New WICKED Cast Replacements this month and next? — Page 37

I truly hope current tour u/s Jackie Raye gets bumped to lead. I saw her Glinda last year and thought she was incredible. One of my favorites ever. 

two ladies tickets said: "Donna McKechnie will be taking over as Morrible at some point in the spring, and Brad Oscar will be taking over as The Wizard around the same time. The press release probably won't be coming out for another month or so.
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Does Alyssa have an exit date yet?

The in-person lottery has now been discontinued. I believe Wicked was the last Broadway show to have one of these - lotteries are all digital now!

Interesting, Alyssa will have done a year in March, I expected to hear an announcement about her first. 

Updated On: 1/18/24 at 02:37 PM

MadisonGuy said: "Interesting, Alyssa will have a done a year in March, I expected to hear an announcement about her first."

McKenzie was kind of "forced" to share her Wicked departure date what with the casting announcement yesterday for Heart of Rock and Roll. The rumor is that Alyssa is going into Death Becomes Her, but they haven't officially announced any casting yet beyond Simard and Hilty.

EDIT: The Death Becomes Her rumor might be dead (no pun intended). A while back, the Death Becomes Her Instagram page was following a very limited number of people, Alyssa Fox included. It appears they don't follow her anymore now.

Updated On: 1/17/24 at 04:30 PM

I wonder if we'll see Mary Kate and Allie Trimm promoted. Mary Kate is pretty beloved by fans (and already did the role fulltime on tour) and they've done quite a few funny backstage tik toks that I've seen. 

ElephantLoveMedley said: 

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McKenzie was kind of "forced" to share herWickeddeparture date what with the casting announcement yesterday for Heart of Rock and Roll. 

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it sounds like with the announcement of her joining the Disney Princess tour on March 12th, that Alyssa will similarly be, “forced” to announce her departure date. 

Broadguy85 said: "I think Lissa is going to take over. Recently posted outside of the Gershwin and is now taken off the Disney tour that Alyssa got announced for."

That makes a lot of sense.... le sigh. Looking forward to hearing who the new tour leads are then.

With MKM leaving, I hope we get a standby announcement- today?? and replacement info for Alyssa and McKenzie soon! 

wish i were here2 said: "I wonder if this will be a situation where MKM is getting promoted to lead Elphaba, but is currently taking a short break between standby and lead (i.e. Brittney Johnson as Glinda). While, Lissa is the new standby."

I was so disappointed to hear that MKM was, “leaving Wicked,” but your post gives me some hope. I hope you’re right. 🤞🤞 I would hate to see MKM leave Wicked all together without ever being the lead and becoming the Dan Marino of Wicked. 

wish i were here2 said: "I wonder if this will be a situation where MKM is getting promoted to lead Elphaba, but is currently taking a short break between standby and lead (i.e. Brittney Johnson as Glinda). While, Lissa is the new standby."

Lissa just posted that she is the new Broadway standby, so the above is either true, or we’re getting someone brand new, which is rare.

Call_me_jorge said: "Whenever Alyssa leaves the current tour standby, Laurel Harris, is over due for some recognition and I think should be the next full time Elphaba on broadway."

She does have a child...I'm not sure if she would want to be full time right now? NOT SAYING AT ALL THAT MOTHERS CAN NOT BE FULL TIME ON BROADWAY. I just know it's different for every parent. She may be one who wouldn't want to be full time but is happy to be standby