Miriam Margolyes & Nigel Planer cast in Wicked

Miriam Margolyes & Nigel Planer cast in Wicked

Miriam Margolyes will star as 'Madame Morrible' and Nigel Planer as 'The Wizard' in Wicked, which opens at the Apollo Victoria Theatre 27 Sep 2006, following previews from 7 Sept 2006 - booking to 24 Feb 2007.

They join previously announced Idina Menzel, who is recreating her Broadway role as 'Elphaba' and Adam Garcia, as 'Fiyero'

Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman, scenic design by Eugene Lee, costumes by Susan Hilferty, lighting by Kenneth Posner, sound by Tony Meola, orchestrations by William David Brohn, musical staging by Wayne Cilento and is directed by Joe Mantello.

Two girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, feisty and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very, very popular. WICKED is the story of these two unlikely friends and how they end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

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