Kerry Ellis Joins 'Wicked' on Broadway, June 17

Kerry Ellis, currently starring as London's Elphaba in Wicked, is to recreate her award-winning performance on Broadway.  

Kerry will play her final performance in London on June 7, 2008 before beginning performances at Broadway's Gershwin Theatre on June 17, 2008. Following her Broadway engagement, Kerry will return to the London production at the end of the year.

Her other credits include "Fantine" in Les Misérables in the West End and "Ellen" in the UK national tour of Miss Saigon.  Kerry also created the role of "Meat" in the originAl West End cast of the Queen/Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre and took part in the Queen's Golden Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace.  In 2001, Kerry understudied the role of "Eliza Doolittle" in Trevor Nunn's production of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady at The National Theatre and Drury Lane, playing the role opposite Jonathan Pryce on many occasions.  Other credits include the national tour of Magic of the Musicals and "Mary" in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre.  Recent workshops include Way Beyond Blue, written by Imogen Stubbs and directed by Trevor Nunn, and the title role in Helen of Troy, directed by Gary Griffin. She is currently working on her debut album, produced by Queen's Brian May, to be released later this year.   Ellis will be making her Broadway debut.

"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 Witch," explain press notes.

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