Wicked

Wayne Louis Cilento (b. August 28, 1949) is the original choreographer of the musical "Wicked."

Specifically, Cilento largely is self-taught and strong on experience in dance and choreography. He combines the two backgrounds and loves in his original choreography for the musical "Wicked." The text, musical score and lyrics are award-winning individually and collectively. The dance sequences are as important as the lyrics and the score in making the musical the tightly knit presentation that it is.

In the novel and the play 'Wicked', Galinda changed her name to Glinda. She went through the name change out of respect for the memory of Dr. Dillamond of Shiz University. That university was Galinda's alma mater. The doctor was one of Galinda's teachers, and a highly respected faculty member as a sentient Animal. His brutal murder shocked many of his current and former students. Galinda wanted to honor his memory by changing her name to the way that he always - in sentient Goat fashion - mispronounced it.

She changed it to impress her boyfriend Fyero.Who at this point was acting strange due to ( what glinda didnt know) hes love for Elphaba.

There have been fifteen (15) tours of the Broadway musical "Wicked," with performances scheduled in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Specifically, within North America there have been the following tours:

1. First National Tour, since March 31, 2005;

2. Second National Tour, since March 12, 2009;

3. - 4. San Francisco, California, June 10 - 29, 2003 and February 6, 2009 - September 5, 2010;

5. Los Angeles, California, February 21, 2007 - January 11, 2009;

6. Chicago, Illinois, July 13, 2005 - January 25, 2009;

The following tours have taken place in Europe:

1. West End, London, England, since September 27, 2006;

2. Stuttgart, Germany, November 15, 2007 - January 29, 2010;

3. Oberhausen, German, since March 8, 2010;

There have been the following tours in Australia:

1. Melbourne, Australia, July 12, 2008 - August 9, 2009;

2. Sydney, September 12, 2009 - September 26, 2010;

3. The Australian National Tour, since January 25, 2011.

The following tours have taken place in Asia:

1. Tokyo, Japan, June 17, 2007 - September 6, 2009;

2. Osaka, Japan, October 11, 2009 - February 13, 2011;

3. Fukuoka, Japan, April 3, 2011 - August 28, 2011;

Additionally, "Wicked" tours are scheduled for Nagyoa, Japan and for Scheveningen, Netherlands in late 2011.

Hawaii isn't included on the 2009 tour schedule of select cities in Australia, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The play currently has an open-endedperformance schedule in San Francisco, California. Other West Coast dates for 2009 are March 4-April 5 in Portland, Oregon; July 29-August 30 in San Diego, California; and September 2-October 4 in Seattle, Washington.

The novel and the play are going to be adapted to movie format. Pre-production is scheduled for next year, with a film release date of 2012. What with the previous and current successes of the play, and now with filming plans, it's possible that even more cities may be added next year.

Perhaps the best source of information is webmaster Carol de Giere, who can be reached by email at carol@musicalschwartz.com. Be sure to type in QUESTIONin the heading to the message.

Wicked IS coming to Hawaii this Fall 2011.

They just haven't released the dates.

The musical "Wicked" was written in 2003.

Specifically, screenwriter Winnie Holzman (b. 1954) wrote the book for the musical adaptation. Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (b. March 6, 1948) was the composer and lyricist for the musical production. The music and the words were based loosely upon the previously published "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire (b. June 9, 1954) in 1995.

After Elphaba first discovers what the Wizard really is like and just after Dorothy arrives in Oz are when Glinda and Elphaba fight in "Wicked."

Specifically, the conflicts come out in the song "Defying Gravity" and just before "No Good Deed." Their unlikely friendship does not end with the realization that Elphaba will not be persuaded to budge from her anti-Wizard stance and that Glinda is an accessory to capturing Elphaba at Nessarose's funeral. What says all is the albeit sarcastically expressed hope that each one is happy in "Defying Gravity" and that Elphaba turns the Grimmerie over to Glinda.

No, 'As Long As You're Mine' doesn't come before 'Defying Gravity'. The first act of the musical ends with 'Defying Gravity'. The song 'As Long As You're Mine' is around half way through the second act of 'Wicked'.

The following list from the original Broadway performance gives the names of the songs, in the order in which they're performed in the musical:

Act I

'No One Mourns the Wicked'

'Dear Old Shiz'

'The Wizard and I'

'What is This Feeling'

'Something Bad'

'Dancing Through Life'

'Popular'

'I'm Not That Girl'

'One Short Day'

'A Sentimental Man'

'Defying Gravity'

Act II

'Thank Goodness'

'Wonderful'

'I'm Not That Girl'

'As Long As You're Mine'

'No Good Deed'

'March of the Witch Hunters'

'For Good'

'Finale'.

The musical 'Wicked' represents the consolidation of a number of years in the lives of two witches. On the one hand, the costumes and the props of the staged version of the play are such as to convey a sense of timelessness. On the other hand, some of the costumes recall specific fashion periods, such as Glinda's 1950's style 'Popular Girl' pink ruffled dress.

The musical's setting begins with the end, traces back significant episodes, and ends back where the play opens. The main characters are Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba Thropp, the subsequent Wicked Witch of the West. So the action begins with Glinda's triumph at the supreme sorceress over the former lands of the Wizard of Oz. Her triumph appears to have been achieved at the expense of Elphaba's life and reputation.

But flashbacks show that the two witches work their way through initial enmity to friendship. By the time that the musical gets through Glinda's reminiscences, viewers realize that Elphaba's apparent downfall is her actual triumph also. Where Glinda gains a powerful reputation, Elphaba seems to lose hers. But that loss is due to a working arrangement between the two former enemies and subsequent fast friends. Glinda gets to have a career while Elphaba gets to have a personal life and possibly a new career elsewhere, outside of Glinda's power base in Oz.