‘Wicked’ Casting Director Bernard Telsey on How COVID Delayed Projects and Helped Land Their Perfect Fiyero: ‘It Was Always Jonathan F—ing Bailey’

When Universal finally greenlit “Wicked,” casting director Bernard Telsey certainly knew the musical. He brought Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth to the iconic Broadway cast when it first opened in 2003 and has been seeking actresses to play Elphaba and Glinda on stage for years since. When it came to casting the movie, his thought […]