The show, which is already the 11th longest-running West End show in history, celebrated its 6,500th performance on September 10, 2023. [74] UK/Ireland tours (2013-present) [ edit ]

Closing in Sydney September 26, 2010, the production embarked on a national Australian tour which began at the QPAC Lyric Theatre in Brisbane. After a two-week delay due to the Queensland floods, performances began January 25, 2011, and ran until April 2. Rix became the sole lead Elphaba [87] with David Harris joining as the new Fiyero. [88] The touring production then moved to the Festival Centre in Adelaide, running from April 14 until June 4, 2011, with the final leg of the tour playing the Burswood Theatre in Perth, from June 19 to September 11, 2011, wrapping up more than three years of performances in Australia. [89] The West End and UK Theatre venues shut down until further notice due to coronavirus". London Theatre Direct. March 17, 2020 . Retrieved July 28, 2021. Leading the company will be Alexia Khadime as ‘Elphaba’, returning to the role she previously played to universal acclaim, and The Phantom of the Opera star Lucy St. Louis as ‘Glinda’. Caitlin Anderson will make her West End debut as ‘Nessarose’, and current ensemble cast member Joe Thompson-Oubari will take over the role of ‘Boq’. Another production, which was notable for the first production to not being a replica of the original Broadway staging, opened at the City Theatre in Helsinki, Finland on August 26, 2010 after a preview performance took place on August 24 of that year. Directed by Hans Berndtsson, [107] the cast includes Maria Ylipää as Elphaba, with Tuukka Leppanen as Fiyero. The second non-replicated production ran in Copenhagen, Denmark from January 12 until May 29, 2011, and was presented by Det Ny Teater. [108] [109]

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Drama Desk Award Winners". Drama Desk Awards. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016 . Retrieved November 9, 2007. Medvirkende – Det Ny Teater". Detnyteater.dk. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010 . Retrieved December 30, 2010. All of this does little to endear Elphaba to Galinda and the feeling is mutual (" What Is This Feeling?"). They clash with each other constantly, even in their classes, such as their history class with Doctor Dillamond, who is the only Animal professor at Shiz University and is beginning to suffer from discrimination, even from the students. He tells Elphaba of a conspiracy to stop animals from speaking, and she wants to let the Wizard know so he can stop it ("Something Bad"). Ongoing Productions". shiki.jp. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014 . Retrieved July 24, 2013.

Nessarose: Caroline Keiff, Natalie Anderson, Cassidy Janson (u/s), Sarah Earnshaw (u/s), Natalie McQueen (u/s) Hurwitt, Robert (June 12, 2003). "Every witch way". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved August 21, 2011.Following the out-of-town tryout in San Francisco in May and June 2003, which received mixed critical reception, the creative team made extensive changes before its transfer to Broadway. [15] Holzman recalled: Milzoff, Rebecca (November 16, 2009). "Glee's Chris Colfer on Owning 'Defying Gravity' and Resembling a Hummel Figurine". Vulture . Retrieved January 2, 2021. A two-part film adaptation, directed by Jon M. Chu starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Glinda, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, and Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero is currently in the works. The first part is set for release on November 27, 2024, with the second part to follow a year later on November 26, 2025. A second UK/Ireland tour began in December 2017 and ended in January 2019. [75] The cast included Amy Ross as Elphaba, Helen Woolf as Glinda, Aaron Sidwell as Fiyero, and Steven Pinder as the Wizard/Dillamond. [76] Dance Class welcomes ist 500,000th patron!". Archived from the original on April 15, 2018 . Retrieved May 27, 2009.