As the megahit musical Wicked heads toward its 10th Broadway birthday at the Gershwin Theatre in October, original Glinda Kristin Chenoweth tells Broadway.com that she would be open to singing “Popular” again. Asked by London correspondent Matt Wolf if she’d be interested in taking part in a reunion concert with the original cast, Chenoweth replied, “Sure, anything like ...

Smash star Jeremy Jordan, Tony nominee Norm Lewis, Wicked alum Julia Murney and Tony nominee Jennifer Laura Thompson will take on Stephen Schwartz’s classic catalogue for the Carnegie Hall concert The Wizard and I. The April 12 performance will celebrate Schwartz’s 65th birthday and the 10th anniversary of his musical Wicked.

The guest stars will join the New ...

Glinda and Elphie never looked so glam! Smash’s Megan Hilty and The Mystery of Edwin Drood’s title star Stephanie J. Block reunited for a good cause on February 9 at the 2013 Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards Gala in Palm Springs. Hilty and Block, who starred together in Broadway’s 9 to 5 and Wicked, showed their support for ...

Age & Hometown: 37; Maarn, Netherlands

Current Role: Making her Broadway debut as the gravity-defying sorceress Elphaba in the blockbuster musical Wicked.

Wicked’s Powerful Spell: Dutch stage star Willemijn Verkaik (pronounced “Villa-main Ver-kike") has played Elphaba in Wicked more than 1,000 times, in three different languages. “It’s a spell like magic,” she says of the role. “Once you ...

Willemijn Verkaik is the latest headliner to fly into the Broadway blockbuster Wicked. Embraced the world over, Verkaik has played the role of Elphaba over 1,000 times and in three different languages. The Dutch stage star broke out as the original Elphie in the German production and cast recording, as well as through viral YouTube videos of her performance ...

Willemijn Verkaik makes her Broadway debut on February 12 as Elphaba in the high-flying musical blockbuster Wicked. The Dutch actress is scheduled to play a 15-week engagement at the Gershwin Theatre, taking over the leading role from Jackie Burns.

Verkaik has previously played Elphaba, originating the part in Germany and later reprising it Holland. In addition to receiving YouTube stardom ...

We recently discovered the hilarious Tumblr Les Mean Girls, in which some evil genius decided to paste quotes from Tina Fey’s hit 2004 movie Mean Girls over stills from the Les Miserables movie. (We especially love this one.) Of course, Mean Girls has been on our minds since Fey confirmed plans to turn the movie into a stage musical ...

Valentine’s Day is a yearly celebration of love—so what better way to mark the holiday than by asking stage stars to reminisce about the musical that sparked their love of theater? Read on for a treasure trove of musical memories and inspirational stories from your favorite Broadway actors.

KYLE DEAN MASSEY (Fiyero in Wicked)

Musical that sparked my ...

The Gershwin Theatre is green with more than leading character Elphaba. Wicked just broke a new record by becoming the first show to remain the highest-grossing production on Broadway for nine consecutive years. The musical beats the former record holder The Phantom of the Opera, which remained Broadway's top show for eight non-consecutive years (1988-91, 1993-94 and 1996-97).

That ...

It’s time to wave goodbye to 2012, a year filled with cheerleaders, paperboys, porn stars and Patti. Before the big ball drops in Times Square, Broadway.com decided to poll your favorite Broadway stars to get their take on the high point of the year we’re leaving behind—and what they’re hoping is in store for the ...