Recently, Jemma Rix as Elphaba, Bert Newton (who plays the role of the Wizard in WICKED) and Australia’s leading producer John Frost flew into Adelaide to announce the onsale and season dates to broadway’s biggest blockbuster musical, WICKED - the untold story of the witches of Oz. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
The most successful musical in the world today, WICKED, is officially set to fly west to Adelaide to open in the Festival Theatre in April 2011.