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Brad Oscar as The Wizard

Brad Oscar is an American theatre actor who currently plays The Wizard in the Broadway production of Wicked.

Career[]

Oscar graduated with a BFA from the Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1986 and was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.

Oscar's Broadway debut was in the 1990 musical Aspects of Love as a swing. His next roles were in Jekyll and Hyde as Sir Peter, Archibald Proops, Barrow Boy and Second Gentleman in the 1995 tour and the 1997 Broadway show.

His performance, however in The Producers garnered him the most acclaim. Oscar started out as Franz Liebkind, and was the understudy for Max Bialystock (one of the lead roles) and Roger De Bris. The role of Franz earned Oscar a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, but lost to his co-star, the late Gary Beach. After this success, Oscar replaced Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock. In 2007, He originated the role of Max Bialystock in the Las Vegas production at the Paris Hotel and Casino.

He has appeared in several productions at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. In 2005, he played "The Devil" (Mr. Applebaum) in Damn Yankees and in October 2006, he played "The Master of Ceremonies" (The Emcee) in Cabaret. He played multiple roles, including "Lady Enid", in The Mystery of Irma Vep from June 2008 through July 13, 2008.

Oscar's other regional work includes the title role in the musical Barnum, at the Asolo Reportory Theatre (Florida) from November 12 through December 20, 2008. In recent years, Brad and his sister Victoria Oscar, have served as the official Santa and Mrs. Claus for the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Program.

Oscar took over the role of Uncle Fester (from Kevin Chamberlin) in the Broadway production of The Addams Family on March 8, 2011, alongside former Wizard, Adam Grupper and former Glinda understudy, Rachel Potter.

He originated the role of Thomas Nostradamus in the musical Something Rotten!, which opened on Broadway in April 2015, for which he earned a 2015 Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, which went to his co-star Christian Borle. He stayed with the production until it closed in January 2017.

He played the role of Beadle Bamford in the Off-Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd.

Wicked[]

Oscar replaced John Dossett as The Wizard in the Broadway production of Wicked on March 5, 2024. He stars alongside Mary Kate Morrissey as Elphaba and Alexandra Socha as Glinda.

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