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Carrie Manolakos

Carrie Manolakos (former s/b Elphaba – San Francisco, 2NT) will give two performances at Joe’s Pub in New York City, New York. The performances are May 26, 2012 at 9:30 pm and May 27, 2012 at 11:30 pm. Tickets have sold out for the May 26 performance, but you can still buy tickets for May 27 show for $15 here Ms. Manolakos’s debut solo album, ECHO is also available. For more information on her album, please visit www.carriemanolakos.com.

Stephen Schwartz

Stephen Schwartz, the composer and lyricist of WICKED, will be honored by Desert Ensemble Theatre Company at ” When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz” in Palm Springs, California on May 19, 2012. The event takes place at 8pm in the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum. There will be a conversation with Mr. Schwartz, as well as performances of his work. For tickets and more information, please visit www.psmuseum.org.

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Alexa Green

Alexa Green (former ensemble, u/s Glinda – San Francisco, Los Angeles) will appear in SPEARGROVE PRESENTS, a developmental production of a new musical.

SPEARGROVE PRESENTS is about two Texas families who “struggle with a community battle” over a high school production of RENT. The musical is inspired by true-life events. The show is currently running and has two more performances on May 15, 2012 at 2pm and May 16, 2012 at 7pm. Performances take place at The Cell in New York City, New York. For reservations, please email info@nytheatrebarn.org. Tickets are $10. For more information, please visit www.nytheatrebarn.org.

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Teal Wicks

Teal Wicks  (former Elphaba – Broadway, San Francisco, Los Angeles; former s/b Elphaba – Los Angeles) will be among the performers at “Wickedly Magical Evening in Oz” a Wicked-themed gala on May 19, 2012 at 6:00 pm at the Sacramento Convention Center Ballroom in Sacramento, California. The gala will benefit California Musical Theatre, which is bringing the 1st National Tour of WICKED to Sacramento from May 23-June 17.

Reservations for this gala can be made by calling (916) 446-5880, Ext. 123 no later than May 15, 2012.

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Dee Roscioli

Dee Roscioli (former Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour, Broadway, Chicago; former s/b Elphaba – San Francisco, Chicago) will perform in Trunk and Disorderly: Songs from the Deep, Dark, Trunk of Jeff Blumenkrantz on May 14, 2012 at 6:30 PM. This event is free of charge and will be held at the York Theatre in New York City. Drew Gehling, Dee Hoty, Sarah Stiles, and Jeff Blumenkrantz will also be featured in the event. For tickets and more information, visit http://jeffblumenkrantz.com/trunkanddisorderly.html

Kristine Reese

Kristine Reese (former Nessarose – 2nd Ntl. Tour, 1st Ntl. Tour; former swing, u/s Nessarose – 1st Ntl. Tour) will be performing “The Beat Goes On!” with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from May 17 – May 20, 2012. Also performing will be Farah Alvin, NKenge, Joe Cassidy, and Roy Chicas. The concert will be conducted by Jack Everly.

Ms. Reese has performed this concert with several international symphony orchestras, most recently in Naples earlier this year.

The description on the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra website reads, “Join the BSO and Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly as we turn back the clock to the 1960s when the “Fab Four” took the world by storm, the Beach Boys made summer “endless,” and the Supremes put Motown on the map. Reminisce with music from television and movie themes, as well as popular hits from the airwaves including music by Burt Bacharach and Frankie Valli.”

Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

Asmeret Ghebremichael (former ensemble – Broadway) and Libby Servais (former ensemble, swing, u/s Glinda – Broadway; former s/b Glinda – San Francisco; former ensemble, u/s Glinda – 2NT) are among the performers appearing AT THIS PERFORMANCE on May 7, 2012. AT THIS PERFORMANCE showcases the talents of actors who have understudied roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway. The event takes place at The Lion Theatre in New York City, New York at 7 pm. For tickets, please call Telecharge at (212) 239-6200 or visit the box office on the evening of the performance.

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Several current and former “Wicked” cast members will be featured in the benefit concert, Imagine: A Celebration of Life on May 7 at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan at 7 PM. This event is presented by University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s Seidman Cancer Center and is led by Betsy Werbel (ensemble, u/s Madame Morrible – Broadway; former ensemble, u/s Madame Morrible – 1st Ntl. Tour). The concert is in honor of Ms. Werbel’s brother, Brian, who passed away on May 7, 2007 at the age of 29. The Brian Werbel Memorial Fund was established in memory of his life and to advance cancer research. Several Wicked alumni, as well as cast members from other Broadway shows will be featured at this event, including Shoshana Bean (former Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour, Broadway; former Elphaba s/b – Broadway), Richard H. Blake (Fiyero – Broadway; former Fiyero – 1st Ntl. Tour), Jennifer DiNoia (upcoming s/b Elphaba – Asia Tour; former s/b Elphaba – Broadway, Sydney, Chicago; former swing, u/s Elphaba, u/s Nessarose – Chicago), Marty Thomas (former ensemble, u/s Boq – Broadway), Adinah Alexander (former Midwife, ensemble, u/s Madame Morrible – Broadway), Ben Liebert (former Boq – 1st Ntl. Tour, Broadway), as well as Ms. Werbel herself.

The Highline Ballroom is located at 431 West 16th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues). For more information and tickets, visit UHGiving.org.

Stacie Morgain Lewis & Howard McGillin in "The 39 Steps"

Check out this review of a production of “The 39 Steps” George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ featuring Stacie Morgain Lewis (former Glinda – Chicago; former s/b Glinda – Broadway; former ensemble, u/s Glinda, u/s Nessarose – Broadway) in all of the female roles! Hitchockian Humor in “The 39 Steps”. The show will run until May 20. Tickets are $26.50 and are available via the George Street Playhouse website.