Wicked musical have landed in Fort Lauderdale FL for 3-Week Run at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts from Wednesday January 30 to Sunday, February 17, 2013.

Wicked musical is the story of how a young girl named Elphaba becomes known as the Wicked Witch of the West is at once a revision of L. Frank Baum’s imaginary world of Oz and a parable about love and tolerance. Based on a novel by Gregory Maguire, “Wicked” is the musical adaptation of the untold story of the witches of Oz. The play follows the young Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda in the Land of Oz…long before Dorothy drops in.

This is Wicked’s fourth visit in Fort Lauderdale. Buy Wicked Broward Center for the Performing Arts Tickets Online, Save $10 on ALL orders of $350 or more.

Wicked Broadway Musical grossed $1,493,804 and had an attendance rate of 98.0%, about 2.9% more than that of the previous week. The 22 shows on the boards grossed $17,182,846, improving around 0.55% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending January 27, 2013.

1. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,635,919
2. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,515,827
3. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,493,804
4. Evita – (MARQUIS) $1,104,835
5. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,091,830
6. Annie – (PALACE) $1,026,892
7. Once – (JACOBS) $943,703
8. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof – (RICHARD RODGERS) $886,531
9. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $871,297
10. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $815,997

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

X Factor star Lucy Spraggan visits Wicked backstage at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Check out a photo of Spraggan with the cast below – Featured on Wicked UK official Twitter page

Lucy Spraggan with Wicked Lead Cast

Wicked is the record-breaking West End musical now in its 7th smash hit year.

Wicked Musical currently Stops in San Francisco CA for almost 4-week run. Wicked will be performing at Orpheum Theater SF through February 17, 2013. Wicked musical play at Orpheum Theater reviewed by Robert Hurwitt – Here is the review:

Elphaba, the green girl, flies high and sings with beautifully modulated power as she becomes the Wicked Witch of the West in the touring production of “Wicked” that opened Thursday at the Orpheum Theatre. Glinda the Good matches her vocally and dazzles the audience with charm. And that may be the bigger story.

Understudy Cassie Okenka rose from the ensemble to don Glinda’s blond locks, pink frocks and sunnily self-absorbed personality when co-star Patti Murin was sidelined with the flu Thursday. From her glittering first notes through every step of an assured performance, Okenka more than gave the audience its money’s worth at the latest show in SHN’s season.

It was another nice turn in San Francisco’s long relationship with composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz and librettist Winnie Holzman’s adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s dystopian “Oz” prequel. The show had its world premier here in 2003, before going on to become one of Broadway’s hottest tickets, and returned for a prolonged run in ’09.

It’s very much the same, well-oiled production as last time, staged with quick-paced clarity by Joe Mantello and inventively boisterous dance by Wayne Cilento. The great smoke-breathing mechanical dragon looms above the massive gears and clockworks of Eugene Lee’s Victorian steam-punk set. The cast creates sharp individual portraits in Susan Hilferty’s scruffy peasant, odd animal and glittering Emerald City costumes.

The heart of “Wicked” is the story of Elphaba and Glinda, accidental roommates and rivals in wizardry and romance at Shiz University. Dee Roscioli shines as the shy but assertive, sharp-tongued green girl, the eternal outsider blessed – and cursed – with magical powers she’s only learning to use.

Though she’s played Elphaba more often than anyone else, Roscioli keeps the role fresh and immediate, whether navigating her uneasy growing closeness with Glinda or confronting the villainies of Kim Zimmer’s outrageously formidable Madame Morrible and the vaudevillian con-man Wizard of Kevin McMahon (also filling in for an ailing regular).

Read the complete review {Via SFGate.com}

Wicked musical will play through February 17, 2013 at Orpheum Theater, 1192 Market St., S.F. Buy Wicked San Francisco CA Tickets Online – SAVE $10 when you spend $350 or more, Use code AFF$10.

Wicked will be part of upcoming Celebrity Attractions season – will return to Tulsa as a special addition to Celebrity Attractions’ 2013-14 season.

Celebrity Attractions President Larry Payton announced the season Tuesday at a press conference in the Tulsa PAC lobby.

“Wicked” will return to Tulsa June 18-22, 2014. Named the “best musical of decade” by Entertainment Weekly, the show set box-office records when it first played Tulsa in 2009, selling out its four-week, 32-show run.

Wicked musical is the story of how a young girl named Elphaba becomes known as the Wicked Witch of the West is at once a revision of L. Frank Baum’s imaginary world of Oz and a parable about love and tolerance. Based on a novel by Gregory Maguire, “Wicked” is the musical adaptation of the untold story of the witches of Oz. The play follows the young Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda in the Land of Oz…long before Dorothy drops in.

Season tickets for the 2013-14 season are now on sale.

