CAST & CREATIVE

Is overjoyed to be making her Broadway debut. Lindsay saw Elphaba fly in 2009 and told her mom “that’s going to be me someday.” Regional: American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Bare (BroadwayWorld Best Leading Actress in a Musical), Romeo and Juliet, The Last Five Years, For the Record: BAZ. TV/film: “The Glee Project,” “Glee,” “Recovery Road,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and Sony Pictures’ The Wedding Ringer. Huge thanks to the Wicked team, Telsey + Co, LA Talent and family and friends. This would not have been possible without your constant love and support. For you, Papaw. @lindsayheatherpearce

Is thrilled to step into the bubble after seeing the original cast on Broadway at age 13 and telling her parents at intermission, “I’m going to be Glinda someday.” Tour/Vegas: Wicked, Newsies, Flashdance, Duck Commander Musical. Regional: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hairspray, Grease. Nashville native. BFA in music theatre, Elon University. Thank you Mom & Dad, Amplified Entertainment, Telsey, Vocal Power LLC and the Wicked team. Love to my Prince, Eric. www.ginnaclaire.com, @ginnaclaire

Television: “Transparent,” “Goliath,” “How to Get Away With Murder,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “From Schoolboy to Showgirl: The Alexandra Billings Story.” Film: Paddleton, Valley of Bones. Theatre: The Nap, S’He & Me, Seussical, Berlin Circle, A Doll’s House, Trojan Woman, Gypsy, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Time to Bum, Hamlet! The Musical! Awards: HRC Visibility Award, Rainbow Spirit Award, Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame, After Dark Award, Joseph Jefferson Award. Moderator, Transgender Awareness panel, Obama White House. Professor of Theater Arts, USC. Viewpoints Associate, Steppenwolf Theatre.

Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; Chaplin; Elf; Curtains; The Grinch…; The Pajama Game; Kiss Me, Kate; 1776; Gypsy; Marie Christine; Kiss of the Spider Woman; La Bête. Touring: La Cage, The Producers, Les Misérables, Kiss of the Spider Woman. Off-Broadway: Himself and Nora, Fly by Night, A Man of No Importance, etc. TV: “Blue Bloods,” “Brain Dead,” “Elementary,” “House of Cards,” “The Good Wife,” “Orange Is the New Black,” all three “Law & Order” series. Eighteen Broadway and Off-Broadway cast albums. Broadway debut: Oliver!

Couldn’t be happier to be a part of this incredible company. Broadway: Wicked. Regional/touring: Almost Famous (OC, Old Globe), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (A.C.T.), Wicked. BA: Princeton University. Much love to Telsey, TalentWorks and my amazing family. @samgravitte

Is so excited to be back on Broadway! Other Broadway credits: 13, Bye Bye Birdie, Everyday Rapture. TV: Brad in NBC’s “Hairspray Live!” Regional favorites: Finch in How to Succeed and Peter Pan at Connecticut Rep, SURF! in Las Vegas, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Metropolitan Opera. Several Disney concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. Thanks to Craig Burns, Michael & love to M, D, and A. @imrileycostello

Eighteen Broadway shows include The Front Page; My Fair Lady; Bright Star; It Shoulda Been You; The Bridges of Madison County; Curtains; Ragtime; 1776; and Kiss Me, Kate. Regional: Williamstown, A.C.T., Center Theatre Group, Denver Center. Film/TV: Easter Mysteries, The Producers, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Madam Secretary,” “Boardwalk Empire,” all the “Law & Order” series. Concerts at Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall and the Manaus Opera House.

Is honored to be a part of the Wicked legacy. She most recently starred as Eliza Hamilton in the Hamilton national tour. Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. TV/film: “Gossip Girl,” “Quantico,” “Halal in the Family,” “Growing Up Smith.” Thank you to my team and family! Follow @shoba_narayan www.shoba-narayan.com

Returns to the Gershwin after having played Elphaba in 7 companies across 4 countries, more than any other actress in the shows history. Her Wicked credits include: Broadway, London, Chicago, Seoul, Sydney, First & Second National Tour. Other Credits: Original Las Vegas Cast of We Will Rock You (u/s Scaramouche) & the 1st National Tour of Mamma Mia! (u/s Ali). She would like to thank Richard Fisher at Abrams Artists, Lisa Leguillou, David Stone, Joe Mantello, her amazing friends, supportive family and her daughter Joules.

