Kevin Kern will return to the role of Fiyero in Wicked on March 10 at the Gershwin Theatre. He replaces departing star Aaron Tveit, who exited the cast on March 8 in preparation for the Broadway transfer of Next to Normal, which begins previews on March 27 at the Booth Theatre.

Kern previously played Fiyero on Broadway in late 2008 ...

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Patty Duke taking over the role of Madame Morrible in the Bay Area production of Wicked. Duke will replace Carol Kane, whose last performance is March 22.

Duke made her Broadway debut in 1959 as Helen Keller opposite Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker, which won the Tony Award for Best Play. The 1962 ...

With a high-octane performance of The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction," Adam Lambert secured his spot on the Top 12 of American Idol after a national vote, it was announced live on Fox-TV on February 26. The former cast member of Wicked in Los Angeles will now go on to compete for the top spot in Season 8 of the popular reality ...

Tony Award-winner Rondi Reed will join the Broadway company of Wicked as Madame Morrible on March 17, replacing Jayne Houdyshell. Reed was the original Morrible in the Chicago production of Wicked and returned to the Chicago company after winning the Tony Award for playing Mattie Fae Aiken in August: Osage County.

Reed joins a Broadway cast that will include Nicole ...

Broadway alums Marcie Dodd, Helene Yorke, Marilyn Caskey and Tom McGowan will headline the second North American tour of smash-hit phenomenon Wicked. The tour will launch at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers, Florida, on March 7 and play through March 29.

Dodd, who will star as Elphaba, flies in directly from the Broadway cast, where ...

To celebrate the return of the smash-hit musical Wicked to San Francisco, four of the city’s iconic monuments are going green—in lights, that is. From January 30 through February 6, the Coit Tower, Ferry Building, City Hall and War Memorial Veterans Building are turning Elphaba-green in lights that come on at sunset and burn until midnight.

This unusual ...

Nicole Parker will be flying into Oz beginning January 16, taking over at the Gershwin Theater as Wicked’s newest Elphaba. The role of the famed Green Girl is currently played by Marcie Dodd. Parker will also be joined on January 20 by a returning Fiyero, former leading man Aaron Tveit, who is currently appearing in the Washington DC production ...

Kendra Kassebaum and Teal Wicks will play Glinda and Elphaba in the forthcoming San Francisco engagement of Wicked, along with Broadway company vets Carol Kane as Madame Morrible and David Garrison as the Wizard. The open-ended run will begin performances on January 27, 2009, at the Orpheum Theatre.

In addition to Wicked, Kassebaum’s Broadway credits include Assassins and Rent ...