[16] The tour played its final performance at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles on July 31, 2011, ahead of a non-equity tour in September.[17]. Join our free mailing list for a reminder before tickets go on sale in June. [111] Despite the production closing on December 18, 2016, on November 12, 2018 a Brazilian revival production of the show was announced, this time in Rio de Janeiro's entertainment center Cidade das Artes. The only remains of her are her pointy hat and the Green Elixir that she had slept with under her pillow. On September 5, 2021 a brand new non-replica production opened at the Neue Flora Theatre in Hamburg, produced by Stage Entertainment, which previously had presented the show in Stuttgart, Oberhausen, and The Hague. The two ogres begin a new life together (along with Donkey, Dragon, and the Fairytale Creatures) as everyone celebrates their liberation against Farquaad's rule ("This Is Our Story"). The official opening took place on November 6. But Godspell/Pippin composer Stephen Schwartz's 21st century Broadway musical version comes courtesy of a slightly more obtuse take on Baum's story: novelist Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist prequel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. [185] On April 1, 2020, Universal put the film on hold once again due to Universal shifting release dates amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and gave Sing 2 the 2021 release date. The #WickedMovie is really happening and I have 3 days of footage of prove it:) oh also JEFF GOLDBLUME IS THE WIZARD!!!! Nigel Harman once again directed the tour which ran until January 2019. and mocking her tragic childhood circumstances. EDIT: I'VE DECIDED TO PUT THIS COLLAB ON THE BACK BURNER FOR THE TIME BEING!!!! Talia Suskauer is honored to be joining the Broadway company of Wicked and fulfilling a dream she's had since seeing the show at the Gershwin at age 9! A second tour of North America, featuring a Non-Equity cast, launched September 9, 2011, at the Capitol Theatre in Yakima, Washington. [71] Sophie Evans, who was a maternity cover for Helen Woolf and Laura Pick, reopened the show and left when the cast changed on January 30, 2022. [163] The Melbourne production broke Australian box-office records, selling 24,750 tickets in three hours during pre-sales and grossing over $1.3million on the first business day after its official opening. She performed her version of "Defying Gravity" at the 2008 Royal Variety Performance, alongside May on guitar. [34], A cast recording of the original Broadway production was released on December 16, 2003, by Universal Music. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. Elphaba gives the Grimmerie to Glinda and they embrace one final time before saying goodbye forever, realizing how much they've changed because they knew each other ("For Good"). The Los Angeles production took the local weekly gross record, again from a performance of The Producers, bringing in $1,786,110 in the week ending March 4, 2007. Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times: "'Shrek,' for the record, is not bad. As the title character, a misanthropic green ogre who learns to love, the talented Mr. James is encumbered with padding and prosthetics. As the evil, psychologically maimed Lord Farquaad, the very droll Christopher Sieber is required to walk on his knees, with tiny fake legs dangling before him an initially funny sight gag that soon drags". The original cast consisted of Rob Mills as Fiyero, Anthony Callea as Boq, Rob Guest as the Wizard, Maggie Kirkpatrick as Madame Morrible, Penny McNamee as Nessarose and Rodney Dobson as Doctor Dillamond. A great role for a young performer destined to be a character actress. Sugar Plum Fairy to Shrek The Sugar Plum Fairy is a character in Shrek the Musical and one of the Fairytale creatures banished from the kingdom of Duloc by Lord Farquaad . Just as Gingy was going to reveal what he knows, the Captain of the guards arrives and announces that they have found the Magic Mirror. Having stamped herself as one of the West End's leading ladies in recent years, Alice has starred in Les Miserables, Shrek The Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and famously as green witch Elphaba in Wicked. Elphaba visits Nessarose, now the governor of Munchkinland after the death of their father. "[40], The Associated Press said that "the folks at DreamWorks have done their darndest to make sure we are entertained at Shrek the Musical, the company's lavish stage adaptation of its hit animated movie. Block with Schwartz at the piano, "I'm Not That Girl" by Kerry Ellis (featuring Brian May on guitar), Menzel's dance mix of "Defying Gravity" and "For Good" sung by LeAnn Rimes and Delta Goodrem. Kerry Ellis, who played Elphaba in the West End and on Broadway, recorded "I'm Not That Girl" for the fifth anniversary edition of the original Broadway cast recording. A