Ana Gasteyer As Elphaba in Wicked

Ana Gasteyer, who created the role of Elphaba for Chicago's production of Wicked, is currently playing a 13-week limited engagement as the misunderstood green-faced witch in the hit musical at the Gershwin Theatre. She will stay with the Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical through Jan. 7, 2007. Get Tickets: Wicked New York/Broadway

Best known for her work on "Saturday Night Live," Gasteyer has appeared on Broadway in The Rocky Horror Show and Off Broadway in The Vagina Monologues and Kimberly Akimbo. ...

Saturday Night Live

Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live Read about SNL: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its Stars, Writers and Guests.

DVDs: Ana performs a hilarious parody of Martha Stewart on Saturday Night Live - Christmas DVD

Saturday Night Live - The Best of Molly Shannon

Includes sketch: Shannon appears on "Pretty Living" hosted by Ana Gasteyer (with Matthew Broderick)

Ana Gasteyer appears in Saturday Night Live - The Best of Will Ferrell [for cast details for this show see imdb listing]

and many other productions of the show.

Films

Ana plays Sue Cranston in What Women Want

Anne Marie Berger in What's the Worst That Could Happen

and others

Links to interviews and articles

Q and A with Ana on Broadwayworld.com

Chicago Daily Harold - Gasteyer in WICKED press conference

http://imdb.com - Gasteyer

Interview with Ana as SNL cast member

Interview video available at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox (Search for Ana on the page. Ana sings "I'm the Greatest Star" on one video). All purchases support Broadway Cares.

Ana talked with a Newsweek reporter about her switch from sketch comedy to theatre: "I wanted to improve the more disciplined parts of what I do. Singing requires enormous discipline. I studied voice in college." Gasteyer is mother of a 3-year-old girl who wears ruby slippers to sleep at night. Gasteyer suggests that foreshowed her work on Wicked. "I thought that was a good sign."

She studied at Northwestern University in Chicago and will be joined by Chicago actors as well as others from New York. Read more about Wicked's run (now ended) in Chicago where she first played Elphaba.

Bio continued

..Gastayer also played Fanny Brice in the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera's production of Funny Girl and was recently seen in the New York City Opera mounting of Cinderella. Her screen credits include "Mean Girls," "What Women Want," "Woman on Top," "Dick" and "What's the Worst That Could Happen?"

Wicked

Grammy winning Wicked CD: Read all about the Wicked CD Enjoy Idina's vocal magic in "The Wizard and I," "What is This Feeling" (duet with Kristin Chenoweth), "Defying Gravity," "As Long As You're Mine" (duet with Norbert Leo Butz), "No Good Deed," and "For Good" (duet with Chenoweth)

Wicked index page - access to over 30 Wicked-related web pages

Wicked shop has poster, Shiz University t-shirts etc.

Wicked Sheet Music:

It's popular! Enjoy the highly praised Wicked Sheet Music if you want to sing "Defying Gravity," and other Wicked songs. Now your choir can sing "For Good" - See choral music on our sheet music page.

Read more about Wicked's Score and Cast Album

Sing along: Wicked karaoke CDs (opens to our new sister site www.musicalsingers.com)

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