Brittney is honored and excited to join the Wicked family! Broadway: Les Mis (Éponine), Motown, Sunset Boulevard, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Greatest thanks to God, Mom, family and my team. Special thanks to Telsey + Co & the Wicked team! Dedicated to you, The Dreamer. @sunnybrittney

Broadway: Anastasia, An American in Paris. City Center Encores!: Hey Look Me Over!, Me and My Girl. Carnegie Hall’s West Side Story (Nibbles), Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National tour: Flashdance (Ballet Dancer, Jimmy u/s). Ailey/Fordham BFA graduate. Special thanks to family, friends, MSA, Telsey & Co. and Ryan! @alexxaquilino

Broadway: Hair, Wicked. First national tours: Hair, American Idiot. Thanks to everyone at Telsey, CAP 21, NYU, Nicolosi. Love to my Bogans, Hippies, Idiots, the Thread and Liana. Over the moon to be off to Oz. This one’s for Wayne.

Broadway debut! National tour: Wicked, West Side Story. International tour: West Side Story. Regional: West Side Story (Ogunquit Playhouse, John W Engeman Theater). Radio City Christmas Spectacular and the 2016 Tony Awards with James Corden. Endless gratitude for my family, DanceWorks Performing Arts and the Wicked team. @L_cannon

Antonette is thrilled to be back in Oz! National Tours: Wicked. Regional: West Side Story (Fulton Opera House), Footloose (Marriott Theatre), and Hot Mikado (Westchester Broadway Theatre), among others. Proud Northwestern graduate. Love and thanks to Jeremy and family. www.antonettecohen.com.

Broadway debut! Regional: Hairspray, Tommy, The Full Monty, Crazy for You and The Star Wars Ballet. Graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. Love to her amazing supportive family in Maine and in NYC, especially Julio. The perfect family, no one is missing.

Native of Chesapeake, VA. Trained at Evelyn Ott School of Dance, University of the Arts grad. Credits: Radio City Rockettes, Broadway Dance Lab, Philadanco, Camille A. Brown and Dancers, Bad Boys of Dance. TV/commercial credits: “SNL,” “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” Rodan+Fields. Thank you LDC and family. @teneise_ellis

Is thrilled to be back in Oz! Broadway: Wicked. National tours: Wicked (Nessarose), White Christmas, 42nd Street, Cats. Off-Broadway: Blueprint Specials. Favorite regional: Saturday Night Fever, Cabaret, Singin’ in the Rain, Chicago, Anything Goes. Along with performing, Jenny’s other passion is designing jewelry. Love to my family, the fabulous ladies of BWA and my Sonnyboy.

Dan is thrilled to make his Broadway debut! Tour: Wicked (Fiyero u/s), American Idiot (Tunny u/s), Miss Saigon (Chris u/s). Favorite regional: Goodspeed, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Mount Gretna. BFA, Penn State. Thanks to my family, Julia, Craig, and Bobbie.

Broadway debut!  Dance companies: Lar Lubovitch, Stephen Petronio, Lucinda Childs.  NYU Tisch. joshdgreen.com @joshdgreen

Jeff is overjoyed to be joining Wicked! Broadway/NYC: The Book of Mormon, The Golden Apple (Encores!). Tour: Newsies (Spot Conlon), The Book of Mormon (L.A./Chicago). Training: Pace University, The School at Steppenwolf. Thanks to Mom, Craig, BBR, and Mendoza. @heimbrockj

Broadway: West Side Story, Legally Blonde, Sweet Charity, Wicked (original Chistery), The Music Man. Off-Broadway/regional: Bull Durham, Miss Abigail’s Guide… and The Seven. TV/film: Ma, “Odd Mom Out,” “Blue Bloods,” “Late Night With Steven Colbert,” Winter’s Tale, Knucklehead, Sex & The City 2, “Power,” “Unforgettable,” “Smash,” Modern Love.

Broadway debut! National tour: The Phantom of the Opera, Christine Daaé (Alternate). Off-Broadway: Desperate Measures. BFA, The Boston Conservatory. Thanks to DGRW, Craig, Telsey + Co., the Wicked team and my incredibly supportive friends and family, especially Mom, Dad and Booey. For Gram and Boldy. @celiahottenstein

Thrilled to be back in the Wicked family! Broadway: Something Rotten!; also Wicked tours (Nessarose u/s); On the Town (Ivy Smith, 5th Avenue). Huge thanks to the Wicked team, Telsey + Co., Pamelot, Janie, Mindy, Bob, and the Garber Agency. Endless love and gratitude to Mama, Daddy, Ari, and Joel.

