Wicked: Full Australian Cast Pg 5

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/27/07 at 11:41pm

So far..

Pippa Grandison and Lucy Durack as the two leads ( not sure which is which witch! )

Rob Mills and Anthony Callea ( both from Australia Idol )

Rodney Dobson

Rob Guest as the Wizard

Maggie Kirkpatrick as Morrible

The show opens July next year at the Regent Theatre Melbourne

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So lookinh at this 6 weeks later the only real change was Amanda Harrison as Glinda

Updated On: 2/11/08 at 11:41 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/27/07 at 11:46pm

Rob Guest as the Wizard

SCARY!!!!!!!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/27/07 at 11:50pm

I'd cast Toni Lamond as Morrible.

But no one asked me.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 12/27/07 at 11:51pm

I thought Helen Dallimore from the London production was announced to play Glinda in Australia?

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/27/07 at 11:52pm

Pippa in Witches of Eastwick





Lucy was in Respect the musical





The Wonderful Maggie was the Freak in Prisoner

[deadparrot]

Posted: 12/27/07 at 11:55pm

Grandison

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/27/07 at 11:55pm

I would take Rob over Bert Newton anyday!

There is still talk ( well rumours ) of both Helen and Idina during the first 8 weeks or so. That rumour was also fueled by the fact that both Idina and Taye where in Sydney a couple of weeks ago.

[dramarama2]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 12:04am

Elphaba & Glinda have been cast.

Elphaba - Delta Goodrem

Glinda - Can't remember exactly, but i'm pretty sure it is Helen Dallimore

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 1:42am

I can not see Delta doing this, that fake cancer scare was not done so she could end up treading he boards four to six times per week.

[winston89]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:23am

Helen was the first choice in the rumor mill when they announced the show was going to be going to Sydney. Keep in mind that they announced the Sydney production not so long after the London one opened up.

At that point, Helen was doing the show in London and the fans figured that she would go because she is from down under.

There have been interviews that bring up this rumor. She says that she would like to do it considering the fact that it is a homecomming of sorts for her. But, nothing has been talked about between her and the producers yet.

I don't think that Idina would do the show yet again. Although, she is releasing a new album and is trying to have it reach a more broader audicence then the broadway fanbase she has gotten. She is trying to go into the mainstream pop area of music.

That being said. She could do the show in Sydney and consdier it a business move. While she is there she can promote her new CD and get a bit of buzz going about it internationally.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:25am

Winston the show is opening in Melbourne, not Sydney.

[lfae]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 5:38am

If it really IS Lucy (as Glinda) I'll cry of joy. She was totally born to play the role and utterly deserves it :)

Rodney as Dillamond I guess?

Just please, not Rob Mills. He was horribly wooden in Grease. I know one doesn't care THAT much about Fiyero when you have the two witches on stage, but please, someone good!

And as much as I would hate Anthony Callea to be cast...I can see him being not the worst Boq in the world. Huh.

[Urban]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 9:07am

Maggie Kirkpatrick as Morrible?!?!

*drooool............*

Best. Stunt. Casting. Ever.

If Delta is cast, I am willing to bet her understudy will get a greater working out then any of Debbie Byrnes understudies ever did.

I love Pippa Grandison and would be quiet thrilled to see her in such a large production. Hell it is alot better then those Rachel Beck rumours I heard a while ago.

I guess the one big thing Anthony Callea has got going for him is that he is literally the size of a munchkin.

I kinda like Rob Mills actually. Granted never saw Grease. I avoid Arena shows like the Bubonic Plague.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 12:53pm

Urban maybe they should hire Debbie as well and they both can try to outdo each other on who can miss the most shows!

[Urban]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 12:56pm

Debbie as Morrible?

Hehe. It might just work! She certainly has the personality!

*withdraws claws*

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 3:51pm

Toni Collete :)

[BroomstickBoy]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 3:51pm

I still say cast Tina Arena as Elphaba.

[Mrs Mangel]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 4:11pm

Tell me Bert Newton is just a joke. And Delta. And for that matter, anyone from Australian Idol. Or they could just throw caution to the wind and completely go for stunt casting.
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Judi Conelli as Morrible.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 6:19pm

Okay, now, I love Delta Goodrem's music...but Elphaba? Really? Please let that be a joke. I feel like she would embarrass herself...and not vocally last more than maybe two weeks.

[alterego]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 8:10pm

I doubt that Delta Goodrem (new nose and all) was ever a serious contender, just wishful thinking on the part of the producers. Rob Guest as the Wizard? Ugh.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 8:16pm

David Campbell as Fiyero please.

I would pee my pants and then fly to Australia.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 9:22pm

Wow... ! Lucy is gorgeous !

[missyrose87]

Posted: 12/29/07 at 1:40am

I've never heard of any of these people... do people in america actually watch australian idol?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/29/07 at 1:47am

It'd be extraordinarily difficult for them to.

[Urban]

Posted: 12/29/07 at 8:56am

I have known a few people to actually go to the trouble of watching Oz Idol.

Considering I don't even bother myself and it is a flick of the TV remote...

Mrs Mangle - I did think of Judi, but I am sure she'll be playing Mrs Lovett for like the 13213th time. Plus I have to admit, as big as a Judi Conelli fan I am, I have to admit, nobody can top the thought of Maggie Kirkpatrick as Morrible (again... *droooool...*)