Original Stuttgart Cast (2007)
Lucy Scherer as Glinda
Stefan Poslovski as Elphaba's Father
Emma Hunter as Elphaba's Mother
Francesca Taverni as The Midwife
Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba
Nicole Radeschnig as Nessarose
Stefan Stara as Boq
Angelika Wedekind as Madame Akaber
Michael Guenther as Doctor Dillamond
Mark Seibert as Fiyero
Stefan Poslovski as The Ozian Official
Carlo Lauber as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Cosimo De Bartolomeo as Chistery

Monkeys, Students, Citizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz: Cosimo De Bartolomeo, Paul Boereboom, Alan Byland, Alessandro Cococcia, Belinda Jean Edwards, Kisha Howard, Emma Hunter, Michael Kargus, Jessica Lantto, Jimmy Laremore, Valerie Link, Artur Molin, Jens Petersen, Stefan Poslovski, Francesca Taverni, Barbara Schmid, Lanie Sumalining, Roberta Valentini.

Swings: Ben Cox, Heather Carino, Matthias Dressel, Marco Fahrland, Rhys George, Maria Graciano, Sam Hale, Rey Rodriguez, Maike Switzer.

Stuttgart Cast Replacement History
Barbara Raunegger replaced Angelika Wedekind as Madame Akaber on March 12, 2008.
Mathias Edenborn replaced Mark Seibert as Fiyero on September 15, 2008.
Janine Tippel replaced Nicole Radeschnig as Nessarose on March 1, 2009.
Stephan Luethy replaced Stefan Stera as Moq on March 1, 2009.

Stuttgart Alternate Replacement History
Roberta Valentini replaced Sabrina Weckerlin as the alternate for Elphaba on November 19, 2008.
Valerie Link replaced Jana Stelley as the alternate for Glinda on March 1, 2009.

Mark Seibert, First Cast Fiyero, has his last show at September 12th, 2008. He chances the production, to which one isn't clear yet.

Just to clarify: He's going to do another Musical, not another production of Wicked.

Is anyone slated to replace him yet?

Sorry but did they rename Madame Morrible in this production?

Curently there are Castings, so whe have to wait.

Yes, they did. In German "Morrible" doesn't make any sense. So they called her Madame Akaber. If you articulate this fast it sounds like Madame Makaber (english: Madame Macabre). So it's alike the English pun.

pun? and I don't get it! LOL.

But I got it. LOL "Morrible" is a portmanteau of morbide and horrible, so it's a pun I think.

Stuttgarts new Fiyero
Mathias Edenborn

Can't wait to see him, loved his Radames

^ He looks a lot less creepy than Mark... is his first show September 14th, then?

The date oh his first show isn't known yet. In his News it says "in September"

Mark is so not creepy!
I luvs him

- Sabrina Weckerlin (Alternate Elphaba) leaves Wicked in November. She's going to play the role of "Magrid Arnaud" (1st Cast) in the Musical "Marie Antoinette" in Bremen (Germany)

- Roberta Valentini (u/s Elphaba) is going to play the the name part of the Musical "Marie Antoinette" (First Cast) in parallel, she becomes alternate Elphaba in Stuttgart.

- Maike Switzer (u/s Nessarose; Swing) also changes to "Marie Antoinette" for the role of "Agnés Duchamps" (1st Cast)

I think I must be misinterpreting this because it's reading to me that Roberta is going to be alternate Elphaba and be in Marie Antoinette at the same time? Is that right???

Thats right, she plays both roles.

Good heavens! I can't imagine how that'll work.

Marie Antoinette won't have eight shows a week, just performances on select days. So, technically, Roberta will in fact have time to do both.
(MA schedule - http://www.ticketswitch.com/tickets/slink....e-musical.html)

She'll certainly be busy! Though if Roberta can do Wicked & Marie Antoinette at the same time then I wonder why Sabrina is leaving Wicked for Marie Antoinette?

There will be 7 shows a week, look here, on the offical Homepage of MA: http://www.ma-bremen.de/cgi-bin/oe2edit.cg...amp;language=de



'Cause there is an alternate actress for the role of Marie Antoinette, but no alternate for the role of Magrid Arnaud. So Sabrina has to play regularly 7 shows a week, Roberta only 5 shows.

Who replaced Mark? Mathias Edenborn or Artur Molin?

Mathias Edenborn replaced Mark Seibert as Firstcast Fiyero
Artur Molin was and is understudy Fiyero

two official Fiyero-pics of Mathias Edenborn

He sounds and looks like a really good Fiyero... but I did not see him live yet.

He IS a really good Fiyero... I saw him 2 weeks ago !
And he has such a cute swedish accent ...

Maria Walter and Melanie Gebhard are the two new Second-Cast Elphabas in Stuttgart.

I used the term "Second-Cast" because the term u/s means not exactly the same.

There are two new Elphabas because Roberta Valentini (Alternate Elphaba) will only be there for her two shows a week.

really ?? thanks for the information !! do you also know who will replace Sabrina ?

Roberta replaces Sabrina as alternate.
btw Sabrinas last show is 15.09.08

Not on 09/15/08, but 11/15/08.

But how can Roberta replace Sabrina ?? She will also leave Wicked , won't she ?