dance remix of her rock version of "Defying Gravity" was later released in 2011. [46][47][48][49], In 2005, the first national tour of Wicked (called the "Emerald City Tour" by the producers)[50] started in Toronto, Ontario, and went on to visit numerous cities throughout the United States and Canada. ", "Spinning the Grosses and Spinning the Gossip", "Harriet Thorpe in Morrible in West End Wicked April14", "Wicked Sets New Box Office Record For London Theatres", "WICKED SETS NEW BOX OFFICE RECORD WITH A SINGLE WEEK GROSS OF OVER 1 MILLION, CROWNING A RECORD-BREAKING 2010", "WICKED - The Broadway Musical - Australia", "Wicked Flies to 1,000th Broadway Performance, March23", "Wicked Tour Celebrates 1,000th Performance Aug.15", "WICKED CELEBRATES 1000th PERFORMANCE 14FEBRUARY", "WICKED The Broadway Musical Australia", "Behind the Emerald Curtain official website", "Exclusive footage of Elphaba's make-up process in Wicked", "How Much Does It Cost to Mount a Broadway Musical? The show was nominated for a total of four awards at the 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical, Best Actor for Lindsay and Supporting Actor for Harman, as well as Best Costume Design for Tim Hatley. She was seen as a fairy tale creature banished to Shreks swamp. ECT is excited to announce our fall production of Shrek the Musical. Back at the Emerald City, Glinda confronts the Wizard with Elphaba's bottle, which he recognizes as his own; he was Elphaba's biological father and the cause of her green skin. Glinda the Good floats in and reveals Elphaba's past: her mother had an affair with a traveling salesman while her father, the governor of Munchkinland, was away. Not even half a year later, on October 7, it was announced that Wicked will return to Australia for an exclusive 20th anniversary run, with performances starting in August, 2023 at the Sydney Lyric Theatre. This was then performed in all subsequent productions, replacing "Donkey Pot Pie.". [29], A second UK/Ireland tour began in December 2017 and ended in January 2019. We decided to give ourselves a bigger canvas and make not just one Wicked movie but two! Lord Farquaad, Duloc Performers, "Whats Up, Duloc? Although not included as a titled song, the theme appears as an interlude in several of the musical numbers. The trombonist doubles on tenor and bass trombones. Additional credits under UTG's DreamWorks Theatricals banner include Shrek The Musical and the hit West End production of The Prince of Egypt. [176] To create Elphaba's green skin look, 40 pots a year of the commercially available MAC Chromacake landscape green make-up is used. "[196] Then, on December 7, 2022, it was revealed that Ethan Slater will be playing Boq. Shortly into the run, Harrison was forced to leave the role of Elphaba due to an illness, so current standby Jemma Rix and Australian theatre veteran Pippa Grandison began to share the role, each appearing in four shows per week. Witch [15] In its first year, it grossed more than $56 million. "[127] Elysa Gardner of USA Today described it as "the most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical I've come across in a long time. The Mirror then shows the audience the story of Fiona's childhood. The two of them reunite with Donkey, and all three attempt to escape while being chased by the angry Dragon and her skeleton minions. Also during previews, a brief reprise of "Who I'd Be" was sung after Shrek overhears Fiona's misleading comment about being with a hideous beast, which led into "Build a Wall". Unfortunately, a bitter Pinocchio (remembering they are not allowed back to Duloc) who doesn't want his friends to get killed, suggests that they should just keep going and wait until everything gets better, all the while wishing to be a real boy. Along the way, Shrek rescues a talkative Donkey from some of Farquaad's guards. [63] The production celebrated its 5,000th performance on July 30, 2022. Their happiness is interrupted by a tornado carrying a house. At first, she is ashamed of her looks, but Shrek declares that she is still beautiful. Shrek the Musical (2013) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb Full Cast & Crew Produced by Music by Jeanine Tesori Cinematography by Declan Quinn . The fourth reed doubles on clarinet, bassoon, and baritone sax. . Contents 1 BIOGRAPHY 2 APPEARANCE 3 POTRAYAL 4 TRIVIA BIOGRAPHY Sugar Plum Fairy was one of the Fairytale creatures who was evicted from the kingdom of Duloc by Lord Farquaad. WICKED IS COMING TO THE PALACE THEATRE, MANCHESTER - DECEMBER 3RD 2024 TO JANUARY 12TH 2025. Earlier that year, the creators recruited New York producer Stone, who began planning the Broadway production. An original Spanish-language cast recording featuring the Madrid cast was recorded between August and September 2011, and released in September. [206], Entertainer John Barrowman sang a version of "The Wizard and I" (retitled "The Doctor and I") on his 2008 tour of