Wicked Australian Tour 2014
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum’s 1900 classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The musical is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz; its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy’s arrival in Oz from Kansas and includes several references to the 1939 film and Baum’s novel. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good Witch of the North), who struggle through opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard’s corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba’s public fall from grace.
Cast 2014
Reg Livermore – The Wizard
Lucy Durack – Glinda
Jemma Rix – Elphaba
Steve Danielsen – Fiyero
Maggie Kirkpatrick – Madame Morrible
Nathan Carter – Dr Dillamond
Emily Cascarino – Nessarose
Edward Grey – Boq
Ali Calder – Elphaba Standby
Justin Anderson – Ensemble
Daniel Assetta – Swing
Dion Bilios – Ensemble
Rachel Cole – Swing
Danielle Cook – Ensemble
Daniel Downing – Swing
Danielle Evrat – Ensemble
Mitch Fistrovic – Ensemble
Tom Handley – Ensemble
Emma Hawthorne – Ensemble
Matt Holly – Chistery
Angela Lumicisi – Midwife
Kassie Martin – Swing
Katie McKee – Ensemble
John O’Hara – Witch’s Father
Deanna O’Leary – Swing/ Dance Captain
Joseph O’Sullivan – Swing/Dance Captain
Justine Puy – Ensemble
Christopher Scalzo – Ensemble
Pharic Scott – Ensemble
Ryan Sheppard – Ensemble/ Dance Captain
Ellen Sutton – Witch’s Mother
Monica Swayne – Ensemble
Sophie Wright – Ensemble
Creative
Stephen Schwartz – Music and Lyrics
Winnie Holzman – Book
Gregory Maguire – Author of Original Novel
Joe Mantello – Director
Wayne Cilento – Musical Staging
Eugene Lee – Scenic Designer
Susan Hilferty – Costume Designer
Kenneth Posner – Lighting Designer
Tony Meola – Sound Designer
Lisa Leguillo – Australian Director
