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Cast Update: West End
0Louise Dearman has replaced Rachel Tucker as Elphaba.
Ben Freeman has replaced Matt Willis as Fiyero.
Katie Rowley Jones has replaced Lillie Flynn as Nessarose and is also an understudy for Elphaba.
Sam Lupton has replaced Adam Pettigrew as Boq.
Louise Plowright has replaced Julie Legrand as Madame Morrible.
Hayley Gallivan has replaced Nikki Davis-Jones as the standby for Elphaba.
Lucy van Gasse has replaced Chloe Taylor as the standby for Glinda.
Paulo Teixeira is now an understudy for Boq, in addition to performing in the ensemble and playing Chistery.
Stuart Ramsey has replaced Kieran Brown in the ensemble, as the Witch’s Father, and as an understudy for The Wizard and Dr. Dillamond.
Lindsay Taylor and Emma Green have joined the ensemble and will be alternating as the Witch’s Mother, replacing Bonnie Parker.
Ashley Andrews, Alex Louize Bird, Andrew Bryant, Sophie Carmen-Jones, Enobong Essien, Harry Francis, David Rudin, Charlotte Scott, Sam Taylor, Nicholas Collier, Soeli Parry, and Gary Wood have left the company.
Florence Andrews has joined company in the ensemble and as an understudy for Glinda and Nessarose.
Jason Winter has joined the company in the ensemble and as an understudy for Fiyero.
Marc McBride has joined the company in the ensemble and as an understudy for Boq.
William Bozier, Phillip Catchpole, Aisling Duffy, Stacey McGuire, and Tom Muggeridge have joined the company in the ensemble.
Lauren Brooke and Justin Thomas have joined the company as swings.
Gemma Atkins is no longer an understudy for Elphaba. Ms. Atkins still covers the role of Nessarose.
Nessa’s Niblets: June 19, 2012
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Kerry Ellis
Patrice Tipoki (Elphaba – Sydney; former s/b Elphaba – Sydney; former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – Melbourne) and Renee Armstrong (former ensemble – Melbourne, Sydney) performed together in the pop group “Girlband.”
Kerry Ellis (former Elphaba – West End, Broadway; former s/b Elphaba – West End), Amanda Harrison (former Elphaba – Melbourne, Sydney), Rachel Tucker (Elphaba – West End), Patrice Tipoki (Elphaba – Sydney; former s/b Elphaba – Sydney; former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – Melbourne), Marcie Dodd (former Elphaba – 2NT, Broadway; Elphaba s/b – Los Angeles; principal Nessarose & Elphaba u/s – Los Angeles; Elphaba u/s & Nessraose u/s – 1NT), Jennifer DiNoia (former s/b Elphaba – Broadway; former Elphaba s/b – Sydney, former Elphaba s/b Chicago, former swing, Elphaba u/s, Nessarose u/s – Chicago), and Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba – Holland; former Elphaba – Stuttgart, Oberhausen) were all in the musical “We Will Rock You.”
In the first season of the television series SMASH, Norbert Leo Butz (Fiyero – Original Broadway Cast) made a cameo appearance. Additionally, his wife, Michelle Federer (Nessarose – Original Broadway Cast) made several guest appearances on the show. Annaleigh Ashford (former Glinda – Chicago, Broadway; former ensemble, u/s Glinda – 1NT) guest-starred in one episode. Manuel Herrera (Chistery – Original Broadway Cast; former ensemble – Broadway) and Katie Webber (former ensemble, u/s Nessarose – Broadway) appearance as dancers in several episodes. Megan Hilty (former Glinda – Los Angeles, 1NT, Broadway; former s/b Glinda – Broadway) had one of the starring roles and Phillip Spaeth (former Asst. Dance Captain, swing u/s Chistery – Los Angeles; former swing, u/s Chistery – San Francisco) had a recurring role.
Video Footage: WICKED West End Cast At The Covent Garden Piazza
0Check out these videos of West End cast members performing at the Covent Garden Piazza on April 15, 2012 before the Olivier Awards!
The videos are from YouTube user Campmotha and have been embedded below.
Rachel Tucker (Elphaba) performing “The Wizard and I”
Rachel Tucker and Matt Willis (Fiyero) performing “As Long As You’re Mine”
Rachel Tucker and Gina Beck (Glinda) performing “For Good”
Nessa’s Niblets: April 19, 2011
0Timothy Britten Parker (former Doctor Dillamond – 1NT, Chicago, Los Angeles, Broadway) is the older brother of Sarah Jessica Parker, of “Sex and the City” fame.
