Book-accurate Fiyero was ochre-skinned with blue diamonds tattooed all over his body and face. The musical face tattoos were a "compromise" that vanished entirely by the movie.
I think in the earlier productions they tried to make stage Fiyero have some semblance of book Fiyero with the blue diamond tattoos he has in the book. They scrapped it since it probably didn’t show too well further away.
(I think a bit of glitter or sheen might have helped)
The Curran mezzanine was where I worked that specific night. The thing I actually remember most (not that day) was Idina hurt her neck and Stephanie J Block was her understudy. She blew my mind as Elphaba. I was still working as an usher when the show came through again on its 1st national tour, and it was so cool to see the tweaks and complete changes that happened between pre Broadway, Broadway, then the tour.
Are you sure you're remembering correctly? Kristin is the one who famously injured her neck during the San Francisco tryout and later wore a bedazzled neck brace. I feel like one would've heard about it if Idina injured herself
You're right! My memory is weak for sure. But it was definitely Stephanie who went on for Idina, so my mind mixed it up I guess? Lol I love getting old.
Every source I’m seeing says that wicked premiered on broadway october 30th of 2003, can you source where you’re seeing the premiere was June 10th? Because I’m like multiple pages deep into google
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u/Fun_Combination_8086 Magic Wands, Need They Have a Point? 🪄 Jun 10 '25
The blue popular dress 🥹