The West End production of Wicked will welcome several new
cast members beginning March 12 as the musical continues at
London's Apollo Victoria Theatre.
The international hit production, as previously reported, will welcome Michael Fenton Stevens
as The Wizard, Graham Kent as Doctor Dillamond, and former cast member
Laura Harrison as the standby for Elphaba. New ensemble members will
include Jeremy Batt, Felipe Bejarano, Asmara Cammock, Aimee Hodnett,
Darnell Mathew-James, Ayden Morgan, Rishard-Kyro Nelson, Aston Neman
Hannington, Charlotte Anne Steen, and Jacob Young.
Continuing in their roles will be Alexia Khadime as Elphaba and Lucy St. Louis as Glinda—whose performances mark the first time the London production's leading roles are both played by actors of color—Ryan Reid as Fiyero, Sophie-Louise Dann as Madame Morrible, Caitlin Anderson as Nessarose, Joe Thompson-Oubari as Boq, Conor Ashman, Jessica Aubrey, Joshua Clemetson, Effie Rae Dyson, Kate Leiper, Jemima Loddy, Joshua Lovell, Rory Maguire, PaddyJoe Martin, Millie Mayhew, Aiesha Naomi Pease, Jeanie Ryan, Natalie Spriggs, James Titchener, Micaela Todd, and Taela Yeomans-Brown. Christine Tucker also remains with the company to assume the role of standby for Glinda as a maternity cover for Lisa-Anne Wood.
Take a look at new photos of the production in the gallery below:
Laura Harrison, the standby for the role of Elphaba, in Wicked
Michael Fenton Stevens in Wicked
Graham Kent in Wicked
Christine Tucker, the standby for the role of Glinda, in Wicked
Caitlin Anderson in Wicked
With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, the musical is based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.
The Joe Mantello-helmed production features musical staging by Wayne Cilento, scenic design by Eugene Lee, costume design by Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by Tony Meola, projections by Elaine J. McCarthy, wig and hair design by Tom Watson, music supervision and arrangements by Stephen Oremus, orchestrations by William David Brohn, and dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott.
The hit Broadway production continues at the Gershwin Theatre.
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