'Wicked' Tour Takes Boston by Storm

Wicked

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Winnie Holzman, Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire; Director, Joe Mantello; Musical Staging, Wayne Cilento; Settings, Eugene Lee; Costumes, Susan Hilferty; Lighting, Kenneth Posner; Sound, Tony Meola; Projections, Elaine J. McCarthy; Wigs & Hair, Tom Watson; Music Director, P. Jason Yarcho; Production Stage Manager, Peter Van Dyke

CAST: Jackie Burns, Elphaba; Chandra Lee Schwartz, Glinda; Richard H. Blake, Fiyero; Justin Brill, Boq; Michelle London, Nessarose; StevenSkybell, Doctor Dillamond; Randy Danson, Madame Morrible; Richard Kline, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; ENSEMBLE: Todd Anderson, Penelope Armstead-Williams, Terra Lynn Arrington, Catherine Charlebois, Keith A. Bearden, Aaron De Jesus, Emily Ferranti, Luis Augusto Figueroa, Dominic Giudici, Napoleon W. Gladney, Spencer Jones, Kevin Jordan, Kelly Lafarga, Renee Lawless-Orsini, Philip Dean Lightstone, Kourtni Lind, Marissa Lupp, Corey Mach, Sterling Masters, Kevin McMahon, Robert Pendilla, Christopher Russo, Adam Sanford, Carla Stickler, Brandon Tyler, Shanna VanDerwerker, Bud Weber, Betsy Werbel, Sunny L. Yokoyama, Lauren Ashley Zakrin, Jared Zirilli

Performances through October 17 at the Boston Opera House, 539 Washington Street; Purchase tickets through Ticketmaster 1-800-982-2787, at the Box Office of Colonial Theatre or Opera House, or online at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/Boston or www.Ticketmaster.com/wicked

Move over, Hurricane Earl. Boston has been taken by a bona fide storm - a category four whirlwind known as Wicked, the smash hit musical currently in its seventh year on Broadway. The second national tour of the ten-time Tony-nominated show has blown into the Boston Opera House for the next six weeks with an outstanding cast, intricate sets and effects, beautifully detailed costumes, and a 17-piece orchestra, including twelve local musicians, in the pit under Conductor P. Jason Yarcho. This is Broadway in Boston, and this is as good as it gets.

From producing and starring in family holiday pageants as a child, to avid member of Broadway Across America and Show of the Month Club, Nancy has cultivated her love of the art and respect for the craft of theatre. She fulfilled a dream when she became an adult-onset tap dancer in the early 90's ("Gotta dance!"); she fulfills another by providing reviews for BroadwayWorld.com and evolving as a freelance writer. Nancy is an alumna of Syracuse University and a retired Probation Officer-in-Charge in the Massachusetts Trial Court system.

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