 The success of the Broadway production has led to the development of an auxiliary show , Behind the Emerald Curtain , created by Sean McCourt – an original Broadway production cast member who played the Witch 's Father , among other roles , in addition to understudying the Wizard and Doctor Dillamond , before taking over the latter principal role – and Anthony Galde who was a long @-@ running swing in the Broadway company from 2004 to 2012 . The tour features a ninety @-@ minute behind @-@ the @-@ scenes look at the props , masks , costumes and sets used in the show , and includes a question @-@ and @-@ answer session with the cast members . The Broadway tour is currently led by McCourt and long @-@ running ensemble member and Glinda understudy Lindsay K. Northen . The tour also featured in the Los Angeles , San Francisco and Chicago sit @-@ down productions , and were each run by different long @-@ serving cast members of the show . The tour provides a behind the scenes look at what goes into putting on the show every day . Participants get a first hand account of what it is like to be a part of the massive production that Wicked is . 
