Katie Rose Clarke replaced Christina DeCicco as Glinda on November 6, 2007 on the First National Tour. She starred alongside Carmen Cusack and Donna Vivino as Elphaba. She was replaced by Chandra Lee Schwartz on August 21, 2009.
Clarke returned to the role of Glinda in Wicked, this time on Broadway, on January 14th of 2010, replacing Erin Mackey. Laura Woyasz temporarily stepped in for Clarke, who was on leave, beginning on March 25, 2011, with Clarke returning to the role on April 26, 2011.
Katie Rose Clarke as G(a)linda
Chandra Lee Schwartz once again replaced Clarke on Broadway September 27, 2011. While on Broadway she starred alongside Dee Roscioli, Mandy Gonzalez and Teal Wicks as Elphaba and Andy Karl and Richard H. Blake as Fiyero.
Clake re-joined the First National Tour on November 15, 2011, replacing Amanda Jane Cooper as Glinda. She was replaced by fellow Broadway Wicked veteran Alli Mauzey on February 24th, 2012.
On April 23rd 2013 Clarke returned to the role of Glinda in the Broadway production first starring alongside Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba and then Lindsay Mendez. She again left the Broadway company on September 22, 2013 and again was replaced by Wicked vet Alli Mauzey.
Clarke returned to the role of Glinda on Broadway on December 11, 2018, once again replacing Amanda Jane Cooper. She starred opposite Jessica Vosk as Elphaba and played her final performance on April 7, 2019. She was replaced by Ginna Claire Mason. She holds the distinction of being Broadway’s longest-running Glinda.
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- Clarke was on the "Oz Blog," with Andy Karl as the host. But Clarke also was a camera stealer in Fly Girl blog with Lindsay Mendez as the host.