Alexandra Billings Joins The Cast of Wicked
Abigail, September 26th, 2019Joining the company on January 20
Acclaimed stage-and-screen actress Alexandra Billings is joining the Broadway production of Wicked this January, becoming the first openly transgender actress to play the role! Billings replaces Nacy Opel who departs on January 19.
Billings (best known for her role in Amazon's Transparent) will join a cast made up of Hannah Corneau as Elphaba, Ginna Claire Mason as Glinda Michael, McCormick as the Wizard, Kyle Dean Massey as Fiyero, Riley Costello as Boq, Jamie Jackson as Doctor Dillamond and Gizel Jimenez as Nessarose.
Billings made her Broadway debut in the 2018 production of The Nap, her previous theater credits include regional productions of A Doll's House, Gypsy and Suessical.
What is Wicked about?
Our story begins in the hallowed halls of Oz's Shiz University, where we meet the Elphaba. Born with green skin, she's has been made an outcast, by everyone including her own father, but deep within Elphaba is a great power that's just waiting to be set free. Unfortunately, her time at college gets off to a rocky start when she's given a new roomate - the perky, more perfect-than-perfect Glinda. In the beginning, the two absolutely despise each other, but after a simple act of kindness at a party they realise that they may not be so different after all.
Over the course of their studies they become firm friends, but when Elphaba uncovers a sinister plot that could destroy the whole world of Oz, she must choose between keeping her friend or learning how to become... Wicked!
Wicked is now playing at the Gershwin Theater.
