The Schwartz Scene Blog

This autumn, as Broadway’s Wicked approaches its 4th anniversary, the musical welcomes new leading ladies.

Stephanie J. Block joins the Broadway company of the Stephen Schwartz musical in the role of that green-faced witch Oct. 9, 2007, when Julia Murney exists after a long stint as Elphaba on Broadway and on the tour. The new Glinda as of October 9th is Annaleigh Ashford, who recently made her Broadway debut as Margot in Legally Blonde. The actress also understudied the role of Glinda in the show’s national tour. The original Madame Morrible, Carole Shelley, has returned to the Wicked cast on Broadway for the autumn.

Get tickets

http://www.musicalschwartz.com/wicked-nyc.htm

Read about Stephanie Block

http://www.musicalschwartz.com/recordings/block.htm

Wicked’s original Elphaba, Idina Menzel, performs in a concert in NYC in Sept. Info in the schedule section of http://www.musicalschwartz.com/recordings/menzel.htm

STEPHEN SCHWARTZ NEWS

Wicked’s composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz will be out traveling and perhaps you will be able to say hello.

As noted in the previous blog post, Schwartz is being interviewed in New York City on “Stephen Schwartz Night” October 1st and also will be attending a giant tribute concert on the 19th, and he’ll be in Dayton, Ohio Sept. 20th. for Snapshots. Schwartz flies to Chicago October 12 and 13.

Here’s something new: He’s traveling to Pittsburgh around October 20th, for a reading of a new musical Alive at Ten presented as part of a collaboration with Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Carnegie-Mellon University, and ASCAP. There’s no info online yet so you’ll have to check later.

Schwartz is headed for the opening of Wicked in Germany in November. http://www.musicalschwartz.com/wicked-uk.htm has info on the International productions.

November 21st, 2007 Disney’s Enchanted opens in movie theaters, with songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. For comments on Menken and Schwartz’s collaborative efforts, see http://www.musicalschwartz.com/disney-movies-enchanted.htm

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