Mauzey, Dodd, Kern, and O'Malley Join WICKED Cast 11/11

Now entering its 6th year on Broadway, the musical blockbuster WICKED will welcome new cast members in the coming week.  Beginning performances Tuesday, November 11, Marcie Dodd will assume the role of Elphaba and Alli Mauzey will assume the role of Glinda.  Also joining the company are Kevin Kern in the role of Fiyero and Brynn O'Malley as Nessarose.  Alex Brightman will assume the role of Boq on Tuesday, November 4.

They join a cast which currently includes Jayne Houdyshell as Madame Morrible, P.J. Benjamin as The Wizard, and Timothy Britten Parker as Dr. Dillamond.  Kerry Ellis (Elphaba), Kendra Kassebaum (Glinda), Aaron Tveit (Fiyero), and Cristy Candler (Nessarose) will play their final performances on November 9; Ben Liebert (Boq) played his final performance on November 2.

ABOUT THE CAST

Marcie Dodd (Elphaba) comes directly from the Los Angeles Company of Wicked, where she was the standby for the role of Elphaba.  She has also performed on the First National Tour of Wicked.  Other credits include: Hairspray (Louanne, Amber u/s), We Will Rock You (Scaramouche u/s), Grease (Sandy), as well as multiple projects and recordings with Disney Entertainment and Universal Studios.

Alli Mauzey (Glinda) recently starred as the love-crazed Lenora in the new musical Cry-Baby, for which she won the 2008 Theatre World Award and was nominated for a Drama League Award.  She played Brenda in Hairspray on Broadway and the National Tour.  Alli originated the role of Lenora at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego where she won the Theatre Critics Circle Award.  In Los Angeles she has appeared in City of Angels for Reprise!, The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!, and 110 in the Shade at the Pasadena Playhouse.

Kevin Kern (Fiyero) appeared on Broadway in the original company of The Wedding Singer (Robbie Standby/Swing) and in Les Misérables (Marius). Most recently, he was a swing in the Pre-Broadway production of 9 To 5 The Musical.  Off-Broadway shows include Next to Normal (original company, standby for Dan and Dr. Madden), Altar Boyz original company (swing for all five parts), and Finian's Rainbow at the Irish Repertory Theater (Woody).  Recent regional productions include Grease (Danny) and Les Misérables (Marius) at St. Louis MUNY.

Alex Brightman (Boq) was most recently seen on Broadway in Glory Days at Circle in the Square. Regional credits include The History Boys at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Upcoming: "Important Things with Demetri Martin" on Comedy Central.

Brynn O'Malley (Nessarose) has appeared on Broadway in Hairspray (Amber Von Tussle), Sunday in the Park with George (Celeste #1/Elaine), Beauty & the Beast (Belle u/s).  Her regional highlights include Avenue Q (Kate Monster/Lucy T. Slut, Wynn Las Vegas), Oklahoma! and Meet Me In St. Louis (Laurey and Esther respectively, Paper Mill Playhouse), She Loves Me (Amalia, Arena Stage, Helen Hayes nom.), Arsenic and Old Lace (Elaine, Baltimore Centerstage), The Full Monty and All Shook Up (Pam and Miss Sandra respectively, Music Theatre of Wichita).

ABOUT WICKED

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.

 Called "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" by The New York Times and "a phenomenon that keeps growing" by the Los Angeles Times, WICKED has been sold out at virtually every performance since opening on Broadway.  Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.  The production is directed by Joe Mantello and has musical staging by Wayne Cilento.  The Grammy Award-winning original cast recording of WICKED, produced by Stephen Schwartz for Decca Broadway, has been the fastest selling Broadway recording of recent years and has been certified 'Platinum' by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com/wicked.  For more information, visit www.wickedthemusical.com.  WICKED is performed at the Gershwin Theatre, 222 West 51st Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue.

Photo of Alli Mauzey by Peter James Zielinski