Jacobs succeeds in the role of Nessarose. The evening performance also welcomes the return of as The Wizard; Benjamin follows in the role.
Jacobs and Benjamin join a cast that currently includes as Elphaba, as Glinda, as Fiyero, as Madame Morrible, as Dr. Dillamond and as Boq.
Jacobs played Nina opposite in the Broadway production of . Prior to his six-year run as The Wizard on Broadway and across the country, Benjamin appeared as "Mr. Cellophane" Amos Hart in Chicago.
Winner of over 100 international awards, including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, Wicked, according to production notes, is "the untold story of the witches of Oz. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. Wicked tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good."
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