Mark Evans (current Fiyero – West End; former ensemble, u/s Fiyero – West End) is best known in the UK for being a finalist in the reality tv show “Eurovision – Your Country Needs You” in 2009, a competition to find the UK’s act for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Kerry Ellis (former Elphaba – West End, Broadway; former s/b Elphaba – West End) was a mentor for Rachel Tucker (current Elphaba – West End) and the other prospective Nancys in the 2008 Andrew Lloyd Webber reality tv show “I’d Do Anything”, in an episode where the competitors had to perform “I’m Not That Girl” in the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Ironically, whilst Tucker later went on to perform the role of Elphaba, Ellis replaced Jodie Prenger, the winner of the series, as Nancy in Webber’s “Oliver!” revival!
Nessa’s Niblets: April 12, 2011
0- Nikki Davis-Jones (s/b Elphaba – West End) was in the ensemble of the movie production of “Mamma Mia!”.
- Rachel Tucker (Elphaba – West End) and Louise Dearman (Glinda – West End) performed a duet of a spoof on “Defying Gravity” at Jest End together, a West End version of “Forbidden Broadway”.
- Both Joel Grey (former Wizard – Original Broadway cast) and Colin Donnell (former Fiyero – 2NT) have leading roles in the current Broadway production of “Anything Goes”. Additionally, Clyde Alves (former swing, u/s Boq, Chistery – Broadway) is in the ensemble of the show.
Video Footage: Rachel Tucker performs “Defying Gravity” at “Dancing on Ice”
0Check out this video of Rachel Tucker (Elphaba – West End) performing “Defying Gravity” at “Dancing on Ice” yesterday. Credit goes to YouTube user TheIceSkatingFan for the video, which is embedded below for your convenience.
Video Footage: Wicked London Cast Perform At Wicked Day
0Check out these two videos of the Wicked London cast performing at Wicked Day in St. Pancras Station on the 31st October 2010! The first video features Rachel Tucker (Elphaba – West End) and Louise Dearman (Glinda – West End) performing ‘For Good’, and is courtesy of YouTube user IGoByBubble, whilst the second is of Lee Mead (Fiyero – West End) performing ‘More Than Words’ and is courtesy of YouTube user MollzAP. Both videos are embedded below for your convenience.
Video Footage: Rachel Tucker and Lee Mead on The Michael Ball Show
1Check out this video of Rachel Tucker (Elphaba – West End) and Lee Mead (Fiyero – West End) performing ‘As Long As You’re Mine’ on The Michael Ball Show on the 20th September 2010. Credit goes to YouTube user unidan82 for the video, which is embedded below for your convenience.
Wicked Nominated at the BroadwayWorld UK Awards
2Congratulations to the London production of Wicked, who have been nominated for ‘Best Long Running West End Show’ in the the first annual BroadwayWorld UK Awards! Several of the current cast have also been nominated for their performances in the show; both Rachel Tucker (Elphaba) and Louise Dearman (Glinda) have been nominated for ‘Best Leading Actress in a Musical’, and Lee Mead (Fiyero) has been nominated for ‘Best Leading Actor in a Musical’. Clive Carter (The Wizard) has been nominated for ‘Best Featured Actor in a Musical’.
A number of Wicked alumni have also been nominated for their performances in other shows. Dianne Pilkington (former Glinda – West End; former standby Glinda – West End) has been nominated for ‘Best Leading Actress in a Play’ for her performance as Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret in ‘The 39 Steps’; Kerry Ellis (former Elphaba – West End, Broadway; former standby Elphaba – West End) has been nominated for ‘Best Leading Actress in a Musical’ for her performance as Nancy in ‘Oliver!’; Katie Rowley Jones (former Nessarose – West End) has been nominated for ‘Best Featured Actress in a Musical’ for her performance as Sister Mary Robert in ‘Sister Act’, up against Caissie Levy (former Elphaba – Los Angeles; former standby Elphaba – Los Angeles; former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – Broadway) in the same category for her performance as Sheila in ‘Hair’; and Shoshana Bean (former Elphaba – Broadway, First National Tour; former standby Elphaba – Broadway) has been nominated for ‘Theatrical Event of the Year’ for her concert ‘Shoshana Bean – Live In The West End’ last month.
You can show your support and vote in the awards here. Voting closes in mid-November, and the results will be announced shortly afterwards.
Video Footage: Wicked London on ‘Tonight’s The Night’
1Check out this video of the cast of Wicked London on Tonight’s The Night, a British television show in which John Barrowman makes people’s dreams come true. Louise Dearman (Glinda – West End), Rachel Tucker (Elphaba – West End), and Lee Mead (Fiyero – West End) help a pair of twins from Wales achieve their dream of singing For Good in memory of their friend, as well as taking them backstage. Credit goes to YouTube user fluffy1309 for the video, which is embedded below for your convenience.