See also Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs Willemijn Verkaik voiced the Dutch and German versions of the role of Elsa in Frozen and sang "Let It Go" in these two languages. [42], Wicked officially opened on June 10, 2003 at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, after previews began on May 28, in a pre-Broadway tryout presented by SHN. The Broadway production of the show received a total of twelve Drama Desk Award and eight Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical and acting awards for d'Arcy James, Foster and Sieber. PLEASE BE AWARE: water-based smoke, loud confetti cannons, and strobe effects are used in this production. Horrified Boq flees in shock and Nessa blames Elphaba. [3 Pigs] Zey said zat vee vere fat! Shrek: The Musical Follow Along Movie PacketON NETFLIX NOW. Wicked's songs were composed by Stephen Schwartz. [166], In the week ending October 17, 2010, Wicked became only the third musical in Broadway history to exceed $500million in total gross. [Guard] (Spoken) Wicked Witch! Musical in 2 Acts. With more space, we can tell the story of Wicked as it was meant to be told while bringing even more depth and surprise to the journeys for these beloved characters. A Munchkin named Boq asks Galinda to go with him, but she convinces him to take Nessarose so she can go with Fiyero. Performances began on February 10, 2007, with an official opening on February 21. ", "Time to get Wicked! In fact, everything about Shrek The Musical is in the grand old tradition a splendid musical comedy (with a meaningful message) for the entire family. [2] The home video release is also available on Netflix Streaming as of January, 2014. This was then performed in all subsequent productions, replacing "Donkey Pot Pie.". Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times: "'Shrek,' for the record, is not bad. As the title character, a misanthropic green ogre who learns to love, the talented Mr. James is encumbered with padding and prosthetics. As the evil, psychologically maimed Lord Farquaad, the very droll Christopher Sieber is required to walk on his knees, with tiny fake legs dangling before him an initially funny sight gag that soon drags". [194] The following month, Jeff Goldblum was reported to be in final talks to play the Wizard. ("I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)"). The show was nominated for a total of four awards at the 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical, Best Actor for Lindsay and Supporting Actor for Harman, as well as Best Costume Design for Tim Hatley. [159][160] On June 23, 2008, the producers reported that over 1.4 million people had seen the London production since its opening, and grosses had topped 50million;[161] The same reports stated that the show has consistently been one of the two highest-grossing shows in the West End. PINOCCHIO Thatu0019 s it! Shrek the Musical review. Most of the original production team and cast members remained with the show. Fiona's curse is broken, and she takes her true form: an ogress. A second tour of North America, featuring a Non-Equity cast, launched September 9, 2011, at the Capitol Theatre in Yakima, Washington. Strife is never ending Fairy Godmother! [7] Wicked had performed in 16 different countries and is still going strong. The first part is set for release on Christmas Day in 2024, with the second part to follow a year later. MAMA BEAR The ensemble cast performed "Freak Flag" at the awards. [33], Wicked's international tour opened on July 13, 2016 at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford, England. ", "Two Dozen Witches and $790 Million Later, Wicked First National Tour Reaches Final Bow", "Wicked Ends Lengthy Chicago Sit-Down Engagement Jan.25", Wicked Will Return to Chicago for Eight-Week Run, "John Rubinstein and Carol Kane Set for L.A. Wicked", "Wicked Ends Lengthy Los Angeles Run Jan.11", "Wicked, with Wicks and Kassebaum, Opens in San Francisco Feb.6", "Kassebaum and Wicks Will Head Cast of San Francisco 'Wicked'", "Wicked Flies Out of San Francisco Sept. 5", "Wicked's Second North American Tour Launches March 7", "National Tours of Broadway Titles Halt Engagements During COVID-19 Pandemic", "WICKED Will Be the First Broadway Tour to Resume Performances, Kicking Off Next Week; Plus All New Photos! He noted that Glinda is such a showy role that the audience ends up rooting for her rather than the "surprisingly colorless" Elphaba, who is "nominally" the hero. 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle - 10 September to 21 September, 2008. This musical, having garnered 35 major awards, a Grammy and three Tonys, based on the bestselling book, "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire, with . Elphaba visits Nessarose, now the governor of Munchkinland after the death of their father. 14:30. He praises Sutton Foster as "an inspired, take-charge musical comedian. Ms. Foster manages both to make fun of and exult in classical musical-comedy moves while creating a real, full character at the same time. Elphaba returns to the Emerald City to free the monkey servants and encounters the Wizard. [52] Three times again, the tour returned to Chicago in 2010, 2013, and 2022. On October 28, 2019, with its 6,681st performance, it surpassed Les Misrables to become Broadway's fifth-longest running show. WITCH It ends today! The second non-equity tour began October 5, 2012, in Anchorage, Alaska, ending on April 7, 2013, in Reno, Nevada. They dragged me from the pond They broke my magic wand They blew our condos down Mad Hatter! Vaughn as Lord Farquaad. This brand new escape room activity will not only improve students knowledge of Wicked the Musical but will hone their problem solving skills, build up their teamwork and leadership skills and allow opportunities to show creativity and resilience.This Digital Escape Room is perfect for Middle School and High School students! [63] The production celebrated its 5,000th performance on July 30, 2022. [160] For the week commencing December 27, 2010, the London production grossed 1,002,885, the highest single-week gross in West End theatre history,[162] with over 20,000 theatregoers attending the nine performances of Wicked that week. As we prepared the production over the last year, it became impossible to wrestle the story of Wicked into a single film without doing some real damage to it As we tried to cut songs or trim characters, those decisions began to feel like fatal compromises to the source material that has entertained us all for so many years. He tells Elphaba about a conspiracy to stop animals from speaking, and she wants to let the Wizard know because he could stop it ("Something Bad"). A dance remix of her rock version of "Defying Gravity" was later released in 2011. [2] A typical performance of the show takes about two hours and 30 minutes, including an intermission.