Happy to be back at the Gershwin! Credits: An American in Paris first national (swing, Mr. Z u/s), Trip of Love (Moon River Pas), Wicked (swing), Standard Time at the Duke (lead), Radio City Christmas Spectacular tour (swing/DC), Urban Cowboy first national (Bubba), “Smash” (NBC pilot), “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO), “Vinyl” (HBO). Proud OCU grad and AEA member. Special thanks go to Telsey + Co, MSA, and the entire Wicked team. Love to my family and DME.

is stoked to be making her Broadway debut with this incredible company! She comes from the national tour where she served as Dance Captain, Swing, and Glinda u/s. BFA: NYU CAP 21.  Much love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Telsey + Co, and the entire Wicked family.

West Side Story Broadway, Wicked national tour, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The New York Spectacular, Rock the Ballet international tour. It’s a dream come true to be joining Wicked on Broadway! Thanks to Mom and Dad for all the love and support along the way!

This is a dream come true! Most recently touring the country with the national tour of Wicked. Others include 1st national tour of Sister Act (Ensemble, u/s Mary Robert), Walking the Tightrope (Esme), The Addams Family (Wednesday Addams) and Spring Awakening (Wendla). Love to my friends and family! Instagram: @micccccmart

Broadway: Carousel, Holiday Inn, Tuck Everlasting, Matilda. National tours: Wicked, Mary Poppins. Las Vegas: Rock of Ages (Franz). Regional: Muny, Flatrock Playhouse, Theatre by the Sea. BFA from Elon University. Agency: DGRW. @matt_meigs

The Sound of Music national tour (Maria), Happy People at Lincoln Center Broadway’s Future Songbook series (Sally), Pirates! at Goodspeed (Isabel , u/s Mabel), “CSI Miami” (guest star, Alicia Haveford), “Mr Robot” (Dr. Jenner), and commercials for Breyers and many others. Love to Jared and Georgia. www.lindsaynorthen.com

Broadway debut! National tour: If/Then. NYC: Jasper in Deadland, Unlock’d. Most recently: Sophie in Mamma Mia! (ACT of CT). Proud Pace alumna. Endless thanks to the Wicked team, Craig, Carson-Adler and Taylor. For Mom and Dad. @e.e.rogers

Broadway: Chaplin, Anything Goes, Amadeus, How to Succeed…, How the Grinch…, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Seussical, High Society, …Whorehouse Goes Public, Grand Hotel, Me and My Girl, Guys and Dolls. NYC Opera: Most Happy Fella. Films: The Intern with Robert De Niro and Ricky and the Flash with Meryl Streep. Fall of 2015: PBS broadcast of NY Philharmonic’s “Show Boat.” www.williamryall.com

Broadway: Wicked, Cirque Du Soleil’s Paramour, Amazing Grace, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National Tour/Regional: Lincoln Center’s South Pacific, Ragtime, Next to Normal. TV/Film: “Law and Order: SVU,” “Alpha House,” “Submissions Only,” The Wolf of Wall Street, Bedfellows, and Uncle Melvin’s Apartment. Follow: @bretshuford 

Broadway debut! 1st nat’l tour: Priscilla Queen of the Desert. B’way nat’l tours: Mamma Mia! and Wicked. NY theatre: For Lovers Only. So much love and thanks to my family, Craig, Bernadette and the team at Telsey. @tgtaber

Cary is a proud graduate of Pebblebrook High School and the University of Michigan. Original Broadway cast: The Times They Are A-Changin’, Memphis, Big Fish, Honeymoon In Vegas, Dames at Sea, A Bronx Tale. Much love and many thanks to all my teachers, Mary Michael, and Massimo Bottura.

Is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut! Credits include Wicked (national tour), The Music Man (Tommy Djilas), Gypsy, South Pacific, RhetOracle Dance Co., Tokyo Disney, and Disneyland. Huge thanks to Telsey + Co. and Mom!

Broadway: Beauty and the Beast; Triumph of Love; On a Clear Day…; Les Misérables; One Touch of Venus (West End); Sousatzka (Toronto). TV: “The Blacklist;” “30 Rock;” “L&O: CI;” “Wallflowers.” Producing the upcoming docuseries “Ghost Lights: Reclaiming Theater in the Age of AIDS.”

Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac, Sweet Charity, La Cage aux Folles, Sly Fox, Fosse, Les Misérables, Five Guys Named Moe. Off-Broadway: Under the Bridge, Adult Entertainment. Touring/regional: Cats, Guys and Dolls. USO/DOD: The Best of Broadway. Pittsburgh CLO: four seasons.

