Idina Menzel will reprise her Tony-winning performance as the green-faced Elphaba in the upcoming West End production of Stephen Schwartz’s hit musical Wicked.<\/p>\n
The musical, which is currently playing Broadway, Chicago and a national tour, will officially open at London\u2019s Victoria Apollo \u2014 currently host to Billy Joel\u2019s Movin\u2019 Out \u2014 on Sept. 27. Previews are set to begin Sept. 7.<\/p>\n
Menzel, who will appear in the West End version of the show until the New Year, won the 2004 Best Leading Actress in a Musical Tony for her portrayal as Elphaba, the not-so-wicked witch who begins an unlikely friendship with her schoolmate Glinda.<\/p>\n
The musical offers a prequel vision of the iconic 1939 movie \u201cThe Wizard of Oz.\u201d Based on Gregory Maguire\u2019s novel, Winnie Holzman\u2019s book for Wicked 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.<\/p>\n
Idina Menzel won a Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Musical for her work as Elphaba in Wicked. She created the role of Maureen in the original Broadway company of Rent, and her other theatrical credits include the City Center Encores! production of Hair, the Manhattan Theatre Club The Wild Party, the Public Theater’s See What I Wanna See and the benefit Funny Girl concert. Menzel’s film credits include “Ask the Dust” and “Rent.”<\/p>\n
No further casting for the West End version of Wicked has been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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