Wicked Broadway Musical Lead the list with grosses $1,700,024 and had an attendance rate of 95.1%, about 1.2% more than that of the previous week. The 25 shows on the boards grossed $19,579,647, improving around 9.08% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending January 20, 2013.

1. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,700,024
2. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,655,074
3. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,547,560
4. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,266,814
5. Glengarry Glen Ross – (SCHOENFELD) $1,070,538
6. Evita – (MARQUIS) $1,018,693
7. Once – (JACOBS) $951,399
8. Annie – (PALACE) $902,883
9. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof – (RICHARD RODGERS) $891,457
10. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $823,113

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

Wicked Musical on Broadway grossed $1,519,043 and had an attendance rate of 93.9%, about 5.7% less than that of the previous week. The 24 shows on the boards grossed $17,802,128, dropping around 21.75% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 15 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending January 13, 2013.

1. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,630,961
2. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,620,752
3. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,519,043
4. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,129,755
5. Once – (JACOBS) $976,903
6. Glengarry Glen Ross – (SCHOENFELD) $944,347
7. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $892,531
8. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof – (RICHARD RODGERS) $839,273
9. Evita – (MARQUIS) $834,914
10. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $822,822
11. Annie – (PALACE) $822,129
12. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $762,638
13. Nice Work If You Can Get It – (IMPERIAL) $679,850
14. Mamma Mia! – (WINTER GARDEN) $601,136
15. Mary Poppins – (NEW AMSTERDAM) $546,571

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

Wicked, The hit musical is based on Gregory McGuire’s popular novel of the same name returns to Tampa, Florida January 09, 2013.

Jeanna De Waal, Born in Germany and raised in the U.K., is playing the role of Glinda.
“This is the biggest role I’ve ever played,” said Jeanna De Waal, who plays Glinda. “It was quite stressful in the beginning. I’ve grown in what I think I can take on. I’m quite proud of myself that I’m able to do this role and how I’ve done it. It’s a real personal achievement.”

“It’s a soprano role. I [had been doing] very pop and rock shows, so I was vocally challenged. [Then], the role was originated by Kristen Chenoweth. I look completely different than her. The challenge was finding Glinda myself,” De Waal said.

Christine Dwyer is playing the role of Elphaba in this touring production.
“I wanted to play the role, but I never thought I’d be able to get through a whole show. Now I’m doing one every night. It’s made me more confident and it’s grown my voice a lot more,” said Dwyer.

Dwyer added, “Another struggle is not getting too wrapped up in the fact that it is such a big role. It can be pretty daunting when you’re sick or tired from traveling. At the end of the day, it has helped having cast mates around and staying grounded. It’s definitely a challenge to mentally and physically prepare for a long-running show like this.”

Wicked last time came to the Carol Morsani Hall – The Straz Center in 2010 and now returned for 3-weeks where it will close on January 27, 2013.

Wicked at The Straz Center – Performance Schedule:
Tuesdays – 7:30 PM
Wednesdays – 7:30 PM
Thursdays – 7:30 PM
Fridays – 8:00 PM
Saturdays – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sundays – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM

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Wicked Broadway Musical Still Lead the list with grosses $2,106,339 and had an attendance rate of 99.6%, about 0.4% less than that of the previous week. The 29 shows on the boards grossed $24,501,266, dropping around 42.36% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 13 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending January 06, 2013.

1. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $2,106,339
2. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $2,017,921
3. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,833,432
4. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,636,789
5. Annie – (PALACE) $1,252,683
6. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $1,112,848
7. Evita – (MARQUIS) $1,091,836
8. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $1,052,613
9. Mary Poppins – (NEW AMSTERDAM) $1,028,946
10. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $998,814
11. Once – (JACOBS) $956,660
12. War Horse – (VIVIAN BEAUMONT) $948,043
13. Mamma Mia! – (WINTER GARDEN) $869,907

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

Wicked became the the first show to remain the highest-grossing production on Broadway for nine consecutive years. Wicked musical beats The Phantom of the Opera, which remained Broadway’s top show for eight non-consecutive years (1988-91, 1993-94 and 1996-97).

The show also had the highest-grossing week with 9 performances in Broadway history, taking in $2,947,172 for the week ending December 30, 2012.

As Wicked enters its 10th year on Broadway, the musical currently stars Jackie Burns as Elphaba, Alli Mauzey as Glinda, Kyle Dean Massey as Fiyero, Randy Danson as Made Morrible, Adam Grupper as the Wizard, Catherin Charlebois as Nessarose, Tom Flynne as Dr. Dillamond and F. Michael Haynie as Boq.

Based on a novel by Gregory Maguire, “Wicked” is the musical adaptation of the untold story of the witches of Oz. The play follows the young Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda in the Land of Oz…long before Dorothy drops in.

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