Broadway: The Woman in White, Sweet Charity, Brooklyn the Musical, The Green Bird. National tours: Mamma Mia!; Annie Get Your Gun. Off-Broadway: Sexual Perversity in Chicago, The Beginning of August (Atlantic Theatre). Five seasons at Berkeley Rep. Member of Actors’ Equity.

Broadway: Chicago, Spring Awakening, Glory Days, Sweet Charity, Sly Fox, Les Misérables, Grease. National tours: Wicked (both), Chicago, Les Misérables, Me and My Girl, Cats. International: Wicked (Mexico City, production supervisor), 1992 Olympics Closing Ceremonies (Barcelona). Off-Broadway: Under the Bridge, The Ark. Regional: NCT, Pittsburgh CLO.

Broadway: Marie Christine, Side Man. National tour: The Lion King. Off-Broadway: The World Over, Falsettos, Floyd Collins (Playwrights Horizons). Regional: Red, Hot and Blue; Carousel; My Fair Lady; Camelot; Annie (Paper Mill Playhouse); and Jekyll & Hyde (Westchester Broadway). Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker’s Wife, Working (which he adapted and directed), Rags, Children of Eden and the opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon. For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for Disney’s Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. Mr. Schwartz is artistic director of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops and serves on the Council of the Dramatists Guild. He is a member of the Theater Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award and a tiny handful of tennis trophies Defying Gravity, a book about his professional career, is available from Applause Books.

www.stephenschwartz.com

Received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for Wicked. She created the memorable television drama “My So-Called Life” which starred Claire Danes. Holzman got her start writing for the acclaimed drama “thirtysomething” and later executive produced (again with Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick) “Once and Again.” Other theatre work includes the musical Birds of Paradise (with composer David Evans) and a ten-minute play called Post-Its: Notes on a Marriage which she wrote with her husband, actor Paul Dooley. Features include ‘Til There Was You. Also an actress, Ms. Holzman appeared in Jerry Maguire and as Larry’s wife’s therapist on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Most recently she teamed with her daughter, Savannah Dooley, to write and produce the ABC Family series, “Huge.” She is a graduate of Princeton University, received an MFA from the NYU Musical Theatre Program and serves on the board of the Writers Guild Foundation.

Published a dozen novels for children before writing his first adult novel, Wicked. A devotee of children’s fantasy, Maguire’s subsequent novels for adults are variations-on-a-theme: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister considers Cinderella as a seventeenth-century maid from Haarlem; Lost evokes the ghost of Charles Dickens’s Scrooge; and Mirror Mirror features a High Renaissance Snow White daunted by the wickedest stepmother, Lucrezia Borgia. Maguire’s novel Son of a Witch, a sequel to Wicked, is followed by volume III of the Wicked Years, A Lion Among Men, and concludes with the final novel in the Wicked Years, Out of Oz. He lives in Massachusetts and Vermont with his husband, the painter Andy Newman, and their three children.

Broadway: Hillary and Clinton, The Boys in the Band, Three Tall Women (Tony nom.), Blackbird, The Humans, Airline Highway, The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Other Desert Cities, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, The Ritz, Laugh Whore, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Assassins (Tony Award), Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Design for Living, Proposals, Love! Valour! Compassion! Off-Broadway: Dogfight, The Pride, A Man of No Importance, The Vagina Monologues, Corpus Christi. As an actor: The Glass Menagerie, The Normal Heart (Tony nom. and on HBO) and Angels in America (Tony nom.). Recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of The Theater Hall of Fame.

Broadway: Sweet Charity (Tony nom.), Aida, The Who’s Tommy (Tony, Drama Desk, Astaire awards), How to Succeed… (Tony nom.), Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical(director/choreographer; Tony nom., Best Choreography), Jerry’s Girls, Baby (Tony nom.). West End: The Who’s Tommy (Olivier nom.). Other credits: Off-Broadway’s A Hot Minute and Angry Housewives, national tour of Spirit, …Forum at La Jolla (San Diego Drama Critics and Drama-Logue awards). Performer credits: A Chorus Line (Mike, original cast), The Act, Seesaw, Perfectly Frank, Irene, Big Deal, Rachel Lily Rosenblumand Dancin’ (Tony nom.). He has done musical staging for Liza Minnelli, Barry Manilow, Chita Rivera, Billy Joel, Donna Summer and Pete Townshend.

