NewsPHOTO ARCHIVE: Celebrating Eleven Years of Wicked on BroadwayThe Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked celebrates eleven years on Broadway the evening of Oct. 30. In honor of this milestone, Playbill.com offers a look back at a number of the various witches, munchkins and Ozians who have inhabited the Gershwin Theatre since 2003.
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Matthew Blank
October 30, 2014
The show opened Oct. 30, 2003.
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We've Been Changed For Good: Look Back at 15 Years of Wicked on Broadway
Adapted from the novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked delves into the back story of the iconic characters from Oz. The hit musical has a score by Stephen Schwartz, a book by Winnie Holzman, direction by Joe Mantello and musical staging by Wayne Cilento.
The production also features 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.
Wicked won Tony Awards for Costume Design, Scenic Design and Best Actress in a Musical (Idina Menzel). It was nominated as Best Musical.
Lupita Nyong'o, Katrina Lenk, Jelani Alladin, and more were on hand to celebrate the October 31 opening night of Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs' new musical.