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On the horizon, theres the 20th anniversary of the opening ofWickedcoming up October 30.

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And one can only imagine how itll play into the rollout forthe film adaptation.

The guacamole and a bottle of wine.Jackson McHenry

Box Office Banter

Christopher Bonanos:Gutenberg!

The Musical!Is selling!

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Jackson McHenry:Buoyed!

Wish it had been my night.

Hopefully they recognize whoever is on.

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Bonanos:Someone on Reddit (and God bless them) iskeeping track of every cameo.

Holdren:Yeah, maybe it helps that Josh has been a very famous snowman in the meantime.

Rebecca Alter:Jason,Girlsis the best show of the century.

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And Elijah was one of the best characters on the best show of the century.

Bonanos:Abest character onabest show of the century.

Instead, we got the rise of jukebox musicals.

Like, I dont know, put Christine Ebersole in.

There are a handful of actors who would do it, and older gay men would shell out.

Alter:The mental image of Christine as Kimberly has me choking laughing.

I thinkKimberly Akimboshould be adapted into a Disney+ limited series.

I dont even need it to be a musical.

It can just be an extended look into what Kimmy and the choir nerds are up to episodically.

Schiffman:Surprised they havent pulled the marketing trick of getting trick-or-treaters forKimberly AkimBOO … at the BOOth.

Brandon Sanchez:Kimberly Akim-go to the polls.

Holdren:Stage Whispererjust giving away marketing consulting for free.

asks the anarchist Emma Goldman in Sondheim and John WeidmansAssassins.

Elphablurbs

In honor ofWickeds 20th anniversary, theStage Whispererteam shouts out a few other memorable Elphabas.

Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, and Gaten Matarazzo have set their final performance dates inSweeney Todd.