Kristoffer Cusick
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Kristoffer Cusick is a Broadway actor. He has performed in such musicals as Saturday Night Fever
, Rent
and Wicked
.
was on medical leave. Cusick was replaced by Taye Diggs
who played the role the rest of the time Butz was away. He created the role of Fiyero in the sit-down Chicago production of Wicked
. He left with Elphaba
's Kristy Cates
and Doctor Dillamond's Timothy Britten Parker
on December 10, 2006. Cusick's replacement was ensemble member and Fiyero understudy Brad Bass
. Cusick recently reprised the role of Fiyero in the Los Angeles production of Wicked
. Cusick was replaced by Derrick Williams on May 13, 2008. Williams was the original Fiyero in the National Tour and played in Chicago and New York twice.
On June 3 he returned to Chicago to play Fiyero. He replaced Michael Seelbach who was an Original Broadway Cast ensemble member, and who also came to Chicago directly from the Broadway show. He remained with the production till its closure on January 25, 2009.
Saturday Night Fever (musical)
This is an article about the stage musical. For the article on the 1977 film, see Saturday Night FeverSaturday Night Fever is a musical with a book by Nan Knighton and music and lyrics by the Bee Gees.Based on Nik Cohn's 1975 New York Magazine article "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night" and...
, Rent
Rent (musical)
Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...
and Wicked
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
.
Wicked
Kristoffer Cusick was one of the original understudies for Fiyero in the hit 2003 musical Wicked. He performed the role of Fiyero on Broadway starting on November 25, 2003 and ending on December 22, 2003 while Norbert Leo ButzNorbert Leo Butz
Norbert Leo Butz is an American actor best known for his work in Broadway theatre.-Personal life:Butz was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Elaine and Norbert Butz...
was on medical leave. Cusick was replaced by Taye Diggs
Taye Diggs
Scott Leo "Taye" Diggs is an American theatre, film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Broadway musical Rent, the motion picture How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and the television series Private Practice...
who played the role the rest of the time Butz was away. He created the role of Fiyero in the sit-down Chicago production of Wicked
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
. He left with Elphaba
Elphaba
Elphaba Thropp is a fictional character in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway and West End adaptations, Wicked. In the original L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West is unnamed and little...
's Kristy Cates
Kristy Cates
Kristen "Kristy" Cates is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Elphaba in the Chicago production of Wicked...
and Doctor Dillamond's Timothy Britten Parker
Timothy Britten Parker
Timothy Britten Parker , also known as Toby, is an American stage, film, and television actor.-Background:Parker was born in Iowa City, Iowa and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to New York City with his family in 1977 as he began pursuing his professional career. Toby is one of eight children...
on December 10, 2006. Cusick's replacement was ensemble member and Fiyero understudy Brad Bass
Brad Bass
Brad Bass is an American stage actor and singer who is best known for his roles in the Chicago production of Wicked, along with Dee Roscioli and Erin Mackey. He briefly took over the role of "'Fiyero'" beginning on December 12, 2006. He appeared in Taste of Chicago to sing "Dancing Through Life"...
. Cusick recently reprised the role of Fiyero in the Los Angeles production of Wicked
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
. Cusick was replaced by Derrick Williams on May 13, 2008. Williams was the original Fiyero in the National Tour and played in Chicago and New York twice.
On June 3 he returned to Chicago to play Fiyero. He replaced Michael Seelbach who was an Original Broadway Cast ensemble member, and who also came to Chicago directly from the Broadway show. He remained with the production till its closure on January 25, 2009.