Original Broadway Cast Recording of "Wicked" released in mid-Dec 2003

Tue 14 Oct 2003 Original Broadway Cast Recording of "Wicked" released in mid-Dec 2003 The Original Broadway Cast Recording CD of the new musical Wicked will be released in mid-December 2003 on the Decca Broadway label Wicked, which is currently in previews, has its official opening night at the Gershwin Theatre on 30 Oct 2003. The show has music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Winnie Holzman, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire. The cast includes: Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda), Idina Menzel (Elphaba), Joel Grey (The Wizard), Carole Shelly (Madame Morrible), Norbert Leo Butz (Fiyero). It is directed by Joe Mantello, designed by Eugene Lee, lighting by Kenneth Posner, and costumes by Susan Hilferty. It is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt, David Stone Wicked, tells the story of how two school roommates from Oz , Elphaba who grows up to become the Wicked Witch of the West, and of her school roommate Glinda, who grows up to become the Good Witch