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2010-04-30 02:00:00

LONDON, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Any Dream Will Do winner Lee Mead will return to the West End stage to star as Fiyero in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria, from 10 May 2010. West End leading man Lee Mead is best-known for his victory in BBC One TV show Any Dream Will Do, where he won the role of Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Since then, Mead has gone on to play the title role in Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Saville's Crime and has since married and started a family with TV personality and stage actress in her own right, Denise Van Outen. He is now joining the cast of one of the most popular shows of all time and with both Mead and Wicked boasting huge fanbases, his run is sure to be a success. Cleverly adapted from the book by Gregory Maguire, Wicked is the musical tale of Glinda the Good Witch of the North and Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West, and how they came to be the witches that we have come to know and love. The two girls meet at the school of sorcery an

2008-09-07 00:00:14

By Alice T Carter Making its second appearance in Pittsburgh, the national touring company of "Wicked" is still soaring high and defying gravity.

2008-09-01 00:03:10

By Alice T Carter For Stephen Schwartz, one of the most gratifying things about involvement in "Wicked" is the feedback he gets from those who have seen the musical.

2008-08-14 03:00:30

By Emily Henry She's been an attention-seeking bisexual diva in "Rent" and the misunderstood green witch in "Wicked." But Friday night at the Wiltern, fans of Idina Menzel will see the Tony award-winning musical theater actress green makeup- and baggage-free.

2008-07-24 15:00:45

By WILLIAMSON, Cameron An Australian production of a Broadway blockbuster bolsters the musical's reputation. -------------------- MUSICALS seem to come in two sizes: blockbuster or bomb.

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