Wicked

No, there aren't any scheduled performances of 'Wicked' at this time. But performances are scheduled for Seattle. The dates are September 2-October 4, 2009. Performances will be held at the Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine Street, Seattle, Washington 98101. There aren't any performances scheduled for Spokane in 2010. But next year's schedule still is being worked out. For the latest news, please visit http:/www.musicalschwartz.com/wicked-tour.htm#seattle.

One helpful site to visit for current information is www.wickedthemusical.com. Another is www.musicalschwartz.com. An advantage to the second site is the presence of Carol de Giere as webmaster. She may be emailed at carol@musicalschwartz.com. Please be sure to type 'Comment' or 'Question' into the subject line so that she knows that your message isn't spam.

Actually its about 2 hours and 45 mins. The first act is am hour and a half, then there is about a 15 min intermission ( intermission may vary depending on where you see it, Broadway is 15 mins) then the second act is an hour.

It depends on when you saw the show.

The actress to play the role on Broadway are:

Idina Menzel (Oct 8. 2003 - Jan 9. 2005)

Shoshana Bean (Jan 11. 2005 - Jan 8. 2006)

Eden Espinosa (Jan 10. 2006 - Oct 8. 2006)

Ana Gasteyer (Oct 10. 2006 - Jan 7. 2007)

Julia Murney (Jan 9. 2007 - Oct 7. 2007)

Stephanie J Block (Oct 9. 2007 - June 15. 2008)

Kerry Ellis (June 17. 2008 - Nov 9. 2008)

Marcie Dodd (Nov 11. 2008 - Jan 11. 2009)

Nicole Parker (Jan 16. 2009 - July 19. 2009)

Dee Roscioli (July 21. 2009 - March 21. 2010)

Mandy Gonzalez (March 23. 2010 - Jan 30. 2011)

Teal Wicks (Feb 1. 2011-Sept. 29. 2011)

Jackie Burns (Sept 29. 2011- current)

Idina Kim Menzel [b. May 30, 1971] played Elphaba in the original casting of 'Wicked'. So she was first to perform the role on Broadway. Specifically, she had the part of Elphaba from opening night on October 30, 2003, to January 8, 2005.

There was a lot of work done so that it there was no actual connection. Supposedly Wicked is the story of what happened before Dorothy showed up in Oz. It actually projects the Wicked Witch of the West as a more or less nice person. It provides a different point of view.

In oz the great and powerful, the wicked witch of the east turns into an old wrinkled witch rather than her pretty, young form after the good witch accidently broke her emerald necklace. So my theory is that she found them and then kept them on to keep herself looking young and to protect herslef from looking old and wrinkled.

The musical 'Wicked' didn't win a Tony for best musical. Instead, the categories in which the musical was nominated and received the award were in designs of costumes and set, and in leading performance. In 2004, Susan Hilferty was the successful nominee for Best Costume Design. Gordon Lee was the successful nominee for Best Scene Design. Idina Kim Menzel [b. May 30, 1971] was the successful nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical.

Oh, dude, totally! Schools can get the rights to perform 'Wicked,' but they gotta go through the proper channels and get permission from the licensing company. It's like asking your mom if you can have a sleepover, but instead of cookies and movies, it's a Broadway musical. Just make sure you follow all the rules, or Glinda might not be so "Popular" with you.

The antagonists would be the Wizard and Madame Morrible.

The play 'Wicked' may be considered a prequel to the much earlier book 'The Wizard of Oz'. Among the characters of the original 1900 book edition, and the beloved 1939 film version, of 'The Wizard of Oz' are the Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witches of the East and of the West, and Glinda the Good Witch. The book by Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954] and the play by Stephen Lawrence Schwartz [b. March 6, 1948] explain what happens in the lives of the Wizard, and the three witches, to have set the events of 'The Wizard of Oz' into motion. The play and the book 'Wicked' give us the perspective of Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West, on life as the sister to Nessarose Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the East and her father's favorite. They also give us her perspective on Galinda, the subsequent Glinda the Good Witch and classmate at Shiz University. And they give us her perspective on being the unacknowledged, natural daughter of the Wizard of Oz. And they also give us her perspective on Fiyero, the Munchkinland Prince who shares her love and for whom the play has a surprise ending.

The poster for the musical 'Wicked' was the result of meetings between 'Wicked' producers David Stone and Marc Platt with Serino Coyne Inc., a well-respected live-entertainment advertising agency. An agency artist created the drawing based on concepts developed in the meetings. This information is included in Carol de Giere's book, 'Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked' [New York: Applause Books, 2008].

The musical 'Wicked' opened on Broadway on October 20, 2003. The cast and the crew are located in Broadway's George Gershwin Theater. The run on Broadway is considered open-ended at this point.

