Wicked - the Musical

By all accounts, this Tony Award winning musical which grossed over 28 million dollars through it's first year in London and is booked into 2008, is a show that audiences have found enormously enthralling. In this irreverent prequel to L. Frank Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz,' adapted by Winnie Holzman from Gregory Maguire's novel 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,' offers a revisionist look at those wacky characters from Munchkinland and its neighboring towns. The lesson for all to cherish is that wickedness is made, not born.

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The pre-Broadway run

On May 28, 2003, the musical opened a pre-Broadway run at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. While most of the original cast members remained when the show opened on Broadway, the San Francisco run featured multiple actors in roles that would eventually be re-cast - most notably, Robert Morse as The Wizard, Kirk McDonald as Boq, and John Horton as Doctor Dillamond. Stephanie J. Block also served as an ensemble member and understudy for Elphaba. She had also originated the role in workshops, and later portrayed Elphaba in the National Tour. While the show received mediocre reviews, the audience response was generally enthusiastic. The trial run closed on June 29 to begin extensive retooling for Broadway.

In addition to several songs that would undergo some minor transformations, the pre-Broadway version included one song that was scrapped before the musical opened on Broadway. The song was called "Which Way Is The Party?" and was later replaced by "Dancing Through Life." Both are intended to introduce the character Fiyero.

US/Canada Tour

Wicked launched its first national tour in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in March 2005. Since then it has visited several cities throughout the United States.

The first national tour introduced some minor modifications to the script and blocking, as well as small alterations to some of the costume designs (most noticeable in Glinda's wardrobe). These changes were later incorporated into the Broadway production, and have been standard in all subsequent productions of Wicked.