Eugene is the production designer of “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” Other Broadway credits: Bright Star, Ragtime, Show Boat and Sweeney Todd. Film credits: Coppola’s Hammett, Huston’s Mr. North, Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street and Demme’s A Master Builder. BFA: Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon. MFA: Yale School of Drama. Three honorary PhDs. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Emmy Awards; Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence; Pell Award; DesignxRI Lifetime Achievement Award, New York Theater Hall of Fame. He lives in Providence, RI, with his wife, Brooke, where he is resident designer at Trinity Rep.

Has designed costumes and scenery for over 300 productions around the world. Her Broadway credits include Present Laughter, Spring Awakening, Lestat and Into the Woods (all Tony-nominated). Her many directorial collaborations include Athol Fugard, Joe Mantello, James Lapine, Michael Mayer, Robert Falls, Tony Kushner, JoAnne Akalaitis, Des McAnuff, Christopher Ashley, Yaël Farber, Rebecca Taichman and the late Garland Wright. In addition to her work in theatre, Susan has designed opera (Rigoletto and La Traviata for the Met), dance (Love Stories for Alvin Ailey), and live music events (Taylor Swift’s Speak Now world tour). Susan is chair of the design department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her many accolades include Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Wicked.

Has more than 50 Broadway play and musical theatre credits. He designs extensively Off-Broadway, for resident theatres and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Selected Broadway credits: Beetlejuice, Mean Girls, War Paint, On Your Feet!, Disgraced, If/Then, Hairspray, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia — Shipwrecked, Other Desert Cities, Harvey, The Best Man, The Merchant of Venice, The Royal Family, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Goat, Uncle Vanya, Side Man, The Little Foxes and The Rose Tattoo. He is the recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie awards.

Broadway: Come From Away (associate producer), Lysistrata Jones (associate producer as well as sound design); …Drood (Drama Desk Award); First Date (associate producer); Pal Joey; The Ritz; Laugh Whore; Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Lion King (Drama Desk Award); The Sound of Music; Steel Pier; Forum; The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything Goes. London: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; and Anything Goes. National and international: The Lion King, Les Misérables, Mozart, Der Gloeckner von Notre Dame. Tony is a graduate of Ithaca College’s Department of Theatre Arts. Thanks, Dick.

Recent Broadway designs include The People in the Picture, Impressionism, Thurgood, Spamalot, Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, and Judgment at Nuremberg. Opera designs include Great Scott, Everest, Iolanta, Tristan and Isolde, Moby Dick (Dallas Opera); Dead Man Walking (Houston Opera); Mazeppa (Metropolitan Opera); War and Peace (Kirov and Met Opera); Tan Dun’s The Gate; and Peter Sellar’s The Peony Pavilion. Off-Broadway designs include Frequency Hopping (set and projection), Embedded, The Stendhal Syndrome, Suitcase, Speaking in Tongues, and The Thing About Men. Regional designs include Distracted (set and projection), Limonade Tous les Jours, Fran’s Bed, Once in a Lifetime, Cobb, and Hair. She received an Eddy Award in 2003.

Is head of the wig and makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera. He has designed wigs for more than 80 Broadway productions. Current and recent Broadway designs include Wicked, Rock of Ages, How to Succeed…, The Addams Family, Annie, Act One, You Can’t Take It With You, The King and I, The Sound of Music national tour, Dames at Sea, Thérèse Raquin, Fiddler on the Roof (current revival), Bright Star and Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

Broadway/West End: Wicked, Beautiful. Broadway: Beetlejuice, The Rose Tattoo, Torch Song, SpongeBob SquarePants, Summer, Sunday in the Park With George, Anastasia, Allegiance, If/Then, Follies, etc. Off-Broadway: Sweet Charity, Into the Woods, The Wild Party, Show Boat. Television: “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” (Emmy nomination), “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage,” “Castle Rock.” Film: The Discovery, Central Intelligence, Ghostbusters. joe2design.com

 Broadway: Frozen; Kinky Boots (Tony Award for Best Orchestrations; Grammy Award); The Book of Mormon (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Orchestrations; Grammy Award); 9 to 5: The Musical; All Shook Up, Avenue Q and Wicked. Off-Broadway: tick, tick…BOOM!; The Wild Party.  Vocal arranger and conductor for the Disney films Frozen  and Frozen 2; String arrangements/conductor for several of Lady Gaga’s television and film appearances, including “I’ll Never Love Again” from A Star Is Born. Music director/conductor for Rufus Wainwright’s concerts Rufus Does Judy and House of Rufus. TV credits include: music director of the 2015 Oscars, “The Wiz Live!” (NBC) and “Rent Live!” (FOX).