The actors who have played Fiyero in the musical 'Wicked' are the following: For the Broadway production: Norbert Leo Butz [b. January 30, 1967] for 2003-2004; Kristoffer Cusick [b. March 29, 1974] for 2003; Scott L. ka Taye Diggs [b. January 2, 1971] for 2003; Joseph Mulrey ka Joey McIntyre [b. December 31, 1972] for 2004-2005; David Ayers [b. July 30, 1973] for 2005-2006; Sebastian Arcelus [b. November 5, 1976] for 2007; Aaron Tveit for 2008, 2009; and Kevin Kern for 2008-2009, 2009-Currently. For the 1st National U.S. Tour: Derrick Williams for 2005; Sebastian Arcelus for 2005-2006; Clifton Hall [b. February 10, 1975] for 2006-2008; and Richard H. Blake [b. May 17, 1975] for 2008-Currently. For the Chicago Production: Kristoffer Cusick for 2005-2006, 2008-2009; Brad Bass[b. May 6, 1980] for 2006-2007; Derrick Williams for 2007; and Michael Seelbach for 2007-2008. For the London Production: Adam Gabriel Garcia [b. June 1, 1973] for 2006-2007; and Oliver Tompsett [b. August 25, 1981] for 2007-Currently. For the Los Angeles Production: Kristoffer Cusick for 2007-2008; Michael Seelbach for 2007; Derrick Williams for 2008-2009; and Adam Mitchel Lambert [b. January 1, 1982]. For the Tokyo Production: Li Tao for 2007-2009; and Kitazawa Yusuke for 2008-2009. For the Stuttgart Production: Mark Seibert for 2007-2008; and Mathias Edenborn for 2008-2010. For the Melbourne Production: Rob Mills [b. June 21, 1982] for 2008-Currently. For the San Francisco Production: Nicolas Dromad for 2009-Currently. For the 2nd National U.S. Tour: Colin Connell for 2009-Currently.

Wicked is a muscial that started in san francisco in 2003, then later went to Broadway in 2005. It is right now the highest earning and most popular show on Broadway. It has attracted a cult like audience, especially among teenage girls.

No one is Elphaba Thropp's husband in either the book or the stage versions of 'Wicked'. She's in love with Prince Fiyero. In the original book version by Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954], Fiyero is married unhappily to Sarima. But in the musical, he isn't married.

Do you mean an official movie, or a bootleg recording?

If you mean an official movie, no, but they are making one in a couple years.

If you mean a bootleg recording (an illegal copy of the show where someone goes to the show, sneaks in a vido camera, and tapes it) ummm.... well.... I, uhhh.... ok yes. They are out there... You should get in contact with someone who is a Broadway trader (who collects copies of the show). Go on youtube, pick any random song, (for example, no good deed) and sear the title the song, adding for trade (ex. no good deed for trade) and you will come up with a vid of that song with the words "full show for trade" in the info box. contact the owner of the vid, and they can probably help you out. Most will ask for another bootleg in return, but some would be nice enough to give you the download link for nothing. Happy hunting!!! (sorry that's not much info, but that's pretty much all I can give...)

Answer #1 Well she was pretty dark at Dorothy for killing off the Wicked Witch of the East(accidentally or no). Presumably something horrible was in store for Dorothy in the castle, but the Wicked Witch of the West died before that could happen. Answer #2 The Wicked Witch of the West had enslaved the Winkies, who were residents of the Land of the West. The Witch thought that she could enslave anyone who had the misfortune of stepping foot on her land. Her one eye had telescopic vision, and from her castle saw what she considered were five trespassers: Dorothy and Toto, the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion. At first, she didn't consider any of them fit for work. So she wanted them torn to pieces. To that end, she sent out her helpers: wolves, crows, black bees, and enslaved Winkies. They all failed. The Tin Woodman beheaded the wolves, and killed the bees by breaking their stingers. The Scarecrow killed the crows by twisting their necks. And the Lion scared away the Winkies. So the Witch called on the winged monkeys, who always got the job done, as part of having to fulfill the three wishes of whomsoever was wearing the Golden Cap. By this time, the Witch decided that the Lion could be harnessed, and work for her. She wanted the other four killed. The monkeys broke the Tin Woodman on the rocks. They destrawed the Scarecrow, and put his hat, clothes, and boots high up in a tree. They tied up the Lion, and imprisoned him behind a tall iron fence on the Witch's property. The monkeys were going to tear Dorothy and Toto to pieces, but saw the mark from the kiss of the Good Witch of the East on Dorothy's forehead. They believed the power of good to be greater than that of evil. So they spared the lives of Dorothy and Toto. But they had to obey the Golden Cap wearing Witch. So they brought Dorothy and Toto to the Witch's doorstep. The Witch planned to work Dorothy, Toto, and the Cowardly Lion to death. But once she saw the Silver Slippers she planned to get them away from Dorothy, for their secret powers. She made Dorothy trip, and got one of the Slippers. She was going to get the other when Dorothy threw water on her. Dorothy had no idea that that would kill the Witch, who melted into brown sugar.

