The company of the first North American tour of WICKED welcomes the return of Katie Rose Clarke as Glinda and Kyle Dean Massey as Fiyero today in Cincinnati, OH.
Clarke recently appeared on Broadway as Glinda and is happy to be returning to the First National Tour where she played Glinda for almost two years. Under the direction of
Bartlett Sher, she played the role of Clara Johnson in the Broadway production, live PBS broadcast and First National Touring company of The Light in the Piazza, as well as the
Long Wharf Theatre's production of
Craig Lucas' Prayer for My Enemy as Marianne. Other regional credits include TUTS Houston Anything Goes (Chorus).
Massey comes directly from the Broadway company where he played Fiyero. He also starred on Broadway as Gabe in the Pulitzer Prize & Tony Award winning musical Next to Normal. Broadway/Off-Broadway: Xanadu (Thalia), Altar Boyz (Matthew) & Lucky Guy (Billy Ray). Tours: Wicked & 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor). TV: "Cupid" (ABC). Film: Sex and the City 2.
Clarke and Massey join a cast that includes
Mamie Parris as Elphaba,
Liz McCartney as Madame Morrible and
Mark Jacoby as the Wizard.
The company also features
Justin Brill (Boq),
Stefanie Brown (Nessarose),
Paul Slade Smith (Dr. Dillamond), and
Mariand Torres (Standby for Elphaba) with
Lauren Boyd,
Megan Campanile, Antonette Cohen,
Rick Desloge,
Melanie Field,
Luis Augusto Figueroa,
Timothy A. Fitz-Gerald,
Napoleon W. Gladney, Brenda Hamilton,
Renee Lawless-Orsini,
Philip Dean Lightstone,
Marissa Lupp,
Michael Mahany,
Sterling Masters, Alli McGinnis,
Kevin McMahon,
Christopher Russo, Adea Michelle Sessoms,
Carla Stickler,
Brandon Tyler,
Shanna VanDerwerker,
Nicky Venditti and
Mikey Winslow.
WICKED is currently playing the Aronoff Center through November 26. Best availability can be found the week of Thanksgiving. Tickets start at $37.50 and may be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com/Wicked,
BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com, in person at the Broadway in Cincinnati Box Office downtown in the Mercantile Center at 120 East 4th Street, the Aronoff Center Box Office or by phone at 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.
Called "a cultural phenomenon" by Variety, WICKED continues to thrill audiences around the world. There are currently seven productions of WICKED worldwide: New York; London; Japan; Holland; Australian/Asian Tour; and two concurrent North American National Tours.
Grammy Award-Winning Cast recording available on
Decca Broadway. For more information about WICKED log on to
www.wickedthemusical.com.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos
