(HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SANFRANCISCOMAGAZINE) (HTTP://TWITTER.COM/SANFRANMAG) (HTTP://INSTAGRAM.COM/SFMAGA OUR PUBLICATIONS Tweet Tweet 8 Melissa Fahn. Ben Cameron. Kristoffer Cusick. (http://media.modernluxury .com/digital.php?e=SANF) Scene In… (/san-f rancisco/scene/menlo-charity -horse-show-2/img Menlo Charity Horse Show Sponsors P (/san-francisco/scene/menlo-charity-horse-show-spon party) See All Photos >> (/san-f rancisco/scene/menlo-charity show-sponsors-party ) Now Playing (/san-f rancisco/v ideos/best-of -the-bay -area-2012-party ) Fellow Ozians We catch up with the original supporting cast of Wicked to uncover the hidden success stories of San Francisco's biggest musical hit. Adam L. Brinklow | Photo: Courtesy SHN; courtesy Melissa Fahn; courtesy Ben Cameron; Brad Buckman; courtesy Andrew Palermo; courtesy Lorna Ventura; courtesy Roundabout Theatre Company | February 8, 2013 Wicked dropped anchor in San Francisco (https://www.shnsf.com/online/wicked) again Jan. 23, almost ten years after its original, pre-Broadway run at the Curran Theatre. After so long as America's most inescapable Broadway phenomenon, what could possibly be left to say about it? For the ensemble of the original San Francisco production, quite a lot. What happens when struggling extras land a prized spot in what turns out to be the musical of the decade? And more importantly, what happens to them after? SFMAG: How did you come onto Wicked? Melissa Fahn: In the fall of 2000 I was contacted by [composer] Stephen Schwartz to do an initial reading of his new musical, and then three reads after that. There's only one other cast member besides [me and Kristin Chenoweth] who saw all those reads. Kristoffer Cusick: I got offers for three shows on the same day: Aida, Mama Mia, and Wicked. But I thought, one of these is a new show, I want to be in on the ground floor. Ben Cameron: I left Aida to go straight into Wicked. Andrew Palermo: The show I did right before that was Annie Get Your Gun. Part of me didn't want to go back to the chorus, but it was already high profile from the beginning. There was a buzz about it. Lorna Ventura: I was already working with George C. Wolfe as an associate choreographer, but I wanted to work with Wayne [Cilento] and Stephen, so that attracted me. Kristen Gorski-Wergeles: I had been in the original cast of Footloose on Broadway. I came onto [Wicked] by an invited dance audition SFMAG: When did you realize that the show would be a hit? Cameron: The table read the first day. I remember calling my mother and saying, "I just got into something huge." Ventura: In San Francisco I remember coming out 99 Like Facebook (#fb-feed) Most Read (#featured) Timeline Photos (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php? fbid=10151565018948757&set=a.84387008756 Tuesday, Jul 9 at 5:14pm 10 Gorgeous Food Shots From New Kiwi Pop-Up, Waiheke Island Yacht Club (http://www.modernluxury.com/san- Tuesday, Jul 9 at 3:55pm Why Has SFO Got Such Goofy Runways? (http://www.modernluxury.com/san- francisco/story/why-has-sfo-got-such-goofy-runway Why has SFO got such poorly-designed Tuesday, Jul 9 at 12:09pm
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7/10/13 Modern Luxury | San Francisco magazine | Fellow Ozians