Last night (Tuesday 5 December 2006) Hollywood actor Matt Damon was among the sell-out audience at the smash hit musical WICKED. He joins a long list of celebrities who have attended performances of the record-breaking show at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre.
Over the past 100 performances WICKED has been seen by over 200,000 people including: Jennifer Aniston, Gary Barlow, Samuel Barnett (The History Boys), Dame Shirley Bassey, Mike Batt, Helena Bonham Carter, Zach Braff, Tim Burton, Caprice, Leon Cooke (Billy Elliot), Taye Diggs, Anita Dobson, Megan Dodds, David Essex, Jenni Falconer, Mark Feehily (Westlife), Neil Fox, Paul Gambaccini, Stephen Gately, Lee Hall, Geri Halliwell, Sarah Harding (Girls Aloud), Tony Hatch, Patricia Hodge, John Inman, David Jacobs, Duncan James, Lorraine Kelly, Ricki Lake, Maureen Lipman, Lucy Liu, James Lomas (Billy Elliot), Lulu, Cherie Lunghi, Kelly MacDonald, George Maguire (Billy Elliot), Meg Matthews, Brian May, Joe McFadden, Liam Mower (Billy Elliot), Graham Norton, Paul O'Grady, Sharon Osbourne, Mark Owen, Mica Paris, Arlene Phillips, Philip Pullman, Shane Richie, Phillip Schofield, Jack P. Shepherd(Coronation Street), Imelda Staunton, Nicola Stephenson, Magda Szubanski, Claire Teal, Alan Titchmarsh, Sandi Toksvig, Russell Tovey (The History Boys), Vince Vaughn, Jessie Wallace, Kimberley Walsh (Girls Aloud), Hayley Westenra, Barbara Windsor, Michael Winner, Sir Terry Wogan and Will Young.
On Monday 4 December 2006, the cast of WICKED performed at the Royal Variety Performance, in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, due to be televised by the BBC on Tuesday 12 December 2006.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED tells the incredible story of an extraordinary friendship between two girls: the blond and popular Glinda and the misunderstood green girl, Elphaba, whose destiny is to become the Wicked Witch of the West.
Idina Menzel will play her final performance as Elphaba on 30 December 2006. From Monday 1 January 2007, the role will be played by Kerry Ellis. The cast also includes: Helen Dallimore as Glinda, Adam Garcia as Fiyero, Miriam Margolyes as Madame Morrible, Nigel Planer as The Wizard, Martin Ball as Doctor Dillamond, James Gillan as Boq and Katie Rowley Jones as Nessarose.
WICKED is presented in London by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. UK General Management: Nick Salmon / Act Productions, Executive Producer: Michael McCabe.
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