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The 2009 Production of Wicked in San Francisco, CA

It was confirmed in April 2008 that Wicked, which did a test run in San Francisco, will return to the Bay Area. An open-ended engagement of the musical Wicked is scheduled to begin on 1/27/2009 at the Orpheum Theatre.

The cast will feature all principal actors who have previously played or understudied (in Dromard's case) their roles. Teal Wicks and Kendra Kassebaum will lead the cast as Elphaba and Glinda respectively. The Wicked company will also feature Carol Kane as Madame Morrible, David Garrison as The Wizard, Tom Flynn as Doctor Dillamond, Nicolas Dromard as Fiyero and Deedee Magno as Nessarose.

Wicked The Musical

Wicked is a fantastic ride and comes alive on stage now. Wicked has been transformed into a Broadway musical by the brilliant Stephen Schwartz, the great and powerful talent behind Pippin, The Magic Show, Godspell, Children of Eden, as well as the lyricist for a few Disney movie musicals. This is one of those musicals that can be appreciated and enjoyed equally by adults and children. It's relevant yet nostalgic at the same time. And now people in San Francisco can enjoy Wicked too.

Wicked the musical is not Wicked the novel. While the novel is its source, the musical presents only pieces of it, in a much simplified form, and often diverging wildly from the novel's narrative. One might be tempted to think all this destroys the work; but in the end it improves it, shining a bright light on the story's numerous ironies and interlaced levels of social commentary.

Wicked is a layered piece of drama that uses its musicality as a way to convey some of the deeper issues it sets forth. When Glinda (played to perky perfection by Kristin Chenoweth) floats onstage in her metal bubble, you know you're in for something different. She announces that the Wicked Witch of the West is dead, and the Ozians rejoice -- until one of them asks if Glinda and the Wicked Witch were friends.

Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. Wicked tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

More Plays and Musicals in San Fran

Event	Venue	Date/Time
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Upcoming Concerts in San Francisco

Event	Venue	Date/Time
The Jayhawks	The Fillmore - San Francisco San Francisco,CA	Saturday 2/4/2012 9:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets
August Burns Red, Silverstein	The Regency Ballroom San Francisco,CA	Sunday 2/5/2012 7:15 PM	View Cheap Tickets
In Flames	The Regency Ballroom San Francisco,CA	Monday 2/6/2012 7:30 PM	View Cheap Tickets
MUTEMATH	The Regency Ballroom San Francisco,CA	Tuesday 2/7/2012 8:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets

More On Wicked

Wicked-the Untold Story of the Witches of Oz is a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire. The musical is directed by 2003 Tony Award winner Joe Mantello and features musical staging by Wayne Cilento.

Wicked, which turns every Oz myth inside out, explores the early life of the witches of Oz: Glinda and Elphaba. The two main characters meet at Shiz, a school where both hope to take up sorcery. Glinda is madly popular and Elphaba is, well, green. By a misunderstanding, they wind up roommates and, after an initial period of mutual loathing, begin to learn something about each other. Their life paths continue to intersect through a shared love, entry into the Emerald City and interaction with the Wizard himself. Eventually, their choices and convictions take them on widely different paths.

Wicked began previews on Broadway Oct. 8, 2003, after a summer tryout at San Francisco's Curran Theatre. When the musical officially opened Oct. 30, 2003, the original cast featured Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Joel Grey as The Wizard, Carole Shelley as Madame Morrible, Norbert Leo Butz as Fiyero, Michelle Federer as Nessarose, Christopher Fitzgerald as Boq and William Youmans as Doctor Dillamand. And now Wicked is back in San Francisco in 2009 and is showing at the Orpheum Theater on Market Street. Many of the actors who performed in the '03 production of San Francisco's Wicked are back for the '09 production.

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