Perlow will join a cast that includes Vicki Noon as Elphaba, Natalie Daradich as Glinda, Marilyn Caskey as Madame Morrible and Don Amendolia as The Wizard.
The company also features David de Vries (Dr. Dillamond), Zach Hanna (Boq), Michelle London (Nessarose) and Anne Brummel (Standby for Elphaba) with Kerry Blanchard, Michael Drolet, Jeremy Duvall, Christine Dwyer, Peter C. Ermides, Ryan Patrick Farrell, Samantha Farrow, KC Fredericks, Todd Hanebrink, Lauren Haughton, Courtney Iventosch, Ryan Jackson, Lauren Linville, Lesley McKinnell, Robert Pendilla, Rachel Potter, Casey Quinn, Don Richard, Tory Ross, Billy Harrigan Tighe, Daniel Torres, Erin Wilson, Justin Wirick and Lindsay Wood.
Perlow has spent the past year in Broadway’s Tony Award-winning production of La Cage Aux Folles.
Based on Gregory Maguire's novel, which turned every Oz myth inside out, Wicked explores the early life of the witches of Oz: Glinda and Elphaba. The two main characters meet at Shiz, a school where both hope to take up sorcery. Glinda is madly popular and Elphaba is, well, green. By a misunderstanding, they wind up roommates and, after an initial period of mutual loathing, begin to learn something about each other. Their life paths continue to intersect through a shared love, entry into the Emerald City and interaction with the Wizard himself. Eventually, their choices and convictions take them on widely different journeys.
Wicked features a score by Schwartz, a book by Holzman, direction by Joe Mantello and musical staging by Wayne Cilento. The creative team also includes scenic design by Eugene Lee, costume design by Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by Tony Meola, projections by Elaine J. McCarthy, wig and hair design by Tom Watson, music supervision and arrangements by Stephen Oremus, orchestrations by William David Brohn and dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott. Wicked is currently playing the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre through Jan. 1, 2011. Tickets are available in person at the Murat Box Office, Clowes Hall Box Office and Broadway Across America office (342 Massachusetts Ave), by phone at (800) 982-2787 and online at ticketmaster.com/wicked and broadwayacrossamerica.com.
