Jenny Fellner and Kathy Fitzgerald Join WICKED National Tour in July

The company of the second North American tour of WICKED is thrilled to welcome John Hillner as Dr. Dillamond and Jenny Fellner as Nessarose on Monday, July 1 in Milwaukee, WI and Kathy Fitzgerald as Madame Morrible on Wednesday, July 10 in Houston, TX.

Hillner starred on Broadway as Georges in the Tony Award winning revival of La Cages Aux Folles. Other Broadway credits include Mamma Mia!, Footloose, The Graduate, Company, Crazy For You. TV credits include "Seinfeld," "Law and Order," "Cold Case," "Num3ers" and "Person of Interest."

Fellner previously played the role of Nessarose in the Broadway company of WICKED. Other Broadway credits include Linda English in Pal Joey and Sophie inMamma Mia! She starred in the First National Tour of All Shook Up as Natalie/Ed. TV Credits include "Blue Bloods" and "Law & Order: SVU."

Fitzgerald played the role of Madame Morrible in the Broadway company of WICKED for a year and a half. Other Broadway credits include Roz in 9 to 5 (Outer Critics nomination), Swingin' on a Star (Drama Desk nomination) and Shirley Markowitz in The Producers. TV/Film credits include "Smash," "Mercy," "One Life to Live," The Producers, andOur Idiot Brother.

Hillner, Fellner and Fitzgerald join a cast that includes Jennifer DiNoia as Elphaba, Hayley Podschun as Glinda and Walker Jones as The Wizard.

The company also features David Nathan Perlow (Fiyero), Alex Wyse (Boq) and Alyssa Fox (Standby for Elphaba) with Kerry Blanchard, Jane Brockman, Bridie Carroll, Lilli Cooper, Haley Ann Dorling, Michael Drolet, Anna Eilinsfeld, Peter C. Ermides, Ryan Patrick Farrell, Natalie Fotopoulos, Dominic Giudici, Lauren Haughton, Zach Hensler, Joel Ingram, Ryan Jackson, Jillian Kates, Becca Kloha, Allison Leo, Sam Lips, Sterling Masters, Marissa Miller, Dashi' Mitchell, Amy Quanbeck, Jay Reynolds Jr., Wayne Schroder and Justin Wirick.

WICKED begins performances in Milwaukee, WI on June 12 and runs through July 7. Good seats are still available and are on sale now at the Marcus Center Box Office at 929 North Water Street, Downtown Milwaukee, by phone at 414-273-7206, or online at Ticketmaster.com/wicked or MarcusCenter.org and all Ticketmaster outlets. Hillner and Fellner will join the tour on Monday, July 1.

Fitzgerald will join WICKED in conjunction with the tour's opening in Houston, TX. WICKED will play July 10-August 11 at the Hobby Center. Tickets are available at the Hobby Center Box Office Monday-Friday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., all Ticketmaster outlets, and online atwww.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/Houston, and www.ticketmaster.com/wicked. Tickets can also be purchased by calling (800) 982-2787.

WICKED, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Disney's Enchanted, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ("My So Called Life," "Once And Again" and "thirtysomething"), is based on the 1995 best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire. The musical is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and features musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who's Tommy, How To Succeed...). WICKED, the untold story of the witches of Oz, is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.

Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

WICKED features set design by Tony Award winning Eugene Lee (Ragtime, Show Boat, Candide, Sweeney Todd), costume design by Tony winner Susan Hilferty(Spring Awakening, Into the Woods, Assassins), lighting design by Tony nominee Kenneth Posner (Tony Award winner for The Coast of Utopia, Hairspray) and sound design by Tony Meola (The Lion King). Stephen Oremus is the show's music director. Orchestrations are by William David Brohn, with dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott.

WICKED has "cast quite a spell" (Washington Post) throughout North America, breaking box office records in every city that it has played, including Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Boston to name a few.

WICKED has been declared "A Cultural Phenomenon" by Variety and "The Best Musical of the Decade" by Entertainment Weekly. There are currently seven productions worldwide: New York, London, Holland, Japan, Australia/New Zealand and two concurrent North American Tours. Globally, WICKED has amassed over $2.9 billion in ticket sales and has been seen by 36 million people worldwide in its nine year history.

Grammy Award-Winning Cast recording available on Decca Broadway. For more information about WICKED log on to www.wickedthemusical.com.