Wicked Mexico

Wicked Mexico is the Spanish language production of Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz. It opened at the Centro Cultural Telmex Theatre 1 in Mexico City on October 17th 2013. The production closed on January 18th 2015.

Spanish Translation[]

Marco Villafán

Cast[]

Man Cast[]

Elphaba - Danna Paola
Glinda - Cecilia de la Cueva
Fiyero - Jorge Lau
El Mago (The Wizard) - Paco Morrales

Cecilia de la Cueva as Glinda
Nessarosa (Nessarose) - Marisol Meneses
Senorita Mórrida (Madame Morrible) - Anahí Allué
Boq - Adam Sadwing
Doctor Dillamond - Beto Torres

Ensemble[]

Midwife - Alicia Paola Sánchez
Alma Escudero
Andrés Elvira
Bárbara Sepúlveda
Frex - Beto Díaz
Elvira Moreno
Chistery - Emmanuel Gaitán
Ernesto Peart
Estíbalitz Ruiz
Jonathan Castillo

Ana Cecilia Anzaldua as Elphaba

Majo Perez as Glinda
Averic - Kim Yáñez
Dorothy - Liesl Lar
Lizeth Navarro
Melena - Maria Daniela
Mariano Villarello
Rodrigo De Urquidi
Sebastián Treviño
Viviana Barrera

Swings[]

César Luna
Edén Pintos
Maria Fernanda Caballero
Luis Carlos Villareal
Marcia Peña

Alternates[]

Elphaba - Ana Cecilia Anzaldúa
Glinda - Majo Pérez

Guest Performers[]

Glinda - Crisanta Gomez
El Mago (The Wizard) - Hector Sandarti
Senorita Morrida (Madame Morrible) - Fernanda Tapia

Understudies[]

Elphaba - Viviana Barrera, Edén Pintos
Glinda - Liesl Lar
Fiyero - Rodrigo De Urquidi, Andres Elvira, Israel Estrada
El Mago- Beto Torres, Beto Diaz
Nessarosa - Estíbalitz Ruiz , Liesl Lar
Senorita Morrida- Alicia Paola Sanchez, Elvira Moreno
Boq - Sebastian Treviño, Kim Yañez
Doctor Dillamond - Beto Diaz, Luis Carlos Villarreal
Chistery - César Luna, Raymundo Montoya
Frex - César Luna, Luis Carlos Villarreal
Melena & Midwife - María Fernanda Caballero, Marcia Peña, Edén Pintos

Cast Replacement History[]

Paco Morales replaced Eugenio Montessoro as El Mago on October 12, 2013.
Rodrigo de Urquidi replaced Israel Estrada as an understudy for Fiyero in March 2014.

Musical Numbers[]

Act 1[]

"One Short Day"

Danna and Majo siong ¿Que es lo que siento?

Muere un ser malvado (No One Mourns The Wicked)
¡Viva Shiz! (Dear Old Shiz)
El Mago y yo (The Wizard and I)
¿Qué es lo que siento? (What is this Feeling?)
Algo mal (Something Bad)
Sal a bailar (Dancing Through Life)
Popular
No soy yo (I'm Not That Girl)
La Ciudad Esmeralda (One Short Day)
Un gran sentimental (A Sentimental Man)
En contra de la gravedad (Defying Gravity)

Act 2[]

Muere un ser malvado (Reprise) / ¡Qué bueno! (No One Mourns The Wicked (Reprise) / Thank Goodness)
La Bruja Malvada del Este (The Wicked Witch of the East)
Maravilloso (Wonderful)
No soy yo (Reprise) (I'm Not That Girl (Reprise))
Mientras viva en ti (As Long as You're Mine)
No hay bien (No Good Deed)
Marcha de los Cazadores de Brujas (March of The Witch Hunters)
Por ti (For Good)
Finale

(L-R) Danna Paola, Cecilia Anzaldúa , Cecilia de la Cueva, Crisanta Gomez & Majo Pérez

Trivia[]

This was the first Spanish translated production of Wicked.

Danna Paola is the youngest actress to play Elphaba at 18 years old, she attended the audition at 17 years old.
Cecilia de la Cueva is the tallest actress to play Glinda, she has a height of 5' 11"

The Mexican set of "Wicked" is the largest in the world.
Danna Paola and Cecilia de la Cueva auditioned for both Elphaba and Glinda.
Barbara Sepulveda is the youngest member of the ensemble in the history of Wicked, at 18 years old.
Eden Pintos is the first swing to be an understudy for Elphaba.