Wicked Tour Gets New Wizard and Boq

By Kenneth Jones
09 Dec 2009

Zach Hanna and Don Amendolia
Zach Hanna and Don Amendolia

The company of the second North American tour of Wicked welcomes Don Amendolia as the Wizard and Zach Hanna as Boq on Dec. 9, in Schenectady, NY.

Amendolia's Broadway credits include Stepping Out and My One and Only. He was in Off-Broadway's Some Men, Dedication, Cloud Nine (original cast) and The Firebugs. He is also a busy film and TV actor and a stage director.

Hanna appeared Off-Broadway in Altar Boyz (Mark) and in the national tours of Copacabana (Tony) and Altar Boyz (Mark). Regional credits include Jesus Christ Superstar (Annas), Baby (Danny), Convenience (Ethan), The Who's Tommy (Tommy).

Amendolia and Hanna join a cast that includes Marcie Dodd as Elphaba, Helene Yorke as Glinda and Marilyn Caskey as Madame Morrible.

The company also features David de Vries (Dr. Dillamond), Colin Donnell (Fiyero), Kristine Reese (Nessarose) and Carrie Manolakos (Standby for Elphaba) with Meredith Akins, Alicia L. Albright, Kerry Blanchard, Anne Brummel, Michael Drolet, Jeremy Duvall, Peter C. Ermides, Ryan Patrick Farrell, KC Fredericks, Jenn Furman, Jacqui Graziano, Charles Hagerty, Todd Hanebrink, Ryan Jackson, Lauren Linville, Michelle London, Nathan Peck, Casey Quinn, Don Richard, Libby Servais, Daniel Torres, Nicky Venditti, Erin Wilson, Lindsay Wood and Kevin Samual Yee.



Tickets for Wicked at Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady are available at (518) 346-6204, or online at proctors.org. Performances play there through Jan. 3, 2010.