[3]. Wicked Witch! Block to Begin in Wicked Tour on March 25", "Amour Star Lands Role in Broadway's Wicked", "Broadway Officially Extends Theatre Shutdown", "All the Broadway shows that are reopening this fall", "Wicked Flies Back Into Broadway's Gershwin Theatre September 14", "VIDEO: WICKED Welcomes Original Star Kristin Chenoweth Home for Opening Night! ", "Spinning the Grosses and Spinning the Gossip", "Harriet Thorpe in Morrible in West End Wicked April14", "Wicked Sets New Box Office Record For London Theatres", "WICKED SETS NEW BOX OFFICE RECORD WITH A SINGLE WEEK GROSS OF OVER 1 MILLION, CROWNING A RECORD-BREAKING 2010", "WICKED - The Broadway Musical - Australia", "Wicked Flies to 1,000th Broadway Performance, March23", "Wicked Tour Celebrates 1,000th Performance Aug.15", "WICKED CELEBRATES 1000th PERFORMANCE 14FEBRUARY", "WICKED The Broadway Musical Australia", "Behind the Emerald Curtain official website", "Exclusive footage of Elphaba's make-up process in Wicked", "How Much Does It Cost to Mount a Broadway Musical? Race Carrie Compere played the Dragon, with Blakely Slaybaugh as Pinocchio. [9] The Dragon was voiced by company members Haven Burton, Aymee Garcia and Rachel Stern, instead of a soloist. "[211] The Oscar-winning song "Let It Go" from the successful 2013 Disney computer-animated musical feature film Frozen, that also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, had been compared to "Defying Gravity" due to its similar theme and similar singing style,[212] and was sung by the original Elphaba Idina Menzel. [151][152] Producer David Stone told Variety, "we thought it [the Chicago production] would run 18 months, then we'd spend a year in Los Angeles and six months in San Francisco but sales stayed so strong that the producers created another road show and kept the show running in Chicago. Elphaba invites Glinda to the Emerald City with her ("One Short Day"). He knocks on the floor; Elphaba steps out from a trap door, apparently having faked her death, and they embrace. The next day, Princess Fiona rises early and sings with a bluebird and dances with a deer (before making the bird explode and throwing the deer off a cliff). Kecia Lewis-Evans, who played Dragon in Seattle, was offered a part in the show's ensemble but declined. Shrek the Musical She was seen as a fairy tale creature banished to Shrek 's swamp. [30] The final cast included Mathers (who had returned once Durack announced her pregnancy)[97][98] as Glinda, Steve Danielsen as Fiyero, Simon Gallaher as the Wizard, Edward Grey as Boq, Emily Cascarino as Nessarose, Glen Hogstrom as Doctor Dillamond and original cast members Rix as Elphaba and Kirkpatrick as Madame Morrible. PIG #1 Power to zee piggies! It is the most ingeniously wacky, transcendently tasteless Broadway musical since The Producers, and more family-friendly than that gag-fest." The #WickedMovie is really happening and I have 3 days of footage of prove it:) oh also JEFF GOLDBLUME IS THE WIZARD!!!! Not even half a year later, on October 7, it was announced that Wicked will return to Australia for an exclusive 20th anniversary run, with performances starting in August, 2023 at the Sydney Lyric Theatre. After she refuses to take Glinda's advice to go back and apologise, Elphaba decides to go off to do what's right for her. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [174], The success of the Broadway production has led to the development of an auxiliary show for purposes of marketing and promotion titled Behind the Emerald Curtain. Shrek arrives near the end of the conversation and misunderstands Fiona's description of herself as an ugly beast, and thinks she is talking about him. At Kiamo Ko, Elphaba casts a spell to save Fiyero but is crestfallen by the limitations of her power. [Mama Bear] Mama's in the mud, Mama's in distress. This production, located at the Charlotte Theater in Seoul, ran from November 22, 2013, to October 5, 2014. Story Theater Company Presents Shrek The Musical JR Performing at the Ames City Auditorium - June 17-26, 2022: SHREK THE MUSICAL JR. Beauty is in the eye of the ogre in Shrek The Musical JR., based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film and subsequent Broadway musical. Previews began on September 5, 2009, with the official opening on September 12. [15] Previews began on March 8, and officially opened on March 31. The success of the Broadway production has spawned many productions worldwide, including a long-running West End production. After being asked if she was Elphaba's friend, Glinda reminisces about their past. [59][27] The production closed on September 5, 2010 with Marcie Dodd as Elphaba and Alli Mauzey as Glinda, after 660 performances and 12 previews. As Farquaad and Fiona ride back to Duloc, Donkey tries to explain the misunderstanding to Shrek (who is too angry and upset to listen), and Shrek rejects him as well, declaring that he will return to his swamp alone and build a wall to shield himself from the world ("Build a Wall"). [168] The original production still runs today and currently stands as the fifth longest-running Broadway show in history. Louise Dearman, who has played both Elphaba and Glinda in the West End, released an acoustic version of "Defying Gravity" for the Wicked edition of her album Here Comes the Sun. After a fight between the two witches, the Wizard's guards arrive. Elphaba tries to help by enchanting the jeweled shoes and giving Nessa the power to walk. [129] Despite these mixed reviews, interest in Wicked spread quickly by word-of-mouth, leading to record-breaking success at the box office, as described below.