Broadway box offices were busy places last week – 11 musicals made more than $1 million of which Wicked was Big seller again.

The Broadway League said Monday that total grosses for the week ending Sunday soared to $28.9 million, up from $23.8 million the week before.

The numbers, boosted by vacationers, did not even need “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” which was on hiatus.

Making the millionaire’s club were perennial big sellers “Wicked,” “Mary Poppins,” “Jersey Boys,” “The Addams Family,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Billy Elliot,” “Mamma Mia!” and “The Lion King.” Two new hot tickets were “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” “The Book of Mormon” and the outgoing “American Idiot.”

Wicked Broadway musical adapted from Gregory Maguire’s novel, opens Wednesday, April 27 at Shea’s Performing Arts Center, 646 Main St., where it runs through Sunday, May 22, 2011.

Wicked at Shea’s Performing Arts Center

The touring musical previously stopped in Buffalo NY in 2008, where it set box office records and claimed many sellouts.

‘Wicked’ continues to be the most requested show among our patrons,” Shea’s Performing Arts Center President Tony Conte said in a news release. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One – born with emerald-green skin – is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. “Wicked” — the 1995 novel by Maguire — tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, and how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

Wicked Shea’s Performing Arts Center Scheduled Performances:
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursdays, May 3-5, 10-12 and 17-19
2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, 14 and 21
1 p.m. Thursday and May 1, 8, 15 and 22
8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21
6:30 p.m. May 1, 8, 15 and 22.

“Wicked” has cast a spell throughout North America, breaking box office records in every city that it has played, including Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Boston to name a few. There are currently seven productions of “Wicked” worldwide, including two North American tours, a Broadway production, London production, a Japanese-language production, a German-language production and Australian production.

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Wicked will be visiting Saskatoon, SK Canada for 16 shows at TCU Place, will take place August 10 to August 21, 2011.

Wicked tells the tale of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch long before Dorothy blew into Munchkinland. It is based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire and features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Disney’s Enchanted). The musical has won a Grammy and three Tony Awards.

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Wicked coming to Peoria, Illinois to perform at Peoria Civic Center Theater as it’s first downstate run, from October 13 through October 30.

The Peoria Civic Center is thrilled to host the premiere engagement of ‘Wicked’ in downstate Illinois,” states Debbie Ritschel, the Civic Center’s general manager. “The show itself is the biggest blockbuster to play on our stage in years. We expect ‘Wicked’ attendees to come to Peoria from at least five states.”

The musical is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello. The show has won 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tonys, and is the back story of the witches of Oz prior to Dorothy’s arrival.

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Wicked, The blockbuster broadway musical returns to Wharton Center June 27 to July 8, 2012.

The box office record-setter Wicked coming to Wharton Center – Cobb Great Hall in June and July 2012.

Wicked Returns to Wharton Center June 2012

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award-winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (”My So Called Life,” “Once And Again” and “thirtysomething”), WICKED, the untold story of the witches of Oz, is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues)and features musical staging by Tony® Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who’s Tommy, How To Succeed…).

Wicked is currently playing on tour in Fort Lauderdale-FL and Eugene-OR.

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Wicked Opens Wednesday April 20 at Hult Center Silva Concert Hall, Eugene Oregon.

Wicked Musical visiting next week at the Hult Center, when the touring production of “Wicked” flies into the Hult Center’s Silva Concert Hall for a whopping 16 performances. The show opens Wednesday and runs through May 1, 2011 in Eugene, Oregon.

The show opened on Broadway in 2003. It immediately drew a lukewarm review from The New York Time’s Bill Brantley, who said

it was saved from total mediocrity only by the casting of Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda the Good Witch.

“She provides the essential helium in a bloated production that might otherwise spend close to three hours flapping its

oversized wings without taking off,” the critic wrote. But audiences saw things quite differently, and “Wicked” is still going strong on Broadway and around the world.

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“Wicked,” “the best musical of the decade,” that broke box office records in Jacksonville in 2009, will return next year as part of The Artists Series. Wicked broke box office records and sold out in record time in 2009 here.

Wicked Performances will be at the Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater from January 05 continue through January 22, 2012.

Wicked Returning to Jacksonville January 2012

Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One – born with emerald green skin – is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for “the most complete and completely satisfying new musical in a long time” (USA Today).

Performances are Tuesday through Thursday at 7:30PM, Friday and Saturday evening at 8:00PM, Saturday afternoon at 2:00PM, and Sunday at 1:30 PM and 7:00 PM. (All times are subject to change).

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Wicked, which had a hugely successful Broadway and touring run, will land in California Musical Theatre May 23-June 17, 2012.

In the 2011-12 Broadway Sacramento series, announced today, the popular musical prequel to “The Wizard of Oz” anchors the schedule of six shows. The four-week, 32-performance run of “Wicked” highlights the season’s new format, which has the other five productions running only one week. Each of those productions will be performed eight times.

Richard Lewis, executive producer of California Musical Theatre, predicted that this season will be particularly attractive to audiences. Season subscriptions and overall attendance have steadily declined for the Broadway Sacramento series over the past three years, forcing the shortened runs.

The final show of the season will be the long-awaited Sacramento debut of “Wicked.” Lewis said Broadway Series audiences have asked for the popular title for years.

“We announced ‘Wicked’ last September and the buzz has been really positive ever since,” Lewis said. “We feel we’re going to sell it out and sell it out very quickly.”

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The Broadway Musical hit Wicked turned Children’s Hospital of Central California into “The Land Of Oz” Saturday. Cast members performed several songs from the Broadway Musical hit inside the hospital’s Guilds of Fame room.

Kids got up close and personal with the cast members, interacting with each of them.

The musical tells the story of “the Wicked Witch of the West” and “Glinda the Good Witch” before Dorothy and Toto arrived in Oz.

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Amanda Jane Cooper will join the first North American touring company of Wicked in the role of Glinda, beginning with the Tuesday, April 19 performance at the Broward Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Amanda Jane Cooper to Be New Glinda in Wicked

Cooper joins a cast that includes Jackie Burns (Elphaba), Randy Danson (Madame Morrible), Mark Jacoby (The Wizard), Justin Brill (Boq), Stefanie Brown (Nessarose), Colin Hanlon (Fiyero), Paul Slade Smith (Dr. Dillamond), and Mariand Torres (Standby for Elphaba).

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