Received the 1998 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Ragtime. Other credits include Half a Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre); Mary Poppins, Curtains, Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden, Show Boat, Crazy for You, Carousel, Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma! (B’way); Mary Poppins, Oliver!, The Witches of Eastwick, My Fair Lady and South Pacific (London). He has provided arrangements for Marilyn Horne, James Galway, Placido Domingo and West Side Story Suite for Violin and Orchestra.

Is a four-time Grammy, three-time Tony, and Emmy winner for his work on Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, In The Heights, and FX’s mini-series “Fosse/Verdon.”  His credits as music director, arranger, and/or orchestrator include: Message in a Bottle (London), The Wrong Man (Off-Broadway), Annie (2011 Broadway Revival), Bring It On, The People in the Picture, 9 to 5 (Drama Desk and Grammy noms), Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, Wicked, Bat Boy, and Godspell (2001 National Tour). Film/television credits FX’s “Fosse” (supervising music producer), The Greatest Showman (executive music producer), Incredibles 2 (arranger/orchestrator), “Sesame Street” (Emmy-nominated composer) and WB’s In The Heights (executive music producer).

Broadway/Tours: Beetlejuice, Be More Chill, Network, The Cher Show, The Prom, American Son, Pretty Woman, My Fair Lady, Mean Girls, Frozen, Anastasia, Come From Away, Waitress, Hamilton, Kinky Boots, Hello, Dolly!, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, On Your Feet!. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, Classic Stage, MCC, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Second Stage. Film: Mary Poppins Returns, Ben Is Back, The Greatest Showman, Into the Woods, Rachel Getting Married. TV: “Rent: Live,” “Murphy Brown,” “This Is Us,” “House of Cards,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “One Day at a Time,” commercials. www.telseyandco.com

Talia is honored to be joining the company of Wicked, and stepping into a role she has dreamt about playing since seeing the show on Broadway at age 7! Originally from Florida, Talia at­tended Penn State, where she received her B.F.A. in musical theater. Broadway: Be More Chill. Off-Broadway: Be More Chill. Regional: Shrek (Fiona), Little Women (Jo), at the New London Barn Playhouse. “Thank you to all of my teachers, Jen and Peter Jones, HCKR, Sherry Kayne, my family and friends, my incredible parents, A-Team and Tom.” Talia dedicates this show to the Glinda in her life, her sister, Becca.

Allison is beyond thril­lified to be back in Oz and living her child­hood dreams. National tour: Wicked (Glinda u/s). Regional credits: Les Misérables, The Music Man, Singin’ in the Rain (New London Barn Playhouse); and A Proper Place (Goodspeed Opera House). B.F.A. in musical theater from The Boston Conservatory and proud Pensacola native. “Thanks to God, Lisa, Telsey + Co and much love to my family and team at DGRW.” allison-bailey.com. @allisonbailey.

Miss McGery in Numbers Nerds (Outstanding Individual Performance), NYMF Playwrights Horizons, CPA Theatricals. Chicago/regional: Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables (Joseph Jefferson nomination), Drury Lane Oakbrook; Miss Hannigan in Annie, Miss Shingle in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Jeanette in The Full Monty (BroadwayWorld Regional Award), RMRT; Steppenwolf; Goodman; Chicago Shakespeare; Mark Taper Forum; The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. TV: “Will & Grace,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Grimm,” “Episodes,” “Weeds,” “Dexter.” Go Rockford!
@sharonsachs.

Broadway: Dreamgirls (Tony and Drama Desk award for Best Featured Actor and L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Vocal Arrangements). Bob Fosse’s Big Deal, Tony and Drama Desk award nominations for Best Actor. Vinette Carroll’s Your Arms Too Short to Box with God and But Never Jam Today. Revival of Hair, Brooklyn The Musical, won the NAACP Theatre Award for Best Actor in the Broadway national tour of The Full Monty. Film: Moscow on the Hudson, The Slugger’s Wife, Offbeat, Carnival of Souls, Bluffing It, World Traveler. TV series regular: “Sliders,” “Thea,” ”Drexell Class,” ”Good Sports,” “Woops.”

Amanda is thrilled to be making her national tour debut! Select regional credits include The Crucible, The Cake, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, The Game’s Afoot, among others. She proudly served as Miss Pennsylvania 2014 at the national Miss America pageant. Amanda holds a B.F.A. in musical theater from Carnegie Mellon University. Endless love to all her friends and family! @AmandaFallonSmith.

Tom is extremely grateful to return to Wicked, performing for the first time with the Munchkinland company. Over the past 11 years, Mr. Flynn has performed Doctor Dillamond for over 3,000 performances on both Broadway, as well as the first national tour (four times), the original Los Angeles company and the original San Francisco company. He is eternally thankful to Lisa Leguillou, Joe Mantello, David Stone and all at 321 for this continued gift!

