogether.

Answer 2

There are many roles, including:

Elphaba

Glinda

Nessarose

Madame Morrible

Doctor Dillamond

Fyiero

Boq

Grimmerie

Wizard

Dorthy

Toto

Tin Woodman

Cowardly Lion

Scarecrow

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