Roberta wird Cover, Maria Walter UND Melanie Gebhard Cover

@ pink flower: No, Roberta won't leave Wicked. She only leaves her ensemble role and get the Alternate Elphaba from Sabrina. So she simultaneously plays two times a week Elphaba in Stuttgart and for the rest of the week Marie Antoinette in Bremen. Only because of that there have to be two another covers of Elphaba, cause Roberta can't play more than two shows as Elphaba a week and can't do any stand-by if some is on holiday or ill.

ahh, thx !!

Here you can hear the new Elphaba Cover Melanie Gebhard singing "Gutes Tun" (No good deed)

http://www.myspace.com/melaniegebhardmusic

Check out the music box right and click on "3.DemoCut'Gutes Tun'"

Enjoy, i think it's very good.

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New Cast Changing:

Barbara Schmid (curently in the Wicked Ensemble) gets the Nessa-Cover from Maike Switzer, who is changing to Marie Antoinette in Bremen.

Has the cast change happened yet? If so, who replaced who?

There needs to be a space between replaced and Mark.

Lucy hasn't left then, right? I read somewhere that Lucy was leaving and that Jana was replacing her and Valerie was being bumped up to alternate. I guess those were just rumors?

- Sabrina Weckerlin (Elphaba alternate) has left. Roberta Valentina (former u/s Elphaba) is Elphaba Alternate now.
- Michael Kargus (Ensemble) has left. His follower is Robert Knorr.
- Paul Boereboom (u/s Moq [Boq]) has left. Follower is Andrea Casati.
- Maike Switzer (u/s Nessa, Swing) leaves on next sunday, her follower will be Barbara Schmid (now Ensemble).
- Francesa Taverni (u/s Madame Akaber (Morrible)) leaves on next sund, her follower will be Helena Blöcker (new).
- Jana Stelley (Glinda Alternate) leaves in the end of february 2009. Her follower as Glinda alternate is Valerie Link (now u/s Glinda).
- Andrea Casati (new Moq u/s) has premiered in his Ensemble role last Tuesday. His premiere as Moq will be on December 12th
- Robert Knorr has premiered in Ensemble role last Tuesday.
- Maria Walter (new u/s Elphaba) has premiered in ensemble role last Tuesday. Her premiere as Elphaba is on November 23rd matinee.
- Melanie Gebhard (new u/s Elphaba) premieres in her ensemble role on november 25th, in her role as Elphaba on December 12th
- Helena Blöcker (new u/s Madame Akaber) premieres her ensemble role on november 25th, in her role als Madame Akaber on December 11th
- Katrin Löbbert (new u/s Glinda) will premiere in january/february 2009
- Lucy Scherer continues her role as 1st cast Glinda until 2010.


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Janine Tippl will replace Nicole Radeschnig as Nessa,
Stephan Luethy will replace Stefan Stara as Moq (Boq) late February

Thanks! They haven't announced an exact date yet?

Not sure, but I'd say, cast change will be 28th February.
Many ensemble members will also leave, e.g. Emma Hunter and Alan Byland

Today, Willemijn announced that she will stay with Wicked YEHA!

YESS!
This calls for a dancing cat!

-happy-

Yes!! I just read it in her site!!
"Willemijn BLEIBT noch bis Ende Januar 2010 die Erstbesetzung Elphaba in Wicked - die Hexen von Oz!"

one more year filled with her awesomeness!!!

i couldnt be happier!

thank you, Willemijn

I really didn't understand that but I'm guessing it means she's staying till January 2010. Ditto on the awesomeness!!! Stuttgart's SO lucky to have her.

Here a list for the changes of the next weeks.

I do use the terms alternate instead of sb and second-cast instead of u/s because it does not mean the same.

There are missing some actors because it isn't confirmed yet if they will stay or leave.

Following actors will stay:
Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba)
Lucy Scherer (Glinda)
Mathias Edenborn (Fiyero)
Roberta Valentini (alternate Elphaba)
Helena Blöcker (Ensemble, Second-Cast M. Akaber)
Andrea Casati (Ensemble, Second-Cast Moq)
Ben Cox (Swing)
Rhys George (Swing)
Robert Knorr (Ensemble, Second-Cast Moq)
Valerie Link (alternate Glinda)
Stefan Poslovski (Ensemble, Second-Cast Zauberer/ Dr. Dillamond)
Barbara Schmid (Ensemble, Second-Cast Nessa)
Barbara Raunegger (Madame Akaber)
Maria Walter (Ensemble, Second-Cast Elphaba)
Melanie Gebhard (Ensemble, Second-Cast Elphaba)

Following actors will leave (probably around February 28th)
Nicole Radeschnig (Nessa)
Stefan Stara (Moq)
Jana Stelley (alternate Glinda)
Alan Byland (Ensemble)
Marco Fahrland (Ensemble, Second-Cast Moq)
Sam Hale (Swing)
Emma Hunter (Ensemble)
Jessica Lantto (Ensemble, Second-Cast M. Akaber)
Artur Molin (Ensemble, Second-Cast Fiyero)

Following actors will join the cast:
Janine Tippel (Nessa)
Stephan Luethy (Moq)
Katrin Löbbert (Ensemble, Second-Cast Glinda)

So glad Lucy and Willemijn are staying.

Thank you for keeping us all up to date, Kind of Wicked. I am utterly jealous of you that you have experienced Willemijn and Lucy. Let me know when the new Glinda alternate is announced.

Valerie Link (current swing and cover Glinda) just confirmed on her homepage that she will be new alternate
Jana Stelley will have her last show next week