Broadway: Wicked, Next to Normal, Hairspray. National tours: Kinky Boots (Charlie Price), Next to Normal (Gabe). TV: “Madam Secretary,” Nickelodeon’s “Big Time Rush” (Dak Zevon), ”The Good Wife.” Film: People You May Know, B-Side. Regional: Between the Lines (KC Rep), Parade (CTG), Girlfriend (CTG and ATL). Curt is a Wisconsin native who loves his wife Mallauri and his family. @curt_hansen.

Thrilled and honored to be joining Wicked.  Regional: North Shore Music Theatre, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Human Race Theatre Company, Greater Boston Theatre Company, Unquowa Repertory Theatre. Film: The Funhouse Massacre.  BFA from CCM. Thanks to TKO, Lisa and the Wicked team for believing in me.  Eternally grateful to my mom and dad for endless support and my friends for spectacular inspiration. www.djplunkett.org @djplunkett100

National tour debut! Previous credits: Children of Eden (Yonah, Ovation nomina­tion), The Addams Family (Wednesday), Newsies (Katherine), All Shook Up (Natalie) and more. Debut album DNA (The Vivino Sisters) out now. “Love and thanks to my family, friends, Telsey + Company and DDO. This is a dream come true!” @nataliavivino.

National tour debut! Thrilled to join Munchkinland! International: West Side Story. Regional: Soul: The Stax Musical (Baltimore Center Stage); The Music Man, Joseph … and Mamma Mia! (Flat Rock Playhouse). Proud company member of @thechasebrockexperience! Thanks to family, friends, CB and CTG.

Blessed to be a part of Wicked! EDGE Scholarship Alum 2011. Credits: Sia, Incubus, “Parenthood,” “The Middle,” “Childrens Hospital,” Disneyland California. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”—Michael Scott. Instagram: @Jake_Bevens.

So happy to be a part of the Wicked family! National tours: Cats, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. B.F.A. dance, Marymount Manhattan College. Much love to family and friends! Proudly repped by CESD. @nickburrage.

Jordan is excited to be back in Munchkinland. A finalist on S8 of “So You Think You Can Dance.” She has assisted choreographers including Kenny Ortega and Kat Burns. Casanova is certified in Classical Pilates. Love to her family and Mouse! @jordancasanova.

NYC: How the Grinch… (Young Max u/s, MSG), Kris Kringle (Sky, Town Hall). Regional: The Little Mermaid, Rock of Ages, SantaLand Diaries. B.F.A.—CCM. Thanks to Cooper Company/Gotham Talent. Love to Mom, Dad and Chris. MattDensky.com

NYC: Full House! The Musical! (DJ Tanner). Regional: Joseph…(Narrator); Hairspray (Amber Von Tussle); & Legally Blonde (Vivienne). Special thanks to Lisa & the Wicked Team, Gotham Talent & Telsey. Endlessly grateful for my family & friends’ support. IG: eife22

Is a Michigan native. Began dancing at age 8. Ryan is thrilled to join Wicked on tour. Credits include: Wicked (Chicago), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Cats national tour (Mistoffelees), Copacabana (Mill Mountain), Princess Cruises, Chase Brock Experience (Joyce Soho) and Boyz II Men. Love to Mom and Dad.

Webster University B.F.A. in mu­sical theater. Regional: Bridget in Bring It On (L.A.), Daniela in In the Heights (L.A.) and more. Award-winning jazz vocalist, per­forming internationally at IAJE in Toronto, Monterey Jazz Festival and 54 below. Saragonzales.weebly.com.

Feels honored to join Wicked. Film: Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D. TV: “Glee,” “Bones,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “DWTS.” Tours: Eve, Donnie Klang. Marymount Manhattan College. Thanks Mom, Nin and Sasha for your endless love and support. Dad, I love and miss you always.

Thrilled to be rejoining the Wicked Family! Broadway: An American In Paris, West Side Story. First National Tours: Cats, An American In Paris, Wicked, Come Fly Away. Television: “Fosse/Verdon,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “SNL.” Representation: The Hybrid Agency @marinalazz

National tour debut! Credits: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Legally Blonde (Warner), Dogfight (Eddie), West Side Story (Tony) and numerous productions with Walt Disney World. Love and gratitude to Josh, his family and Julie. @litzjordan

Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide …, War Horse, Sweeney Todd, Cabaret.  Off-Broadway: The Other Josh Cohen, Woody Sez and The Dead 1904 (Irish Rep); Allegro (Classic Stage). Regional Goodspeed, Ogunquit, GeVa. Eastman School of Music. megloomis.com. @megsthelooms.

