The Broadway blockbuster WICKED will welcome two new cast members to the Gershwin Theatre this spring.
Beginning Tuesday, March 3, Keri René Fuller, who is currently the standby for the role of Elphaba, will assume the role full time, and Emma Flynn, who most recently played the lead role of Cher in the West End musical Clueless, will step into the role of Glinda. Ms. Flynn will be making her Broadway debut.
Lencia Kebede (Elphaba) and Allie Trimm (Glinda) will play their final performances on Sunday, March 1. Additional new principal casting will be announced in the coming weeks.
ABOUT THE CAST
KERI RENÉ FULLER (Elphaba) has appeared on Broadway in SIX (Jane Seymour), Jagged Little Pill, and Waitress (Francine, Jenna u/s), off-Broadway in The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse (Coco), and on National Tour in Cats (Grizabella). TV: “Law & Order: SVU” (Snowflake). Her regional credits include [title of show] (Heidi), Murder Ballad (Sara), Les Misérables (Eponine), Lizzie Borden (Lizzie), A Chorus Line (Maggie), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Rachel), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), and Titus Andronicus (Lavinia). Workshops: Gatsby with Florence+The Machine with A.R.T., Living Quarters (Anna) at Irish Rep. Symphonies: Defying Gravity: An Evening With Stephen Schwartz (Producer/ Vocalist), From New York With Love: Hugh Jackman at Radio City. Keri pens and releases original music under DITTA available on all streaming platforms.
EMMA FLYNN (Glinda) is making her Broadway debut in this role. She recently appeared in London’s West End in Clueless (Cher Horowitz). Select regional US credits include Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown), Beautiful (Cynthia Weil), and Legally Blonde (Elle Woods). Graduate of The Hartt School of Music. @emmaflynnstagram
ABOUT WICKED
Currently the 4th longest-running show in Broadway history, WICKED is currently in its 23rd year on Broadway.
Winner of over 100 international awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED has been performed in over 100 cities in 16 countries around the world (U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, The Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland and China) and has thus far been translated into six languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, Korean and Portuguese. WICKED has been seen by over 72 million people worldwide and has over $6.2 billion in global sales.
In addition to the Broadway production, WICKED in North America has enjoyed unprecedented record-breaking sit-down engagements in Chicago, where it ran for nearly four years; Los Angeles, where it ran for two years; and San Francisco, where it ran for nearly two years, as well as two North American Tours.
The Broadway sensation WICKED looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin, who is smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”
With a thrilling score that includes the hits “Defying Gravity,” “Popular” and “For Good,” WICKED has been hailed by The New York Times as “the defining musical of the decade,” and by Time Magazine as “a magical Broadway musical with brains, heart, and courage.” NBC Nightly News calls the hit musical “the most successful Broadway show ever.”
Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Winnie Holzman. The production is directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello with musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento. WICKED is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.
The blockbuster film version of WICKED opened on November 22nd, 2024, and is the highest grossing film based on a Broadway musical in history. The second film, WICKED: FOR GOOD, opened on November 21st, 2025, and is currently the third highest-grossing film based on a Broadway musical.
For more information about WICKED, please visit www.WickedTheMusical.com.