The Broadway blockbuster WICKED will welcome three new cast members to the Gershwin Theatre this spring. Beginning Tuesday, March 4, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Jenna Bainbridge, and Daniel Quadrino will join the company as Madame Morrible, Nessarose, and Boq respectively.
They are joining a company that will include Lencia Kebede (Elphaba), Allie Trimm (Glinda), Brad Oscar (Wizard), Jordan Litz (Fiyero), and William Youmans (Doctor Dillamond). Mary Kate Morrisey (Elphaba), Alexandra Socha (Glinda), Donna McKechnie (Madame Morrible), Natalie Ortega (Nessarose), and Jake Pederson (Boq) will play their final performances on Sunday, March 2.
ABOUT THE CAST
NaTASHA YVETTE WILLIAMS (Madame Morrible) joins Wicked in her 19th year on Broadway. A grammy winner/ Tony nominated actress for Some Like It Hot (Sweet Sue), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Zelma), Chicken and Biscuits (Brianna), Waitress (Becky), Chicago (Mama Morton), A Night with Janis Joplin (Aretha, Joplinaire), The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (Mariah), The Color Purple (Sofia). Selected TV/Film Credits: “Run the World” (Aunt Grace), “Partner Track” (Antonella), “Harlem” (Rebecca), “FBI” (Mrs. Adamu), “New Amsterdam” (Esther), “The Good Fight,” and “The Godfather of Harlem” (Pearl). Proud Black Theatre United and Actor’s Equity Member. Proud Mama of Nile and Mackenzie and loving wife to Gregory! @Natashayvettewillliams
JENNA BAINBRIDGE (Nessarose). Broadway: Suffs. Regional: Bring Down the House, Hairspray (OSF), Into The Woods, Beauty and the Beast (Phamaly), Macbeth (MRT). TV: “Found.” Audiobooks: “Unbroken,” “Disability Intimacy.” BM, Lamont School of Music. Jenna is a proud disabled artist and Co-founder of ConsultAbility, a consulting agency working to make theatre more accessible. Love for her support system: her LZM team, her family, and her leading man, Paul. @bainbridgejenna
DANIEL QUADRINO (Boq) is thrilled to return to Wicked on Broadway! Other Broadway: The Who’s Tommy, Newsies, Bye Bye Birdie. National Tour: Waitress, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. NY Theatre: Fowl Play, Urinetown (Encores). Regional: Paper Mill, La Jolla, PCLO, and The Muny. TV: NBC’s “Peter Pan Live!” HUGE thanks to WAM and the Wicked team. Love to David, Mom, Dad, and Jackson. @dannyquadrino
ABOUT WICKED
Currently the 4th longest-running show in Broadway history, WICKED is currently in its 22nd year on Broadway.
Winner of over 100 international awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED has been performed in over 100 cities in 16 countries around the world (U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, The Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland and China) and has thus far been translated into six languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, Korean and Portuguese. WICKED has been seen by over 70 million people worldwide and has over $6 billion in global sales.
In addition to the Broadway production, WICKED in North America has enjoyed unprecedented record-breaking sit-down engagements in Chicago, where it ran for nearly four years; Los Angeles, where it ran for two years; and San Francisco, where it ran for nearly two years, as well as two North American Tours. The Broadway sensation WICKED looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin, who is smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”
With a thrilling score that includes the hits “Defying Gravity,” “Popular” and “For Good,” WICKED has been hailed by The New York Times as “the defining musical of the decade,” and by Time Magazine as “a magical Broadway musical with brains, heart, and courage.” NBC Nightly News calls the hit musical “the most successful Broadway show ever.” Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Winnie Holzman. The production is directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello with musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento. WICKED is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.
The blockbuster film version of WICKED opened on November 22nd, 2024, and has become the highest grossing film based on a Broadway musical in history.
For more information about WICKED, please visit www.WickedTheMusical.com.
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