'WICKED' Coming to Kravis Center

(PRESS RELEASE)_West Palm Beach, Fl., (Thursday, February 23, 2023) – WICKED welcomed new cast members to the National Tour on February 7. WICKED is coming to West Palm Beach for a limited two-week engagement.  Broadway’s most popular musical will play at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts from March 29 to April 9, 2023.
 
Tickets for the premiere engagement of WICKED start at $63*. To purchase tickets, visit the official Kravis Center website www.kravis.org,  call (561) 832-7469 or visit the Box Office during regular box office hours Monday through Saturday from Noon to 5:00 p.m. 
 
Performance Schedule:

Week One:
Wednesday, 3/29/2023 @ 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, 3/30/2023 @ 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Friday, 3/31/2023 @ 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, 4/1/2023 @ 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, 4/2/2023 @ 1:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.

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Christian Thompson is living out his childhood dream by joining WICKED and playing Fiyero.  Originally from Ft. Lauderdale, he has appeared in Thoughts of a Colored Man, Ain’t Too Proud (Original Broadway Company and First National Tour), and toured in the Rent 20th Anniversary Tour (Benny and Roger understudy). His Regional credits include the world premiere of The Devil Wears Prada and Catch Me If You Can at Arena Stage.
 
Timothy Shew (The Wizard) is new to the WICKED family.  He was in the original company of Les Misérables, and played Jean Valjean for six years both on Broadway and in Australia.  Timothy has had numerous leading and/or featured roles in Funny Girl, The Visit, Evita, Bye Bye Birdie, Wonderful Town, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sunset Boulevard and Guys and Doll.  On tour, he has appeared in The Light in the Piazza and Hello, Dolly! Timothy was a soloist for the Grammy®-nominated Bernstein Mass Project at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and The Vatican.  He has had guest starring or recurring roles in “Madame Secretary,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “FBI: Most Wanted” and “Ryan’s Hope.”
 
Boise Holmes (Doctor Dillamond) is a Los Angeles actor, singer, writer, voiceover artist and licensed minister.  His Broadway and National Tour credits include Tonton in Once on This Island and Mufasa in Disney’s The Lion King (Germany).  Boise can be seen and heard on television and radio as Exxon Mobil’s “Mr. Supremium.”  Some of his television credits include “NCIS,” “Law & Order,” “Chicago Fire,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Blackish.”  Boise is a NAACP/Ovation Award winner.
 
Tara Kostmayer will be joining the National Tour of WICKED as Nessarose, after recently touring in Disney’s Aladdin.  Off-Broadway, she was in the NYCC Encores! production of A Chorus Line.  Tara has also appeared in Chicago (The MUNY), Pride and Prejudice (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley) and Ojo (La Jolla Playhouse).
 
Kyle McArthur (Boq) is thrilled to be joining his first National Tour. He originated the role of Simon in the Off-Broadway musical Superhero at Second Stage and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.  His television credits include Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” as Brian Koenig and HBO’s “The Deuce.”
 
They join a cast which currently includes Lissa deGuzman as Elphaba, Jennafer Newberry as Glinda, Natalie Venetia Belcon as Madame Morrible, with Emily Kristen Morris, Alexia Acebo, Jennifer Mariela Bermeo, Remmie Bourgeois, Kyle Brown, Anthony Lee Bryant, Matt Densky, Marie Eife, Jenny Florkowski, Sara Gonzales, Chelsea Cree Groen, Courtney Iventosch, Kelly Lafarga, Marina Lazzaretto, Ryan Mac, Brittany Marcell Monachino, David Scott Purdy, Jackie Raye, Andy Richardson, Jenna Nicole Schoen, Derek Schiesel, Wayne Schroder, Paul Schwensen, Ben Susak, Brion Marquis Watson and Justin Wirick.