Tours: Chicago (Mona, u/s Velma, RCCL: Hunyak), An American in Paris (Swing). Off-Broadway: Wonderful Town. Regional: Oklahoma!, Anastasia, West Side Story, Victor/Victoria, Guys and Dolls. TV: “Heart of Dixie.” UCLA-TFT B.A. alidamichal.com. Bulletproof Bette: bulletproofbette.com.

Hayden is thrilled to join the Wicked family. Hayden toured nationally and internationally as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys. Roosevelt University. Thanks to the Wicked team, Telsey and his agents at Talent Works. For Sarah. @haydenmilanes.

Thrilled to be making her Wicked debut! Recent credits: Disney’s Freaky Friday Tour (Gretchen), Disney’s Finding Nemo (Nemo). BFA NYU Tisch/CAP21. Thanks to God, Laura at Terrific Talent, Telsey + Co, and the entire Wicked team. For Mom, Dad, and my sweetest Zach. @jennafernewberry

Thrilled to join Wicked! Credits: Radio City Rockettes, 42nd Street (national tour), Finger Lakes MTF, Gateway Playhouse, Arizona Broadway. OCU graduate. Thanks to Avalon and the Wicked team! “Love to my family and James.” @alicia_newcom.

NYC: A Christmas Story (Madison Square Garden), Brigadoon (NY City Center Gala) Touring: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder; The Producers. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Law & Order: SVU.” www.DavidScottPurdy.com

Jackie is thrilled to join Wicked! Theatre: A Chorus Line (Maggie), Anything Goes (Hope), Oklahoma! (Laurey). TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Thanks to Telsey, Daniel Hoff Agency and Dan Micciche for this opportunity. B.F.A. – TCU. jackie-raye.com.

is ecstatic to be making her national tour debut. Most recently, she could be seen in Frozen: Live at the Hyperion. B.P.A. OKCU. Much love to family, Rile and Telsey + Co.

Broadway: Newsies (OBC), Gypsy, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. National tours: Kinky Boots, Newsies. Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, Paper Mill Playhouse. “Endless love to my family!” B.A. from NYU. Instagram: @aricha3. Twitter: @AMRichardson3.

Elated to be in Oz! New York: Jersey Boys, A Chorus Line (City Center). Tours: Jersey Boys. Regional: Goodspeed, PCLO, Ogunquit. Boston Conservatory. Thanks to Wicked, Telsey & HH. Love to my family & Keith. @jschoxo

Broadway: 9 to 5, A Christmas Carol. Tours: 9 to 5. Off-Broadway: Prince and the Pauper, Mimi le Duck. Film: The Producers the Musical, Brando, Welcome Home. Television:“Guiding Light,” “All My Children.” Concert: Kristina at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall in London.

Is very grateful to be back with the Munchkinland family! Credits: Cirque du Soleil, “SYTYCD,” Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Florence + the Machine, Ke$ha, Kelly Clarkson, “American Music Awards,” “Video Music Awards,” “Billboard Awards,” “DWTS,” “American Idol,” San Francisco Ballet.

 Joined Jan. 2010. 3,000+ performances. 20 Green Girls. Denizen of Pittsburgh, PA. • Travel Enthusiast: 8+ Years of Touring, 50 States, 8 Provinces, 15 Countries • Passions/Hobbies: Wicked, Gymnastics, Figure Skating, Fundraising, Event Coordinating, Photography, Motivational Speaking. “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” Follow my adventures on IG @justinwirick88

Broadway: Godspell, Wonderland, Lend Me a Tenor (2010), Grease, The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity, Fiddler on the Roof (2004), Noises Off, Stones in His Pockets, Cats, Guys and Dolls, among others. Directing credits include 59th FIFA Congress (2009) at Atlantis (Nassau), as well as the most recent national tours of Grease (2008 and 2010).

Colleen is thrilled to be a part of the Wicked team. Broadway: Godspell, Wonderland, South Pacific, Lend Me a Tenor, Grease, Grey Gardens. Regional: Many productions over several years at the Vineyard Playhouse in beautiful Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. Love to LBB.

Broadway: Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour; Disaster!; Newsies; Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It; Wit; Bonnie & Clyde; La Cage aux Folles (2010). National tours: Once, Sister Act, The Addams Family, 9 to 5 The Musical. Regional: Cutman (Goodspeed Musicals).