Wicked: Kendra Kassebaum assumes the role of 'Glinda'

Kendra Kassebaum returns to the role of 'Glinda the Good Witch' on 14 May 2008' in the Broadway musical Wicked. Kassebaum assumes the role from Annaleigh Ashford who played her final performance on 13 May 2008.

Kendra Kassebaum has portrayed Glinda on Broadway and on National Tour (Helen Hayes Award nomination). She recently appeared in Adam Bock's off-Broadway comedy 'The Receptionist' (opposite Houdyshell), and in the Tony Award-winning production of 'Assassins' (2004), both directed by Joe Mantello. Kassebaum made her Broadway debut in the ensemble of Rent.

Wicked opened at the Gershwin Theatre on the 30 Oct 2003, following previews from 8 Oct 2003, and is currently booking through to 15 Mar 2009.

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 Witch.

Wicked also features Stephanie J. Block as Elphaba, Annaleigh Ashford as Glinda, Lenny Wolpe as The Wizard, Miriam Margolyes as Madame Morrible, David Burnham as Fiyero, Cristy Candler as Nessarose, Steven Skybell as Doctor Dillamond and Logan Lipton as Boq.

Wicked has music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire.

The musical is directed by Joe Mantello, with choreography by James Lynn Abbott, scene design by Eugene Lee, costumes by Susan Hilferty, lighting by Kenneth Posner and sound by Tony Meola.