Idina Menzel "WICKED" Stephen Schwartz 2006 London Opening Souvenir Program

Description

This is a beautiful souvenir program from the
Original West End production of the STEPHEN SCHWARTZ and WINNIE HOLZMAN musical "WICKED" at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London. (The Original Broadway production opened October 30th, 2003 at the Gershwin Theatre in New York City and is still playing after over 5500 performances. The London production began previews on September 7th, 2006, officially opened on September 27th, 2006 and is still selling out nightly.) ..... The musical starred IDINA MENZEL, repeating her Tony Award winning role of  "Elphaba" (she would be replaced on December 30th, 2006 by KERRY ELLIS) and HELEN DALLIMORE (in her West End debut) as "Glinda" and featured ADAM GARCIA, MIRIAM MARGOLYES, MARTIN BALL, JAMES GILLAN, KATIE ROWLEY JONES and NIGEL PLANER as "The Wizard" ..... The Original Broadway production
starred KRISTIN CHENOWETH as "Glinda" and
IDINA MENZEL
as "Elphaba" and featured CAROLE SHELLEY, NORBERT LEO BUTZ, MICHELLE FEDERER, CHRISTOPHER FITZGERALD, WILLIAM YOUMANS and JOEL GREY as "The Wizard"
..... CREDITS: Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ ("The Magic Show", "Godspell", "Pippin", "The Baker's Wife", "Working", "Rags", "Children of Eden", "Wicked"); Book by WINNIE HOLZMAN based on the novel by GREGORY MAGUIRE; Scenery designed by EUGENE LEE (Tony Award); Costumes designed by SUSAN HILFERTY (Tony Award); Orchestrations by WILLIAM DAVID BROHN; Musical Director: STEPHEN OREMUS; Choreographed by WAYNE CILENTO; Directed by JOE MANTELLO; Produced by MARC PLATT, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, THE ARACA GROUP, JON B. PLATT and DAVID STONE
..... DETAILS: The oversized 40 page program measures 9 1/4" X 13" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, musical numbers, historical and promotional text, individual photos and bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team and many full color photos of scenes from the musical ..... PLEASE NOTE: The scanned images have been cropped due to the limitations of my scanner. The margins are slightly wider than shown ..... CONDITION: This rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian
. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
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