Yes, that’s right. Wicked is coming back to Australia in 2014. The award-winning musical will open in Melbourne before touring to Sydney and Brisbane. The 2014 season is part of the show’s tenth anniversary world tour.
Lucy Durack will, once again, play Glinda the Good. Durack has a substantial list of performance credits, including that of Elle Woods in the musical Legally Blonde, a role for which she recently received a Helpmann nomination. Jemma Rix will also return to her original role – Elphaba, the misunderstood “wicked witch” with her trademark green skin.
Joining Durack and Rix wil be Steve Danielsen as Fiyero, Maggie Kirkpatrick as Madame Morrible, Glen Hogstrom as Doctor Dillamond and Edward Grey as Boq. Newcomer Emily Cascarino will play Nessarose. The members of the Wicked ensemble will be Justin Anderson, Daniel Assetta, Dion Bilios, Rachel Cole, Danielle Cook, Daniel Downing, Danielle Evrat, Mitch Fistrovic, Tom Handley, Emma Hawthorne, Matt Holly, Angela Lumicisi, Katie McKee, Kassie Martin, John O’Hara, Deanna O’Leary, Joseph O’Sullivan, Justine Puy, Chris Scalzo, Pharic Scott, Ryan Shepard, Ellen Sutton, Monica Swayne and Sophie Wright.
Wicked cast members (Lucy Durack and Jemma Rix centre).
