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The Broadway musical Wicked is celebrating its 20th anniversary TODAY (October 30) and we decided to look back at 20 famous actors who appeared in the show after Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel opened the musical.

Wicked had its official opening night at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway back on October 30, 2003.

In addition to Kristin and Idina, there were some recognizable faces in the original cast.

20 years later, Wicked has been performed in over 100 cities around the world and has grossed more than $5 billion in ticket sales. The musical is finally being made into a movie, which will be released in late 2024.

Browse through the slideshow to see the 20 famous actors who appeared in the show…

Ariana Debose and Julianne Hough delivered a jaw-dropping dance performance at the 2023 Tony Awards on Sunday night (June 11).

The 32-year-old West Side Story actress and show host and 34-year-old Dancing With the Stars icon hopped onstage at the United Palace Theatre in New York City’s Washington Heights to dance to “Hot Honey Rag” from Chicago.

Their performance was a tribute to Lifetime Achievement Award winners Joel Grey and John Kander, and they really pulled out all the tricks!

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Jennifer Grey is looking back at a pivotal moment in her life.

In a new interview with People to promote her memoir Out of the Corner, the actress recalled the moment she learned about her father Joel Grey‘s sexuality.

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Paris Jackson makes a rare appearance with both of her brothers – Prince and Blanket – as they head to the “MJ: The Michael Jackson Musical” opening night event held at Neil Simon Theatre on Tuesday (February 1) in New York City.

The three siblings were joined at the event by many of Michael‘s friends and fans, including Spike Lee, Geoffrey Owens, Joel Grey, Brenda Vaccaro, Tamron Hall, Al Sharpton, and Jordan Roth.

The cast of the musical – Renni Anthony Magee, Oyoyo Joi, Ramone Nelson, Kamille Upshaw, Darius Wright, and Aramie Payton - also hit the red carpet before the show.

MJ: The Musical takes audiences inside Jackson’s creative process, depicting the singer rehearsing for his 1992 Dangerous Tour.

It features over 25 of the singer’s biggest hits and is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Christopher Wheeldon with a book by the Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage.

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So many great Broadway stars came together in New York City this week to film a performance to give people hope for the return of live theater!

Bernadette Peters and Andrew Rannells were among the stars who participated in NYCNext’s A Moment for Broadway event on Wednesday (October 7) in NYC’s Times Square.

Also in attendance were Gavin Creel, Telly Leung, Carolee Carmello, Norm Lewis, Javier Munoz, Joel Grey, Eden Espinosa, Sierra Boggess, Kate Baldwin, Stark Sands, Jennifer Damiano, Ari’el Stachel, Andrea Burns, among others.

Some unfortunate news was just revealed about Broadway.

NBC New York is reporting that the Broadway League is going to announce on Friday that Broadway will not return until May 30, 2021, at the earliest.

Broadway shows have been shut down since March 13, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The shutdown was supposed to end in January 2021, but now will be extended as the pandemic is still not under control and it’s not safe for thousands of people to sit in an indoor theater together.

The productions that come back to Broadway will return across a series of rolling dates.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Hiddleston walk the red carpet at the opening night of the new show Slave Play on Sunday night (October 6) at the Golden Theatre in New York City.

Jake walked the carpet with his producing partner Riva Marker and Tom was seen meeting up with fellow Marvel star Clark Gregg, who attended the show with his father-in-law Joel Grey.

More stars in attendance for the starry opening night included Emily Ratajkowski, Rachel Brosnahan and husband Jason Ralph, Joker‘s Zazie Beetz, Lee Pace, music producer Mark Ronson, George Takei, 13 Reasons Why‘s Tommy Dorfman, and Tom‘s Betrayal co-star Zawe Ashton.

Lots of Broadway stars were also there, including Jagged Little Pill‘s Kathryn Gallagher and Elizabeth Stnaley, Tina‘s Adrienne Warren, Hadestown‘s Amber Gray and Andre De Shields, Beetlejuice‘s Sophia Anne Caruso, Come From Away‘s Jenn Colella, and Tony winner Tonya Pinkins.

Slave Play is running on Broadway now through January 5.

FYI: Jake is wearing Dunhill. Rachel is wearing a The Vampire’s Wife dress. Emily is wearing a Babukhadia suit. Zawe is wearing a Simone Rocha dress.

Angela Bassett delivers a speech while on stage at Hillary Clinton‘s Broadway fundraiser “Stronger Together” on Monday night (October 17) at the St. James Theatre in New York City.

The 58-year-old actress and director was also joined on stage by Cynthia Erivo, Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, Ayodele Casel, Alan Cumming and Sarah Jones.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Angela Bassett

While on stage, Angela delivered Sojourner Truth‘s famous “Ain’t I A Woman?” speech from 1851 while Cynthia powerfully performed “The Battle Hymn Of The Republic.”

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