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"Wicked" has not been made into a movie, although Universal Studios owns the rights to wicked. It has been said that Wicked will be made into a motion picture, but not for a couple more years.

Wicked tells the story of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. Their friendship struggles through their opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, their reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. The plot is set mostly prior to Dorothy's arrival from Kansas, and also includes several references to well-known scenes and dialogue in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

here is a more detailed look at the whole play...

Act I

The citizens of Oz celebrate the death of the Wicked Witch of the West, outside of the Wizard's Palace. Glinda descends in her gleaming bubble to confirm the circumstances of the Witch's melting ("No One Mourns the Wicked").

The scene then shifts to the birth, years earlier, of the green-skinned Elphaba Thropp, who will later become the Wicked Witch of the West. Elphaba, the daughter of the governor of Munchkinland, suffers an unhappy childhood, facing discrimination because of her skin color and being raised by only her father. At Shiz University, Galinda Upland first encounters Elphaba ("Dear Old Shiz"). In a moment of anger, as she is told she will be rooming with the spoiled and popular Galinda, Elphaba - whose father sent her to the university to care for her disabled sister Nessarose - accidentally reveals an innate magical talent. This impresses Madame Morrible, the "headshiztress" of Shiz, who notes that Elphaba's talents may be of use to the Wizard of Oz, Elphaba's idol. She promises to ask him for an audience, and to instruct Elphaba personally in the art of sorcery, taking no other students ("The Wizard and I"). Galinda (who had been hoping to be admitted to Madame Morrible's sorcery seminar) is horrified, and takes an immediate dislike to Elphaba. Elphaba also dislikes Galinda, and they each lament that they have no choice but to room together ("What Is This Feeling?").

Doctor Dillamond, a goat and Shiz university's only AnimalNote professor, is teaching history class when it is interrupted by an anti-Animal slogan on the back of his blackboard, apparently written in blood: "Animals should be seen not heard." After dismissing the class, he confides in Elphaba that something is causing the Animals of Oz to lose their powers of speech ("Something Bad"). Fiyero Tiggular, a Winkie prince, arrives at Shiz and immediately impresses his own brand of cavalier, carefree living on the students ("Dancing Through Life").

Fiyero organizes a party at a local ballroom. Galinda, while preparing for the dance, discovers a black pointed hat in a box and gives it to Elphaba as a 'present'. Galinda convinces a munchkin student named Boq to take Nessarose, Elphaba's wheelchair bound sister, to the party. Nessarose has a crush on Boq and is overjoyed to be invited. At the dance, Galinda is surprised by the appearance of Madame Morrible, who gives her a training wand and tells her that Elphaba has insisted she be included in the sorcery seminar. Elphaba arrives wearing the hat Galinda had given her, only to be ridiculed. Defiant, she proceeds to dance alone and without musical accompaniment. Fiyero is impressed that Elphaba does not seem to care what anyone thinks of her, but Galinda realizes that this is not true. Feeling guilty, she joins Elphaba on the dance floor, marking the start of a new friendship between the two. After the dance, Galinda and Elphaba talk in their room. Elphaba confides that her father hates her because of her green skin and had forced her mother to eat milk flowers to ensure that Nessarose was not born the same, causing Nessarose to be born early, crippling her and killing their mother. Galinda comforts Elphaba, and moved by a desire to help her new friend, Galinda decides to give Elphaba a makeover and to make her popular ("Popular").

The next day, Ozian officials take Doctor Dillamond away. The new history teacher arrives with a caged lion cub, revealing that Animals that are kept in cages will never learn to speak. Outraged, Elphaba and Fiyero steal the cub and set it free. There is a hint of chemistry between the pair, but Fiyero leaves, embarrassed. Elphaba takes refuge under a bridge and regrets that it would be impossible for someone like Fiyero to love someone like her ("I'm Not That Girl"). Madame Morrible finds Elphaba and announces that she has been granted an audience with the Wizard. At the train station, Galinda and Fiyero see Elphaba off to the Emerald City. Galinda complains to Elphaba privately that Fiyero's affections toward her seem to be waning. Fiyero has brought flowers for Elphaba as a going away present, and seems to be more interested in her than he is in Galinda. In an attempt to impress Fiyero, Galinda announces that she will change her name to "Glinda" in honor of Doctor Dillamond's persistent mispronunciation. Fiyero does not appear to notice and, feeling bad for Glinda, Elphaba invites her along to see the Wizard.