the UK, with adapted lyrics referring to his Doctor Who and Torchwood character Jack showing affection for The Doctor. [181] Universal announced in 2016 that the film would be released in theaters on December 20, 2019, with Daldry still attached to direct, and the script to be co-written by the musical's creators, Holzman and Schwartz. Later, she sings "Freak Flag" with the other creatures. She assists the Pied Piper in his rat-charming duties ("Morning Person"). Talia Suskauer comes to the Broadway company of Wicked from the show's National Tour, where she played the role of Elphaba since 2019.Originally from Florida, Talia attended Penn State, where . [119] While not technically an "award," the character of Elphaba was named 79th on Entertainment Weekly's list of The 100 Greatest Characters of the Past 20 Years. [5] A reading took place on August 10, 2007, with Stephen Kramer Glickman in the role of Shrek, Celia Keenan-Bolger as Princess Fiona, Robert L. Daye Jr. as Donkey and Christopher Sieber as Lord Farquaad.[6]. [143] In the final weekend of 2013, Wicked became the first musical to gross $3 million in one week. The show will run Friday, November 19, 2021 and . "[211] The Oscar-winning song "Let It Go" from the successful 2013 Disney computer-animated musical feature film Frozen, that also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, had been compared to "Defying Gravity" due to its similar theme and similar singing style,[212] and was sung by the original Elphaba Idina Menzel. The musical has received mixed to positive reviews from critics. However, feel free to browse tips and download any public domain (free) monologues on our site. In the week ending January 2, 2011, the London, Broadway, and both North American touring productions simultaneously broke their respective records for the highest weekly gross. It will be a different creature from the puppet/soul trio on Broadway [but] I think we've finally gotten it right". Galinda, Elphaba and Students, "Something Bad" Doctor Dillamond and Elphaba, "Dancing Through Life" Fiyero, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba and Galinda, "One Short Day" Elphaba, Glinda, Show Chorus and Citizens of the Emerald City, "Defying Gravity" Elphaba, Glinda, Guards and Ozians, "No One Mourns the Wicked" (Reprise) Ensemble, "Thank Goodness" Glinda, Madame Morrible and Ozians, "The Wicked Witch of the East" Nessarose, Elphaba and Boq, "As Long As You're Mine" Elphaba and Fiyero, "March of the Witch-Hunters" Ensemble and Boq, This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 20:57. MAMA BEAR However, contemporaries have characterized the production as overblown, occasionally preachy, and suffering from more hype than heart. The show then made its premiere in New Zealand, with previews taking place on September 17, 2013, and the official opening night on September 21. The two begin a contest of trying to one-up each other to outdo the others' backstory, but end up revealing their respective pasts ("I Think I Got You Beat"). "Build a Wall" was later cut during previews, but re-instated towards the end of the run. [8] However, Maguire had released the rights to Universal Pictures, which had planned to develop a live-action feature film. The tour ran in the U.S. through April 29, 2012, with the final show in Springfield, Missouri,[18] before playing Asia. Jon M. Chu explained why:[191]. "[34] Schwartz further obscured the motif's origin by setting it in a minor key in most instances. She repeats the effect of the levitation spell on a broom and flies away from the Emerald City, leaving Glinda behind ("Defying Gravity"). Great for a musical unit, or just a way to lighten things up and watch a movie about Shrek. The UK and Ireland tour began at the Grand Theatre, Leeds on July 23, 2014, before touring across the UK and Ireland. She cries to Elphaba so she can save him and prevent Nessa from having to "live a life of loneliness" ("The Wicked Witch of the East"). [1] The original Broadway production won three Tony Awards and seven Drama Desk Awards, while its original cast album received a Grammy Award. [14], The book, lyrics, and score for the musical were developed through a series of readings. The Orchestra includes one bass guitar player, one trumpeter, one trombonist, two guitar players, one drummer, two violinists, two reed players, one horn player, two keyboard players, a cello player, and a percussion player. [7] Wicked had performed in 16 different countries and is still going strong. The original principal cast appear, as well as various alumni across the show's Broadway run. The two then go back to Duloc, where Shrek objects to this marriage before Farquaad can kiss Fiona, and Fiona convinces him to let Shrek speak with her. PIG #1 Power to zee piggies! [110], In November 2015, the company "Time For Fun," a leading company in the entertainment market in Latin America, announced the adaptation of the musical