who played the wicked witch in wicked on broadway
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title: Wicked (musical) text: In celebration of the musical's 10th anniversary, the tour played an eight-week return engagement, returning to the Oriental Theatre, from October 30 through December 21, 2013. An open-ended production also appeared in Los Angeles, California at the Pantages Theatre. Performances began on February 10, 2007, with an official opening on February 21. Megan Hilty and original Broadway standby Eden Espinosa were Glinda and Elphaba respectively while Carol Kane was Madame Morrible, Timothy Britten Parker was Doctor Dillamond, Jenna Leigh Green was Nessarose, Adam Wylie was Boq, Kristoffer Cusick was Fiyero, and John Rubinstein was the Wizard. The production closed on title: Nessarose text: Hall, Katie Rowley Jones (original London cast), Caroline Keiff, Natalie Anderson, Marcie Dodd (the only actress to date to have played both lead roles of Nessarose and Elphaba), Summer Naomi Smart and Penny McNamee (original Australian cast), among others. Nessarose Nessarose Thropp is the name of the woman who becomes the Wicked Witch of the East in "" by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway adaptation, "Wicked". She is the beautiful and physically handicapped younger sister of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. In both Maguire's novel and the musical version, the character is portrayed in a title: Wicked (musical) text: included Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and Joel Grey as the Wizard. The original Broadway production won three Tony Awards and six Drama Desk Awards, while its original cast album received a Grammy Award. "Wicked" celebrated its tenth anniversary on Broadway on October 30, 2013. On July 12, 2018, with its 6,138th performance, it surpassed "A Chorus Line" to become Broadway's sixth-longest running show. A typical performance takes approximately two hours and 30 minutes, plus a 15-minute intermission. The success of the Broadway production has spawned several other productions worldwide, including various North American productions, a long-running title: Idina Menzel text: actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth on Broadway in "Wicked", a musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman based upon Gregory Maguire's novel "" (1995). Menzel received the 2004 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. During her penultimate performance of "Wicked" on January 8, 2005, she fell through a trap door and cracked a lower rib. The injury prevented her from performing in her final show on January 9. Menzel did, however, make a special out-of-costume appearance at that performance, performed her final song, and received a title: Nessarose text: Nessarose Nessarose Thropp is the name of the woman who becomes the Wicked Witch of the East in "" by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway adaptation, "Wicked". She is the beautiful and physically handicapped younger sister of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. In both Maguire's novel and the musical version, the character is portrayed in a much less negative light than L. Frank Baum's original Wicked Witch of the East. Nessarose possesses sympathetic and admirable qualities, but these are ultimately overshadowed by her increasingly uncompromising and self-righteous nature. She earns her infamous title upon becoming