Australia will know who has been cast in the coveted roles of Elphaba and Glinda in the forthcoming Melbourne production of Wicked on Tuesday, with an announcement expected on morning television.
AussieTheatre.com understands that the two performers cast in the roles have been flown to New York, where the announcement will be made via satellite ahead of an official launch later this month.A production spokesperson confirmed that the "two leads will finally be confirmed on Tuesday" but would not confirm the announcement will be made on a morning television program, believed to be Sunrise.
The rest of the cast will be announced at the launch later this month. It is believed that the roles of The Wizard, Boq and Fiyero are yet to be cast, with negotiations and auditions continuing.
Wicked features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, and is loosely based on the best selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Macguire. The musical tells the “back story” to The Wizard of Oz, focusing on Glinda (the good witch) and Elphaba (the wicked witch of the west) and their unlikely friendship that developed long before Dorothy dropped in.It opens at Melbourne's Regent Theatre in July.
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