in Brazil, that debuted in March 2016 at the Renault Theatre in So Paulo. [48] A DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download was also released on that day. Shrek The Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. [7] The principal cast included Brian d'Arcy James as Shrek, Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona, Sieber as Lord Farquaad, Chester Gregory II as Donkey,[8] John Tartaglia as Pinocchio and Kecia Lewis-Evans as the Dragon. After a trial run in Seattle, the original Broadway production opened in December 2008 and closed after a run of over 12 months in January 2010. The majority of critics have appreciated the spectacle of the lavish production, and the "powerhouse" performances of actors in the roles of the two witches. Story Of My Life (Recording) File Size: "I'm a Believer" and "Forever", however, was recorded later and released as a single as it was not in the show when the cast recording was made. The bass player doubles on the upright bass, the electric bass, and the 5-string bass guitar. The Broadway Theatre, Broadway - Opened 14 December, 2008: Closed 2January, 2010 (441 perfs) They gather new confidence and strength in themselves, as they declare that they'll raise their "Freak Flag" high against their tormentors ("Freak Flag"). Also, it keeps the song "Donkey Pot Pie" instead of the replacement, "Forever." Living The witch is among the other fairytale creatures being turned in to the Duloc Guards. [207], The closing song of Act I, Defying Gravity, is featured in the Glee episode Wheels, where Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) sing it separately in a competition for the lead solo from the first season. Even as a very long single movie, it required us cutting or omitting things that we wanted to include and that we think fans of the show and the story will appreciate. Wicked Witch: Angelica Ramos: Peter Pan: Cyra Ottinger-McKain: Ugly Duckling: Noelle Snyder: Mama Bear: Katie Delarosa: Baby Bear: Ella Griffin: Blind Mice 1 . The Broadway production closed on January 3, 2010, after 441 performances and 37 previews. Just then, the Fairytale Creatures storm into the wedding and protest their banishment. Northen. [202], The success of Wicked has made several of the show's songs popular and has resulted in references to the show, characters, and songs in popular culture. Further information and casting are to be announced. Original London cast members included the return of Menzel as Elphaba,[68] Helen Dallimore as Glinda, Miriam Margolyes as Madame Morrible, Adam Garcia as Fiyero, Martin Ball as Doctor Dillamond, James Gillan as Boq, Katie Rowley Jones as Nessarose and Nigel Planer as the Wizard. For much of the time, they succeed, thanks to the talent and ingratiating appeal of the show's four principal performers. Chenoweth made a pre-curtain speech before the grand reopening of the show. She decides to surrender and the two women forgive each other of all allowances. And called me a hot 'n tranny mess. [129] Despite these mixed reviews, interest in Wicked spread quickly by word-of-mouth, leading to record-breaking success at the box office, as described below. Contents 1 History 1.1 Act I 1.2 Act II 2 Songs 2.1 Solos 2.2 Solos (In A Duet) 2.3 Solos (In A Group Number) 2.4 Others 3 Trivia 4 Portrayers 4.1 Broadway 4.1.1 Broadway Standbys 4.1.2 Broadway Understudies 4.2 1st National Tour [89][90][91] After the Singapore engagement of the tour closed April 22, 2012,[92] performances began in Seoul, Korea from May 31 through October 6, 2012. She insists that they rest for the night and that she spend the night alone in a nearby cave. [2] The home video release is also available on Netflix Streaming as of January, 2014. Unknown Principal casting changes included Joel Grey as the Wizard, William Youmans as Doctor Dillamond and Christopher Fitzgerald as Boq. Performances began on February 10, 2007, with an official opening on February 21. She flees the Wizard's chamber, and Morrible warns all of Oz that Elphaba is a "wicked witch." "[36] The music was arranged by Stephen Oremus, who was also the conductor and musical director, and James Lynn Abbott, with orchestrations by William David Brohn. [52] Three times again, the tour returned to Chicago in 2010, 2013, and 2022. Lead actresses from the 2016 run Ruiz and Bang were announced reprising their roles as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively. Wiegand, David (April 26, 2010). At the time, it was one of the most expensive musicals to open on Broadway, at an estimated $25 million, and despite generally good reviews, it failed to recoup its initial investment. Nessa takes the Grimmerie to cast a spell to make Boq fall in love with her. She regrets that she will never see Glinda again. [2] A typical performance of the show takes about two hours and 30 minutes, including an intermission.[3].
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