La Wicked Cast Announced Early!

So it finally is official- Eden Espinosa and Megan Hilty will open the LA production, from Stephen Schwartz himself:
"October 21, 2006

I am writing this on a plane to Los Angeles, a trip which will culminate in a press event for the new Los Angeles company of WICKED, opening in February of next year. Eden Espinosa and Megan Hilty will be on hand to sing a few songs in their personae as Elphaba and Glinda, roles they have performed superbly on Broadway. So Angelenos can be confident of a first-rate cast.

They will also see a slightly different show than the one which opened on Broadway three years ago, though by that time these changes should have been added into the Broadway company as well. These are small but, to the creative team, significant improvements to scenes which have been bugging us a bit since we opened and that we have been able to try out in London, the first involving the introduction of Fiyero in Act One and the second, a particular bugaboo of mine, the end of the second act scene between Elphaba and Nessarose and the following scene between Elphaba and the Wizard. One of the nice things about live theatre is that, although its "liveness" means productions require constant maintenance, it also enables creators to institute improvements when they think of them."

I announced that Eden will be playing Elphaba 4 months ago on this board and some smart-alec who supposedly works at the Pantages posted that she was not.

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I totally agree. After I read it, I thought that they were just going to sing a few songs and call it a night.

that is exactly what i thought. they will be on hand to sing songs. that does not mean they are playing the parts. what is the point of the event if he announces it early?

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Maybe, Schwartz meant a limited engagement for Megan and Eden only? The opening night or a week only perhaps?

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