Katie Rose Clarke & Kyle Dean Massey returning to WICKED in 1st national tour Nov. 15.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 2:43pm

Katie Rose Clarke and Kyle Dean Massey, who appeared as Glinda and Fiyero in the Broadway production of "Wicked" will reprise their roles in the 1st national tour beginning November 15. So, it appears that they will be playing the roles when the tour has its big return engagement at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. It looks like the producers wanted some very talented alums to play the roles in L.A. That's kind of a slap in the face to Amanda Jane Cooper and Colin Hanlon who are curently playing the roles right now. Still, good for Clarke and Massey.

Katie Rose Clarke & Kyle Dean Massey Return to WICKED National Tour, 11/15 Updated On: 11/8/11 at 02:43 PM

[californiasnow]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 2:51pm

I'm sure it's possible that they were brought in for the LA engagement, but it's probably more likely that Amanda's and Colin's contracts were up. I doubt that the producers expect either Katie or Kyle being involved will cause a spike in ticket sales.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 3:14pm

It's time for Katie to hang up her Bubble Dress.

[broadway_show_fan]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 4:04pm

oh, I loved Katie and wish I was able to get to the west coast!

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 4:14pm

Love 'em both in these roles. Clarke has done the show ALOT but IMO she always keeps it fresh, and personally I think she is one of the best Glinda's out there.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 4:26pm

I'm sure the two Glinda understudies are thrilled with this announcement!

[steven22]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 4:38pm

Kyle is fantastic...BUT Katie needs to move on....They should have brought in Katie Adams or Lindsay Northern...

[adamgreer]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 4:48pm

Katie Adams left the business and became a special ed teacher.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 5:43pm

Well I'm sure that Katie is very excited to perform two out of the eight shows a week.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 6:31pm

"They should have brought in Katie Adams or Lindsay Northern..."

Kate Fahrner is the Glinda standby on Broadway now.

[steven22]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 6:36pm

I'm aware Katie Adams hasn't been in WICKED in years...I saw her when she was Megan Hilty's stand by and Katie was phenomenal.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 6:42pm

Is Donna Vivino still the Elphaba standby on Broadway? I don't see her listed on the website. I just saw Jenny Fellner a couple of weeks ago in Parade and I see she's now Nessarose.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 6:52pm

Donna Vivino is in fact the Elphaba standby on Broadway. Like Lisa Brescia did, she opts not to be listed in the playbill or on the website. When she goes on, she gets the full page insert with her headshot and bio. She is actually going on for a few shows this week (I'm seeing her Wednesday evening).

Jenny Fellner returns to the Broadway production next Tuesday. Cristy Candler is currently filling in for her (yet again).
Updated On: 11/7/11 at 06:52 PM

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 6:55pm

Thanks. I'd love to see Donna.

[flyinghighwithwicked]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 8:09pm

is it possible that this is simply temporary? The only Glinda on the National Tour who has done a shorter engagement than Amanda is Megan Hilty and that was arranged. Chandra ,Kendra and Katie both did over a year and a half, with Christina DeCicco at 10 months. I don't understand.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 9:32pm

I did not know Donna Vivino was the Elphaba standby on Broadway. I was supposed to see her in the national tour, but she was out both times I saw it. I have heard she is incredible though.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 9:35pm

^ I saw her on tour and she was terrific. I'm sad that she's not playing the lead Elphaba on Broadway, but maybe she wanted to be the standby.

[AC126748]

Posted: 11/7/11 at 11:42pm

Mark Jacoby is currently playing The Wizard on tour? That's some serious luxury casting.

[DefyGravity777]

Posted: 11/8/11 at 5:58am

"I'm sure the two Glinda understudies are thrilled with this announcement!"

The understudies have been going on every weekend for the past 2 months(maybe more) for Amanda Jane so they are well prepared if they have to go on for Katie Rose. I saw Megan Campanile and she is fantastic. Way better than Amanda Jane is.

Ironically Kate Fahrner went on once for Katie Rose and has yet to go on for Chandra in her time on Broadway as standby.

"Mark Jacoby is currently playing The Wizard on tour? That's some serious luxury casting."

He is the worst Wizard I ever saw.

[flyinghighwithwicked]

Posted: 11/8/11 at 10:11am

He is my favorite Wizard actually. Not everyone can love him obviously, but I thought he was excellent! AJC is my favorite Glinda as well. And the u/s's have been covering lots of matinees. Amanda consistently makes 6 or 7 of the 8 shows every week. She is a very solid Glinda.

[californiasnow]

Posted: 11/8/11 at 10:22am

I agree with the above. Mark Jacoby actually gave some nuance to the Wizard, and I quite enjoyed him. Amanda Jane as well. It's kind of sad that people feel the need to come onto a thread just to state how someone was the worst performer that they ever saw, or that they are keeping track of how many shows a certain performer misses. To each their own, I suppose.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 11/8/11 at 4:50pm

Broadway/L.A. posting the cast for the engagement on their twitter.

Broadway World even wrote an article about it:


New WICKED LA Cast Announced; Clarke, Parris, McCartney, Jacoby & More Updated On: 11/8/11 at 04:50 PM

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 11/8/11 at 5:44pm

completely agreed californiasnow. I really liked Mark Jacoby when I saw him in DC over the summer.

[sally1112]

Posted: 11/8/11 at 5:57pm

I had already planned on seeing this tour when it comes to town, but if Kyle is in it, I'll plan on seeing it several times!!!

[DefyGravity777]

Posted: 11/8/11 at 6:17pm

"Amanda consistently makes 6 or 7 of the 8 shows every week. She is a very solid Glinda."

6 or 7 shows does not make a solid or consistant Glinda. Katie Rose did 6 or 7 shows a week and people on here gave her a stupid nick name.