After a day of sightseeing in the Emerald City ("One Short Day"), Elphaba and Glinda meet the Wizard. Eschewing special effects, which he employs for the benefit of most visitors, he invites Elphaba to join him ("Sentimental Man"). As a test, he asks that Elphaba give his monkey servant, Chistery, the ability to fly using the Grimmerie, an ancient book of spells. Elphaba demonstrates an innate understanding of the lost language and successfully gives Chistery wings. The Wizard reveals an entire cage full of winged monkeys, and remarks that they will make good spies to report any subversive Animal activity. Realizing that she has been used and that the Wizard has no power of his own, Elphaba runs away with the Grimmerie, pursued by the palace guards.

Elphaba and Glinda run into the tallest tower, where they hear Madame Morrible declaring to all of Oz that Elphaba is a "Wicked Witch" and is not to be trusted. Elphaba enchants a broomstick to fly and tries to convince Glinda to join her in her cause, but Glinda cannot resist the call of popularity and refuses. Leaving Glinda behind, Elphaba flies off, promising to fight the Wizard with all her power ("Defying Gravity").

Act II

Several years have passed, and Elphaba's exploits have earned her the title "The Wicked Witch of the West" ("No One Mourns the Wicked (reprise)"). Glinda and Morrible hold a press conference a la Evita to announce Glinda's surprise engagement to Fiyero ("Thank Goodness"). Meanwhile, Elphaba arrives at the governor's residence in Munchkinland seeking refuge. Nessarose, now the governor following their father's suicide, criticizes Elphaba for not using magic to help her to overcome her disability. To assuage her feelings of guilt, Elphaba enchants Nessarose's jeweled shoes, enabling her to walk. Boq, Nessarose's servant, is summoned and reveals that his affection for Nessarose was put on and that his heart lies with Glinda. Furious, Nessarose miscasts a spell from the Grimmerie, causing Boq's heart to shrink. While Elphaba attempts to save him, Nessarose reflects on how her obsession with Boq has led her to oppress the Munchkin people ("The Wicked Witch of the East"). Elphaba saves Boq by turning him into the Tin Man - horrified, Nessarose lays the blame on Elphaba.

Elphaba returns to the Wizard's palace in order to free the rest of the winged monkeys. The Wizard attempts to regain her favor by agreeing to set them free ("Wonderful"). Upon discovering a now-speechless Doctor Dillamond among the monkeys, Elphaba rejects his offer and attempts to escape, running into Fiyero in the process. Confirming his true love for Elphaba, he runs off with her. Glinda sees this and is crestfallen that she has been betrayed by those closest to her ("I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)"). In an attempt to capture Elphaba once and for all, Madame Morrible decides to create a cyclone that will endanger Nessarose.

In a dark forest, Fiyero and Elphaba express their mutual love but are interrupted when Elphaba senses that her sister is in danger ("As Long As You're Mine"). She flies off to help but is too late, arriving just after Dorothy's house has landed on Nessarose, killing her. The palace guards capture Elphaba, but Fiyero intervenes and allows Elphaba to escape before surrendering himself. The guards take him to a nearby cornfield to be tortured until he tells them where Elphaba has fled. At one of Fiyero's family's castles, Elphaba tries to cast a spell to save Fiyero but, thinking she has failed, she begins to accept her reputation as "wicked" ("No Good Deed").

Meanwhile, Boq and the citizens of Oz prepare a witch hunt ("March of the Witch Hunters"). Boq claims that he was turned into the tin man as an act of evil by Elphaba, as he does not know that she saved him. The lion cub that Elphaba freed at Sitz is also at the gathering and turns out to be the "cowardly" lion. Boq tells the citizens that because Elphaba released him to fend for himself at such a young age, the lion has no courage; again Elphaba's good deed is lost amongst the crowd. Seeing the witch hunt, Glinda travels to Elphaba and Fiyero's castle to persuade her to let Dorothy go, but she refuses. She makes Glinda promise not to clear her name and to take charge in Oz, and the two confirm a true friendship ("For Good"). As the mob arrives at the castle, Dorothy throws a bucket of water on Elphaba (there had been previous rumours of Elphaba's allergy to water). Elphaba collapses to the ground, and only her hat, robe and green elixir are left behind. It is then revealed that the Wizard is actually Elphaba's father. Glinda tells the Wizard to leave Oz in his balloon, and sends Morrible to prison, before preparing to address the citizens of Oz, returning to the opening scene of the show.

and i will not tell you the rest because.. well that's just wrong and such a spoiler

Most likely. There are rumors floating around that it will begin to film this year, although it is not certain. In an interview with Kristin Chenoweth, she says she hopes the movie will be filmed before she has to play Morrible.